[Short track speed skating] From academic master to Winter Olympic champion

Hearing what he said, Lin Jiaxi felt even more mixed feelings, and the feeling of grievance came up all of a sudden. If he hadn't worn a pair of dark goggles today, he would have been able to cry in front of Gu Ran.

Then, the next moment, he still couldn't help crying.

The results came out on the big screen.He was called for a blocking foul and all three others were sent to the next round.

After the results were announced, the big screen began to replay the controversial part of the game.

At the last corner, everyone was trying to overtake, and they were all crowded at the corner.

Only the Canadian team member was the closest to Lin Jiaxi. It was not difficult to see that when he swung his arm, his arm had already touched Lin Jiaxi.At this touch, Lin Jiaxi instinctively waved his hand to block him.

"Obviously Martinez fouled first, why did I get the penalty in the end?" Seeing the replay of the game on the big screen, Lin Jiaxi became even more angry and aggrieved, "God, I know him too well, he did it on purpose!"

After he spoke, his voice trembled a little, which pissed off the child.

Gu Ran put her arms around his shoulders and brought him to her side: "Okay, okay, it's okay."

Lin Jiaxi bit her lower lip, her words were still full of unwillingness: "He used to look down on me when he was in the Canadian team, thinking that I was only worthy of supporting them."

"But you took second place at the World Championships."

Lin Jiaxi said: "That's right, I took the second place, and when I got back, I said I didn't obey the coach's arrangement."

He raised his hand to wipe his eyes, but he was still wearing goggles, so this posture looked a bit silly: "So I submitted an application for leaving the team after I went back. I don't want to stay there anyway."

Thinking about it objectively, his situation in the Canadian team is indeed a bit delicate.He is the only Asian player in the team, and he has a normal relationship with other players, but he chats and laughs with the Chinese players every time he plays.

His strength is not bad, but it is only good, and he is young.The coach wanted him to support other old players in the team, and he was always a bit rebellious, often disobeying arrangements.

This is quite difficult, the Canadian team does not want to focus on training him, but also does not want him to be poached by other teams.

At the World Championships at the beginning of this year, seeing him win a silver medal, the coach was quite satisfied, but his teammates were even more dissatisfied.Especially this Martinez, he felt that the silver medal should belong to him, and Lin Jiaxi violated the arrangement of the coaching team, refused to support him, and took the silver medal by himself.

Now that he went to the Chinese team and confronted him openly, Martinez was almost mad.

Gu Ran kept holding his shoulders: "Then what if... Director Cheng doesn't want you?"

Lin Jiaxi finally took off his helmet and goggles, and wiped his face with the back of his hand: "I told you, find a club to train first, and then participate in the competition."

"You don't even have a nationality, how can you participate in the competition?"

Lin Jiaxi didn't think about this question, but thinking about it, he was very lucky to be able to wear the Chinese team's uniform today: "But I have a nationality now, and I have become teammates with you."

Gu Ran patted the back of his head lightly: "Are you feeling better?"

Lin Jiaxi bit her lower lip again: "But, I didn't even make it to the finals this time, will Director Cheng be disappointed with me?"

"No," Gu Ran comforted him, "Competitions are always full of surprises. There are times when everyone can't make it to the finals. Director Cheng is not unreasonable."

Instead of blaming Lin Jiaxi, Cheng Sen was very angry.I have been complaining to Xu Qing: "We were called to Davos for a meeting, and a lot of revision opinions were solicited. In the end, what was changed? Nothing was changed!"

Xu Qing slapped him on the back: "Calm down, the revision of the rules cannot be completed in a day or two, and the International Skating Federation also needs time."

Cheng Sen couldn't let go of his anger for a while: "Two months have passed, and it's already the new season."

Xu Qing advised him: "I hope it can be completed before the Winter Olympics."

Although Lin Jiaxi failed to enter the finals, Gu Guran and Gao Ziyi entered the finals. Both of them are not weak. In this event, there is still a good chance of winning the championship.

Because there were three athletes in the other group who were directly sentenced, plus the two Koreans in the top two, that is to say, except for Lin Jiaxi, all five players entered the final.

There are three people in Gu Ran's group, and there are eight players in the finals.It is not difficult to imagine how crowded the arena will be.

Gu Ran is very clear that he and Gao Ziyi must have a clear tactical arrangement for this game and strictly implement it, in order to be competitive enough to win this gold medal.

Not counting the domestic and youth competitions, this is the first time Gu Ran has participated in the 1500-meter competition in a major competition, so it is inevitable that he lacks experience.

So, he said to Gao Ziyi: "Although these European and American players are not weak, the most competitive for this gold medal is still the Korean team and us. To be precise, it is you and Yin Canyu."

Gao Ziyi shook his head: "In this event, Yin Canyu's strength lies there. He is still the favorite to win the championship."

"It's okay," Gu Ran said with a smile, "You just need to skate in front, leave the rest to me, and I will protect you."

Gao Ziyi grabbed his hand: "Xiaoran, there are so many variables in the 1500-meter race. We should adjust our tactics at any time according to changes in the situation on the field. If you have a chance, just go up and don't have to think so much."

"I know, brother, don't worry."

At this time, the final of Group B on the field was over, and the staff signaled 8 people from Group A to enter the field.

Gu Ran took a deep breath, and walked to the ice rink with Gao Ziyi.

Eight people lined up in front of the starting line. Before the race started, it was already very cramped.

Gu Ran is in the third lane, Yin Canyu and Gao Ziyi are on the left one or two lanes, the Korean Zheng Minyu is on the right, and there are four European and American players beside him.

Although there are many people, but this is a 1500-meter race, it is not meaningful to compete for the start.

Therefore, when the starting gun sounded, all the contestants were stunned for a while before rushing out.

But there is an exception, and that is Gu Ran.He has been skating short distances before, whether he starts fast enough and what position he occupies will directly affect the final result.

It has become his instinct to rush out of the starting line at the same time as the starting gun sounded, so he grabbed the first place with almost no effort.

Gu Ran was not in a hurry, anyway, someone would overtake him, so he just skating with his hands behind his back.

Sure enough, just after the first corner, someone rushed out, and this person was the Canadian player Martinez.

He was sentenced to the finals, and his pass was relatively late, so Gu Ran didn't pay attention to him at all.

Unexpectedly, he was so impatient that he rushed forward.

He rushed very fast, and started to speed up continuously as soon as he came up, widening the distance from the others.

Gu Ran was taken aback for a moment, and wondered if this was the legendary rabbit tactic?

Rabbit tactics are not uncommon in racing sports, and are often seen in long-distance racing competitions such as cycling, track and field, and race walking.

Rabbit tactics are also called ring tactics, simply put, it is a game of you chasing me.

Long-distance competitions test the physical strength and endurance of athletes. Generally speaking, no one sprints at full speed from the very beginning of the competition and uses up his body first.

But the rabbit tactics happened like this. A player suddenly picked up his speed and rushed out of the large group, forming the first group that was far ahead.

This player is the rabbit. If the players behind want to win the game, they must try their best to catch up with the first player. This is called catching the rabbit.

If the rabbit doesn't want to be caught, he has to rush forward desperately, and the people behind want to catch him, but also chase forward desperately. This kind of game of catching rabbits where you chase and flee will run through the entire game.

Going back to the game itself, regardless of whether it is suitable for rabbit tactics in this situation, this move by Canadian player Martinez really won the applause and applause of the audience.

The first half of the 1500 meters was quite dull, but he suddenly started to speed up like this.In the stands, the passion of ice fans was instantly ignited, screams and shouts came and went, and the whole venue was boiling.

This will test the psychological quality of the remaining 7 athletes, whether to chase or not.

Chasing may consume your physical energy, and you may not be able to catch up in the end.

Don't chase, Martinez is a Canadian player, and it is not impossible to win the gold medal under the encouragement of the ice fans at the scene.

Therefore, the rabbit tactic has another advantage, that is, it disrupts the rhythm of other players.Regardless of whether the people behind are chasing or not, the rabbit in front has taken the initiative.

Soon someone made a decision, the Italian player caught up, and then the Belgian player.

Seeing that they surpassed him one after another, Gu Ran was not surprised at all.Not to mention winning the championship, in this game, they have little hope of competing for the top three, so it is better to fight at this time, and be recognized by the rhythm.

But Gu Ran made a completely different choice from them. He didn't catch the rabbit, he just sped up a little bit to distance himself from the people behind.

Behind him are two Koreans, Yin Chanyu and Zheng Minyu.In fact, these two people had the same reaction as Gu Ran when they saw the Canadian players rushing up. They didn't react too much, because they knew that the strength of those three people was not enough to win the championship.

But seeing Gu Ran speeding up, their sensitive nerves tensed up.

Therefore, Zheng Minyu took the lead. He first surpassed his predecessors Yin Canyu and Gu Ran from outsiders, then took a look at the three people in front of him, and chased after them without doing anything.

He chased after him, and those behind him could only catch up.So, at the next corner, the five people in front huddled together, frequently overtaking and being overtaken, and the scene was even more intense than the final sprint.From the God's perspective of the audience in the stands, the scene was tense and exciting.

This kind of group of people crowded in one place, colliding and interfering with each other will only lead to one result-everyone consumes a lot of physical energy and is forced to slow down.

At this time, Gu Ran, Gao Ziyi, and the last Russian player followed up unhurriedly, and they were not far behind them.

When Gu Ran passed the curve, he put his left hand behind his back and pushed his goggles with his right hand. Whether it was his skating or this inadvertent movement, he looked very elegant and free.

Halfway through the game, everyone suddenly realized that he was the one who had the least physical exertion but was not separated.

At this time, Yin Canyu had already slipped to the first place, Zheng Minyu was second, and the Canadian was third... Gu Ran was still in sixth place, followed by Gao Ziyi.

As the race entered the eighth lap, Gu Ran looked up frequently.In front of him are players from Belgium and Italy.

The two still had ideas about the third position, and they were overtaking in two consecutive corners. So, entering the ninth lap, the three of them exchanged positions several times.

On the ninth lap, Gu Ran was still observing the front. He jumped over the three European and American players who were fighting hard, and looked at the two Koreans in the front.

The few laps of the rabbit game just now invisibly consumed the physical energy of both of them, especially this Zheng Mingyu. In Gu Ran's opinion, this talented player of the South Korean team obviously suffered from inexperience and was taken by a Canadian player. wave rhythm.

Now, from his skating, it is not difficult to see that his physical fitness has declined very seriously, and even the movements of kicking the ice are a bit out of shape.

In this regard, his senior Yin Canyu did a good job, at least Gu Ran can't see any flaws in him with his naked eyes.

At the next bend, Gu Ran gestured to Gao Ziyi behind him, signaling him to follow.

Gao Ziyi patted his hand lightly.The two people, one in front and one behind, cut out of the outer lane from a column, and by virtue of the distance of a curve, they surpassed four people in a row and came to the second position.

Gu Ran cleverly got stuck between Yin Canyu and Zheng Minyu, knowing that the latter was exhausted, and now there was no threat to him.

Gao Ziyi was on the outside of him, shoulder to shoulder with him.Gu Ran yelled in a low voice: "Brother, hurry up!"

So, when entering the straight road, Gao Ziyi came in front of him, ranking second.

Zheng Minyu was behind Gu Ran, his eyes seemed to be breathing fire, and his teeth were almost gnawed.He could clearly see the flaws in his route, and he had even passed Gu Ran eight hundred times in his mind, but his legs couldn't exert any strength, and he couldn't catch up with him at all.

The only blame is that he was fooled by the Canadians just now, chasing him too hard and consuming too much physical energy, now seeing Gu Ran in front of him, but there is nothing he can do.

The next corner is just around the corner, with one and a half laps to go.

Gu Ran quickly cut to the outer lane, and then continued to kick on the ice to gain speed, taking the lead to overtake Gao Ziyi.

But he is not satisfied, his goal is the first position.

Others have been leading the skate for so long and are about to cross the line, so it should be him to lead the skate.

He is a short-distance skater. Explosive power is his strong point. His ability to continue to accelerate midway is one of the best in the world. He runs like a gust of wind. Gu Ran was already behind Yin Canyu.

At this time, they were about to exit the corner, and Gu Ran was still sharpening his knife non-stop, his legs seemed to be equipped with a motor, and he didn't feel tired at all.

Yin Canyu knew very well that as long as he surpassed him, he would miss the 1500-meter gold medal.

Since this year's competition, he has lost too many times, this time, he can't let Gu Ran surpass, absolutely not!

His reaction was quick, and he made adjustments immediately when he came out of the corner, trying to use his body position to trap Gu Ran.

However, just as he finished adjusting the route, an alarm suddenly sounded in his mind—no, something was wrong, he seemed to be... fooled.

He was indeed fooled. At the moment when his route deviated, a position enough for people to pass was exposed on the inside. In addition, there was no restriction on the straight road, and Gao Ziyi suddenly slipped away from him silently. past.

Just now, Gu Ran didn't intend to overtake him, but just wanted to attract his attention and create opportunities for Gao Ziyi! ! !

However, in his subconscious mind, Gu Ran swept all major competitions as soon as he debuted, showing a very strong performance.

No matter which team they are placed in, such players should be the absolute main force.

Therefore, he always thought that Gao Ziyi was assisting him when passing the bend just now, blocking Zheng Minyu from behind.

How could he have imagined that at this time, Zheng Mingyu had already fallen to fifth place, and there was no threat to the two Chinese at all.

It just so happened that the two of them could attack him without any scruples.

Gu Ran was willing to create opportunities for Gao Ziyi so that he could surpass the first place.

But when it came to the next corner, Yin Canyu was prepared. Gu Ran didn't have any chance in the outside lane, so he slowed down a little and fell to the third place.

There is only the last corner left in the race, and Yin Canyu still refuses to give up.The distance between him and Gao Ziyi is not far, as long as he can increase his speed, he has a chance to surpass him.

At least, there is a chance to fight when crossing the line.

He was desperately chasing Gao Ziyi, and Gu Ran was also desperately chasing him.

I have to admit that this Korean is still strong. He also consumed a lot of physical strength in the initial rabbit tactic, but until now, he still has the strength to compete for the championship.

After the last corner, you don't have to think too much, just stretch your legs forward as much as possible.

Gao Ziyi was on the inside, Yin Canyu was next to him, and Gu Ran chased him from the outside. At the last moment, there was hardly any difference between the three of them.