legend on ice

I left the China Building at 04:30 p.m., and returned after posting a photo on Instagram at [-]:[-].

At 35:[-], Wang Yi, Li Qin, Liu Yan, Anna Klimova, together with Bai Xuning and Liu Ziqi, gathered together and went to the press room of the Media Center of the Olympic Village to participate in tomorrow morning,? The draw ceremony for the individual short program competition.

The lottery process is similar to that of the last Olympic Games. The only thing to watch is Wang Yi, Ivan Beria, Derek Anderson, Matsumoto Koichi, Bai Xuning and Liu Ziqi.

The former,? Smiling at each other and having fun,? Sitting in the first row chatting happily.

The latter, especially Bai Xuning and Matsumoto Koichi.Since they sat down, they acted as if they didn't see each other. Occasionally, their eyes met inadvertently, and violent sparks could be produced in an instant.

What about Wang Yi? I saw it but didn't care.As he said, before he completed his three-game winning streak, they could have a good relationship off the court, and they were just enemies on the court.

The game is getting closer and closer,? He will only focus on himself, and don't let outside things distract him.

Defending and re-elected,? Difficulty and pressure? People who have never experienced it will never know.

Please remember,? Tomorrow's game is not the World Championships,? It is the most important Olympic Games for any athlete.

"No.1,? Yi? WANG, China."

"Six."

"No.2, Ivan? Beria,? Russia."

"Four."

"No. 3, Derek? ANDERSON, Canada."

"Five."

"No.4, kazuhiro? MACHIDA, Japan."

"Two."

"No. 5, Mikhail Chekhov, Russia."

"One."

"No. 6, Xu? Ning? BAI, China."

"Three."

Hush huh huh.

At eighteen o'clock, the drawing of lots began.

Thirty athletes participating in the men's singles short program competition were divided into five groups. After the staff of the front row organizing committee called their names, they stepped forward one by one to draw their order of appearance.

According to the points situation in the previous seasons, Wang Yi, Ivan Beria, and Derek Anderson are undoubtedly the last group to play.Not long ago in the Grand Prix finals, Bai Xuning, who defeated Matsumoto Koichi, was very lucky. Not only did he successfully squeeze into the last group, he was also given a No. [-] lottery by the opponent in front. The shoulders almost jumped on the spot.Afterwards, he glanced complacently at Japan's old enemy who lacked points and was miserably classified into the fourth group.

Oh, that's right, there is also Liu Ziqi.

Although he won the spot and broke into the Olympics, but the order of the third place in the first group, I don't know if he can make it to the top ten in free skating.He may be technically sufficient, but he is far behind in terms of popularity and referee recognition.

If it was Zhao Hongtian, even though he would not be able to make it to the last group of the short program, at least he would be in the same group as Matsumoto Hikaru.

What can be said.

I didn't withstand the pressure, and handed over the quota to others, in vain.

Even if you don't like it in your heart, you can only accept it.

At 18:30, the draw ceremony for the men's singles short program ended.Wang Yi held the No. 300 lottery in the fifth group and was praised by Li Qin, Anna, and Liu Yanhao. After dealing with several waves of interviews with domestic and foreign reporters, he returned to his room in the China Building, took off his coat, and clicked on the mobile app to see the number of likes With more than [-] million photos, he smiled, put down his phone, closed his eyes, flattened his body, and cleared his mind to sort out tomorrow's short program.

Pop rock, "Stairway to Heaven", Beijing time, around [-]:[-] pm tomorrow, he will use this modified program to consolidate his foundation for defending the Pyeongchang title.Use absolute strength to overwhelm the two old opponents and end their careers.Stand at the highest point of figure skating men's singles, and meet the challenges of countless newcomers!

"CCTV, CCTV, Gangneung local time, February 2 at 16:2018 am, Beijing time, New Year's Day at [-]:[-] am. Welcome to the [-] Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Figure skating men The scene of the single short program."

Adjust, rest, overnight.

The figure skating team competition is over, the pair competition is over, and the Jiangling Ice Stadium ushered in another competition in the morning of the next day, which affects the hearts and minds of hundreds of millions of figure skating fans all over the world.

At 10:01, the arena, which can accommodate 1 spectators, was full of seats and buzzing with voices.

In the comment section of the live broadcast, bid farewell to the haze of CCTV5 in the pair skating yesterday. Xia Meng, the figure skating commentator and special guests, reviewed yesterday’s regrets for the domestic audience who watched the game through the live broadcast signal. Popular science See how important today's game is.

In the original words of Mr. Wang Weimin, who was invited to be the guest commentator and the head of the coaching staff of the Chinese national figure skating team, the men's singles match between today and tomorrow is not only a demonstration of the strength of modern Chinese men's figure skating men's singles, but also a demonstration of the world's famous figure skating men's singles. The turning point of an era.

He won, successfully defended his title, and became the biggest legend in men's figure skating in the past 50 years.

Losing, regret is certain, but don't be discouraged.The next Winter Olympics cycle, at the doorstep of 2022, as long as Wang Yi is willing to persevere, it is not that he has no chance to compete for the championship.

"Yes! Just like Director Wang said, the results of this year's men's singles, both for Wang Yi and for Chinese figure skating, have a completely different meaning than before."

The old man Wang Weimin's voice fell, and Xia Meng took the initiative to answer.But she noticed that in the monitoring screen, the athletes participating in the first group of competitions were about to enter the arena. To make a long story short, she concluded.

"Undoubtedly, whether Wang Yi can successfully defend the title is the biggest highlight of men's single skating in this Olympic Games. However, the performance of other athletes in Chinese figure skating men's single skating is also worth looking forward to. Bai Xuning will have to wait a while to appear in the fifth group. Liu Ziqi, the third player in the group, will be on the stage soon."

"Ladies? and? Gentlemen—"

At 1:[-], [-] spectators were seated to participate in the men's singles short program competition. The first group of six athletes came to the sidelines and waited.

The on-site announcer warmed up the field and began to introduce the scoring referees of the game, with several rounds of applause.The entrance and exit at the southeast corner of the ice rink was opened, and the Winter Olympic fighters who appeared first, accompanied by the introduction of the announcer, waved to the stands on all sides. Afterwards, after the 6-minute warm-up countdown began, they quickly spread out and skating, and seized the last bit of time to wake up body of.

At the same time, in the room of the China Building, Wang Yi sat on the sofa in the public activity area, watching every move of Liu Ziqi on the TV screen not far away.I was very curious if this newcomer could withstand the pressure.

You know, considering his relationship with Zhao Hongtian as a referee, the coaching system of the national team has carefully weighed whether he is worth an Olympic ticket.

I hope he can continue his performance in the test match.Otherwise, Zhao Hongtian's supporters would definitely say, 'Did I say that a long time ago? ' and the like.

Stress and growth, he also walked step by step in this way, more or less guessed that Liu Ziqi must be holding back a lot of energy now.For better or worse, the answer will be revealed soon.

"...Brother, in fact, it's not easy for him. He must be aware of the disputes in the team after he got the spot. He didn't even complain. I can't do it."

Beside Wang Yi, Bai Xuning was nestled on a beanbag sofa, cracking the pistachio shell in his hand, and pouted at Liu Ziqi on the TV screen.

"There is fire in his eyes, I hope he won't get too excited. In the team battle, he made two mistakes in free skating. I hope he has adjusted in today's short program."

"Ahhh, how annoying! I suddenly feel that if the domestic singles skating continues to develop like this, no matter how many men's singles there are, there will not be enough quotas! The reason for this situation, in a sense, is all to blame, bro."

"Well, blame me."

Hearing Bai Xuning's complaint, Wang Yi smiled and accepted the scapegoat.

Watching the live broadcast, the 6-minute warm-up ended and the athletes left.After waiting for about 10 minutes, Liu Ziqi appeared on the field.

At 10:26, the short program music from the movie "Life of Pi" sounded, and Liu Ziqi began to slide.

In the opening stage, Yan-style turn and squat turn, the two sets of technical movements have standard postures, followed by the step-by-step grading. In Wang Yi's opinion, the footwork transition is not smooth enough, and the grading is as high as three.

After that, the one minute and 25 second checkpoint came, and the short program entered the second half.

The 17-year-old boy who trained in the local area and successfully entered the Olympics opened a storm of triple jumps with a very good take-off height and a quadruple jump in the back inner knot.

After falling off the ice, he slid out, tapped the blade of his left foot, and then performed a triple axel.Accelerate stepping, arm movements match the music to catch up with the rhythm, slide on the rear outer edge of the right foot, jump up with the ice skate on the left foot, jump in the second quadruple, and land on the rear outer edge with 4T.

The advantage is that the height is still high and the sense of strength is full.The shortcomings are also obvious. The whole jump is very dry and tight, and the falling and sliding stage is almost like being stuck on ice, which makes people worry about his knees.

The entire group of jumps, although there were no mistakes in the completion process, there was no aesthetic feeling at all. Goe's execution points can't be deducted or raised. At most, it can be regarded as completing the task, but it's not lost.

"He is still too tense. With the quality of the program, it is no problem to enter the free skating, but it is not enough to enter the final group to compete for medals."

On the TV screen, Liu Ziqi jumped up and down for the last time, and Axel successfully completed the triple axel.Wang Yi shook his head and stood up, pulled the folds of the sports pants on his legs, and shifted his gaze to Bai Xuning beside him, who was eating nuts by the handful like a squirrel.

"Don't eat it. The meeting of the coaching staff is probably over soon. It's time for us to go to the stadium to prepare for the game. Let me tell you first, I won't be distracted when I get to the game. You have only one identity in my eyes, the competitor."

"Ah? Competitor!? Don't worry, bro. I don't think I'm a green onion. I don't have the slightest chance of winning against you, okay?"

Bai Xuning was stunned for a moment when he heard Wang Yi's declaration.

Hastily dropped the unfinished pistachios in his hand, caught up with Wang Yi's footsteps leaving the activity area, and shouted unwillingly behind him.

"Brother, you don't know how important your encouragement is to me. I just want to give you enough encouragement, right? Hey! Brother, you smiled, and if you laughed, you agreed! I was scared to death just now, and I almost thought that you came here for real." Yes. Look, look, look, sweat is dripping on my forehead, and my heart is pounding. Believe it or not, do you want to feel it? It’s really urgent.”

"Shut up and go."

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