Figure skating is more suitable for me to participate in the Olympics

"Gangshi, you skated well."

Cui Zhengshu handed the knife sheaths to the students going off the ice, Chiba Takeshi panted, "Thank you."

The days of training in Canada were very difficult. At the beginning, he couldn't understand any sentences that spoke faster, his own spoken English was not good, and the communication with the coaching staff was not smooth enough. Moreover, he was in Canada alone. This was his first time. It’s worth it to be away from home and family for so long.

After going through the most difficult running-in period, Chiba Takeshi's progress picked up quickly.

He has a good foundation, standard jumping, clear edge use, and the smooth gliding common to Japanese players. Coach Saren has made up for him the most important shortcoming - performance. Cui Zhengshu attaches great importance to his Healthy, and gave him a lot of help from the psychological aspect.

After the start of this season, Chiba Takeshi's self-feeling is getting smoother and smoother.

In Cui Zhengshu's words, he is similar to Zhang Jue in many aspects. He also encountered the Olympic year in the second season of the senior group, and he also had to face strong seniors and wanted to win from them.

But Zhang Jue, the most powerful of the Three Musketeers, is much younger and healthier than Vasily. The unique ice-falling buffer technology and standardized technology make it possible to extend his career life to the Beijing-Zhang period.

"Vassily was old and had many injuries, so he and Zhang Jue had a limited number of fights, but you and Zhang Jue are destined to be a tug of war."

They didn't mention the names of the other two members of the Three Musketeers, because their health bars were obviously not as thick as Zhang Jue's, and Chiba Tsuyoshi didn't feel that they were unreachable existences.

Only Zhang Jue.

Chiba Tsuyoshi’s short program broke the highest score in his career, but he did not feel relaxed. To put it bluntly, the world record in figure skating is difficult to break, but as long as one person rushes to a new level, even for the so-called The judges will also let go of their hands appropriately when facing other athletes. In this way, if you only look at the scores, it will appear that there are a lot of athletes at this level, and it seems to be a group of heroes created by referees.

But as a pioneer, Zhang Jue is still the object that Chiba Takeshi needs to look up to.

Seeing Kersen's mistake, Chiba Tsuyoshi murmured: "I can't really surpass him yet."

"No, it's them," said Saron in an elegant, deep voice.

After Ilya appeared on the stage, the atmosphere of the scene changed.

The Goose Prince, whose motto is "How can you be a prince for a lifetime?" chose violinist Edwin Marton's version of "Destiny" as the short program this year.

He, who was only developed last year and integrated with the humorous style, has successfully interpreted Beethoven's works this season. He is wearing royal blue Costen, his body movements are open and closed, and he is as impassioned as a matador.

Coach Lu narrowed his eyes: "His movement...why does it look familiar?"

Zhang Jue explained: "There are several movements unique to ice hockey. According to Ilya, his inspiration for this program came from last year's ice hockey European Championship. The Russian team caught up in the second half when they fell behind. That spirit moved him."

When he said that, Coach Lu understood: "Is it the game where the fans played in the auditorium and played more excitingly than on the field?"

Zhang Jue: "That's the one."

In contrast, Hayato Teraoka's program is much quieter and more soothing. After all, the selection is enya's music, and I feel my heart calm down after listening to it.

Hayato's Kausten this year is made of aqua-blue "Plumage of the Celestial Girl", and after shaving the beard, the unique elegance of the fairy man's style will come out.

Seeing this scene, Yang Zhiyuan's mouth twitched: "The three of them this year's short program Kosten are all blue, it seems that the superstitious idea of ​​wearing blue in the Olympic year has spread to a wider extent than I imagined. "

At first, Shen Liu brought this idea to Zhangmen, and Zhang Jue complained about it, but now he has resigned himself to his fate.

However, when Zhang Jue stepped on the ice, Yang Zhiyuan, who was already familiar with him, noticed something.

Zhang Jue is in a very good mood. It is his usual self-confidence and determination that he will definitely win the final calmness. According to the training list of the coaching staff, he has the eagerness to try when he encounters a strong enemy, but the spirit of a person It was also related to the body, Zhang Jue didn't feel refreshed like before.

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Jue has indeed been inactive for the past two days, and he has not gone out to have dinner and play games with his friends as usual. I thought it was because he did not receive the invitation, but now it seems that it may be Zhang Jue himself Turned down all the invitations, so let's sleep in the hotel.

The team doctor frowned.

"Has Team Zhang not adapted to the changes in physical training yet?"

Zhang Jue suffers from too many leg injuries, and his feet hurt from long-distance running, so the team moved most of his physical training from land to water.

And in this off-season, Zhang Jue's training volume is not light. He always does not give up on going to a higher level. After collecting five quadruple jumps, he starts to challenge higher-level jumps, so it is not very easy.

Although stability is still the main focus during the Winter Olympics season, Zhang Jue probably won't do that jump on the field, but his a jump has indeed been affected, and the jumping method is a bit different from before.

Zhang Junbao looked at Zhang Jue's figure seriously.

The first jump of Zhang Jue's short program was 4lz3t.

The crisp sound of ice tapping sounded, and he completed a set of very high-quality jumps.

Shen Liu called out "beautiful" in a low voice, and clapped his hands without haste.

And Zhang Jue's second jump was 3a, and the people who noticed the change in his 3a this season were not only the coaching staff, but also his ice fans and opponents. Everyone was staring at him closely.

Wearing a blue tuxedo, the boy like a prince swung his arms back and then forward, his whole body jumped high while gliding at high speed.

In the past, Zhang Jue's 3a jump method was very dependent on sliding speed. It was a typical ultra-long-distance jump method. One jump can span more than 3.5 meters and the height is 55 centimeters.

But this time, his jumping distance was only about 2.8 meters, but his height reached 73 centimeters!

This kind of height is more than enough for many men's singles, as long as the speed is not shabby, it is more than enough to do quadruple jumps, but Zhang Jue used it to jump 3a.

Before Zhang Jue changed his jumping method, the height of 55 centimeters was just enough for him to complete the three-and-a-half circles calmly. There is still plenty of turning ability, but the jump is higher, and the impact force when falling on the ice is also greater. Zhang Jue used to be able to jump 55a at 3 cm, and he will not jump higher. This is to save blood. It also saves energy.

After his 3a height changed, everyone was guessing.

Did Zhang Jue lose his precise control over the jump height?Or is he changing his jumping method?Has he developed any new jumping technique?

Only a few people who knew him better vaguely guessed a little bit.

Zhang Jue's current situation is very similar to many people whose 4T is no longer stable because of practicing 3T.

The moment he landed on the ice, Zhang Jue slipped, but luckily he was already familiar with 3a, so he neither supported the ice nor fell down. He just adjusted his center of gravity back based on his feeling. It looks good, but it doesn't make goe eat a minus sign.

And the quality of the 4lo single jump after that was good, and the whole show was performed by him with a gentle and elegant sweetness, so Zhang Jue also got a pretty good high score in the end.

111.35 points.

He ranked third in the short program, 3 points lower than Ilya and 1.8 points lower than Hayato.

For this score, no one is satisfied. Zhang Jue sat kiss&cry and wiped his sweat, his breathing was rough, his cheeks were flushed, and his whole body was steaming with the heat from strenuous exercise.

"I will recover my points in the free skating."

Zhang Junbao didn't say "I'll wait" like before, but patted him on the shoulder: "Don't stress."

Zhang Jue was confused: "Huh? I'm not under pressure?"

He is the kind of person who is naturally good at resisting pressure. It is nothing to him to fall behind temporarily. Doesn't the old man know this very well?

Zhang Junbao coughed: "I know, what I mean is that you shouldn't worry too much about chasing it back. You should take a good rest when you go back. Isn't it going to be the Olympics soon? You can't have it at all."

Zhang Jue blinked, and then comforted the old uncle in turn: "Don't worry about me, I'm fine, I can eat and sleep, and during the physical examination in the team before, didn't the report show that I am not as agile as I was two years ago except my legs and feet? Besides, are other places strong enough to kill a cow?"

Shen Liu shook his head: "Hey, you don't feel bad because you are temporarily behind."

For the coaches of Zhangmen, it is of course important to care about the performance of the athletes under them, but Zhang Xiaoyu is not only their student, but also the child they have watched grow up to be the king from a young age. After meeting this child, their careers went to glory.

When everyone was immature, it was Zhang Jue who followed the incomplete training plan of the coaches to explore the path of the quadruple jump. After Zhang Men gradually grew, Zhang Jue even helped the coaches to lead the performances of the younger brothers and sisters.

Compared with other juniors and juniors, Zhang Jue has the identity of a mischievous but very precious child. When he occasionally loses, the coaches are more worried about him than himself.

Fortunately, it turns out that they were just worrying in vain.

After the short program, there was a small medal awarding ceremony and a short interview with reporters. The organizer moved a small podium, and the Three Musketeers sat on it and chatted with a microphone. This was a scene that also happened in their youth group. At that time Zhang Jue is still a little kid, and when receiving awards with other athletes, he can show a concave letter.

The Three Musketeers looked at each other, and found that they all remembered this youthful past.

Hayato immediately found Xiaocun reporter among the reporters.

"Mr. Komura, could you please take another group photo for us?"

Zhang Jue put his hands on his cheeks and showed a bright smile: "Take a photo again? Then shall we hug each other?"

Because he was sitting on the lowest step, he didn't know where to put his long legs. , and Ilya sat at the highest place. If he wanted to hug the people on both sides, he had to try to stretch his arms. The posture looked a little funny. Zhang Jue glanced at him and leaned over there thoughtfully.

Reporter Komura raised his camera and clicked.

That night, photos of the Three Musketeers sitting on the podium in the youth group and the adult group were posted on the Internet.

At this time, many people discovered that seven years had passed since these three became rivals and friends.