Blade of Glory [Figure Skating]

The day after the short program was the long program competition, which made Qing Yue, who had exhausted a lot of energy in today's competition, return to his residence in the Olympic Village without thinking about doing other things.

After the last Olympic Games, the access mechanism of the Olympic Village has been improved.No media or even any professional camera equipment can enter the place where the players live during the game.Therefore, for this Olympic Games, Qingyue can finally hide comfortably in the dormitory of the Olympic Village, watching the long-program practice video that Freire filmed for him, quietly thinking about it over and over again in his mind. Looking forward to my own performance in tomorrow's game.

As Qingyue's coach, Freire, who is in the dormitory with him, is doing what a pre-match psychological counselor should do, trying his best to divert Qingyue's attention, and let him stop thinking about today's short program results Or is it all about tomorrow's long program match.Freire understands that Qing Yue is no longer afraid of being defeated by anyone else.Although he had quit ice for three years, and left with such scars all over his body.But now he seems to be detached from all opponents, he is only worried about whether he can defeat himself at the last moment, thinking...whether he can draw a perfect picture for himself, or even for the era that belongs to them. period.

When they entered the double dormitory prepared for all athletes, coaches, and even referees in the Olympic Village, Qingyue and Freire put together two rather small single beds so that they could listen to each other The sound of heartbeat, even the sound of breathing to fall asleep.

Another night before the Olympic long program.Qing Yue had finished washing at seven o'clock in the evening, and lay down on the bed, hoping to sleep longer before the game.But the insomnia before the game fell on him as always.Fortunately, it's still early today.

Qingyue seemed to be still immersed in the joy and emotion of successfully completing Axel's quadruple jump in today's short program competition.Since Axel's quadruple jump and even what he will accomplish in the long program competitions are all too appalling, so...Qingyue didn't tell those who came to watch his competitions about his plan Friends who came here specially.At this moment, the only one who can share that excitement with him is Freire who is beside him.

Perhaps, at the beginning of the long program tomorrow, when they get the difficulty factor table that he reported to the referee team, many sports media will cause a sensation.However... those are far from enough.

"Frell. Do you think I... can do it tomorrow?"

When the two were feeling each other's body temperature and breathing, Qing Yue asked this sentence, with a sense of confusion and... a desire to try.It was an extremely contradictory mood.On the one hand, Qing Yue hopes that tomorrow's long program game will come soon, so that he can show the world the meaning of his return to the ice world.On the other hand, Qingyue hoped that this night would be longer, longer.Because there is an indescribable fear in his heart, afraid that he will fall in a mess on the ice rink tomorrow, just like those situations he often encounters in practice.

When Qing Yue said those words, Frere fell into a brief silence.During that short period of time, Qingyue's breathing became obviously slower and heavier, nervously waiting for the answer that Freire would come up with.Unexpectedly, all he was waiting for was a kiss on his forehead from Freire and a charming low-pitched laughter.

"It's true, that jump... you don't have a very high success rate in practice. It takes an average of ten jumps to succeed twice. But didn't you tell me before? About... what do you think, what counts You have a stable quadruple jump. You said that the real stable quadruple jump is not that you can succeed nine times out of ten attempts. It's... When necessary, you can succeed as long as you take off.

If that's the case, I think you can have a solid play on that jump.It's like the 4A you did in the competition today, it's done with a higher quality than any of the jumps you've done in practice.This shows that you are a thorough competitive player.The more important the game, the better your performance will be.My gut tells me you can make it.

Why don't you think about it, why did two jumping geniuses like you and Naxiu appear in a row in 20 years?That must be because...God wants you to complete the miracle that Xiu hadn't had time to complete back then. "

Freire spoke very slowly, even with a kind of laziness produced by the vibration of the vocal cords.But every word he said at the moment seemed to be hypnotic and slowly entered the depths of Qingyue's consciousness, and even gave him an unspeakable energy, firmly believing that he would be successful in the next two days of competition Do everything you want to do on the ice.

"What's more, what if I fell down? Didn't I often fall badly in competitions before? We have already thought about it when we came here. This time, we are not here for medals. Falling So what if a point is deducted by the referee? You can completely improvise and try again at the next jumping place that is suitable for jumping. After you have used up the eight jumping opportunities in the long program, you will always succeed once, right? Isn't that enough?"

"That would screw up my race program! Everyone will think that program is what I'm supposed to be skating at the grand prix finale! I hate that damn four-level footwork!"

"Aha, I'm sure the active players thought the same thing when they knew you came back. I hate that damn quad."

When Freire finished speaking, both of them laughed at the same time, kissed each other, and felt each other's body temperature in the cold winter...

Perhaps the more you want time to pass more slowly, it will pass faster.The night passed quickly in each other's body temperature and sweet sleep.In this way, the long program game scheduled to be held in the evening of the next day gradually opened its doors.

Once again, Qing Yue, who was the last player in the last group, looked at the match scene of the long program, feeling unavoidably melancholy and even more emotional.

Although, this is the third time that Qingyue has come to the Olympic arena.But this time the arena made him feel... strange like never before.It was even more alien to him than his first Olympics at the age of 19.Because those people who made Qing Yue feel familiar and kind have already left this duel field that symbolizes the highest honor.

Memories of the past are intertwined in Qing Yue's mind like this.He seemed to recall the situation in the waiting area before the start of the short program competition in the last Olympic Games.In the last Olympic Games, Freire beside him was still wearing the same colorful costumes as most of the contestants here, and even stepped on NX skates with plastic shells on the ice blades.In the last Olympic Games, Chu Xuan was still hooking shoulders with him, and the two brothers commented in a low voice on the athletes who had played before.

But now, it seems that he can no longer see the blood surging here, and he is inexplicably moved.Yes, it's just a kind of complete strangeness with a little loneliness.

No, maybe... It's not completely strange.

Qing Yue raised his head and glanced at the huge auditorium.He seemed to have seen the Xishu ski team in uniform, led by Le Sheng, on the second floor of the auditorium.Then he turned his gaze to the stands holding the Branden flag high.There, there were some Plandon women's singles, pair skaters, and even ice dancers in civilian clothes.And Charman and Eva, who have already retired, are even holding a child, and their eyes seem to be looking at their side...

It seems that there are more and more people that Qing Yue feels familiar with are watching him from the stands.There is Chu Xuan, who has become an international movie star, who is careful in disguise, and Koness, who is looking for the most beautiful plants all over the world, and Niolido, who has never stopped performing in summer commercials, and even... sitting alone is the most difficult to be found From the corner of the room, Alek stared at Qingyue with deep eyes.

In order to testify the last splendor that bloomed in the era that once belonged to them, they came here.

It turned out that those who accompanied Qing Yue's growth, walked side by side with him, and were rivals on the ice rink did not leave, they just no longer competed with Qing Yue on the same stage.What is left is no longer the will of God of War, but a pious gaze.They admired Qingyue's last performance on the Olympic stage, which was dazzling... enough to belong to their era, and then took advantage of the performance to extend to a further distance.

Feeling that gaze, Qing Yue will eventually be fearless.

"Next, let's invite Qingyue who is the last one to appear today and ranked third in the short program!"

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