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

Everyone in the short track speed skating team interviews ghosts, and the boys are all so good and dare to speak.

Qiu Di handed the microphone to Lin Jiaxi again, and asked him a few questions emphatically.Mostly it revolves around the changes after he came to the Chinese team, whether he has adapted, how he feels after winning the gold medal, and what goals he has in the future...

"First of all, I would like to thank my teammates for their wonderful performance in the final, so that I can win this gold medal together with everyone. Xiaoran said, this is asking my teammates to take me to lie down..."

As soon as he said this, the others almost died laughing, even Qiu Di laughed too.

Gu Ran put his arms around his neck, pulled him to him, and said with a smile: "You also performed well in the preliminaries and semi-finals, this is the gold medal we won together."

Lin Jiaxi looked like a sunny and cheerful big boy, his smile was full of peadlove.Especially when these questions were quite friendly, he seemed very talkative and gave his answers one by one very seriously.When he was at a loss for words, he would turn his head to look at Gu Ran. The two of them just exchanged a look, and Gu Ran could find the exact words he wanted to express.

Not only Gu Ran, but others would occasionally give him a hint or two, and the five of them worked together to help him complete the interview.

Matches and interviews are simulcast live and will also be shown on the news on the sports channel.

Yesterday, Gu Ran, Chi Lang and Meng Yuqiao won the first, second and third places in the 500-meter race; Gu Ran and Lin Jiaxi worked hard to win one gold and one silver in the 1500-meter race; today, Yang Shanshan accidentally fell down in the mixed relay, but stood up immediately Finish the race; the 5000-meter relay was in the carnival of the South Korean team. The champion belonged to the Chinese team. Several boys hugged each other tightly. In the final interview, everyone helped Lin Jiaxi answer questions...

Every picture left a deep impression on ice fans.Compared with the South Korean team, which complains to each other whenever there is an accident in the game, the atmosphere in the Chinese team is much more united and loving.

They are a group of lovely people, young and full of vigor, getting along day and night, living under the same roof, going to the skating hall to train together, and persisting day after day. They all have a common goal-the Beijing Winter Olympics.

In this World Championships, Gu Ran participated in six competitions by himself and won four golds, one silver and one bronze. He helped the Chinese team top the medal table for two consecutive World Championships. He can be called a model worker of the Chinese team.

Especially in the next two competition days, his name was frequently searched. With titles such as "Genius Boy", "Big Demon King" and "New Generation China's Short Track Speed ​​Skating Leader", Weibo fans became more and more popular within two days. It has exceeded one million, and the homepage has several million visits every day.

Some marketing accounts are nothing more than reposting last year's content this year, bragging about his strength, honor, and appearance.From a more novel angle, he found out that he happened to be in the third year of high school this year, and he was about to take the college entrance examination in two and a half months.

Many of his elementary school, middle school and high school classmates on the Internet revealed that he is a top student, and everyone is looking forward to what kind of test results this world champion can achieve.

Afterwards, even several well-known "Double First-Class" colleges and universities in Beijing posted Aite Guran on their official Weibo, and he was welcome to fill in his volunteer application.

As a result, netizens gave him advice one after another, which school is better for which major, what was the admission score in the past few years, and also checked the relevant policies, how many bonus points can be enjoyed in a situation like his.

Later, everyone started a heated discussion on whether sports students should get extra points in the college entrance examination.The next day, Gu Ran posted a Weibo under the supervision of the team leader, which roughly meant to thank everyone for their concern, and he will continue to work hard to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics in the next year.

He didn't say anything about the entrance exam, nor did he reveal which university he wanted to apply for.

A few days later, various media found the National Winter Management Center, hoping to conduct an exclusive interview with Gu Ran.Some brands even want to become sponsors of the national short track speed skating team, hoping that Gu Ran will shoot commercials for them.

Yu Jie made a special trip to ask Gu Ran for his opinion, but he refused without even thinking about it. The reason was that he had to concentrate on preparing for the college entrance examination and had no time for such things.

Although the sponsorship funds offered by the sponsors for the national team are very competitive, Gu Ran is required to shoot commercials as a condition, which he himself does not agree to, and others have nothing to do with him.

After all, he is not yet eighteen years old, and he is a minor. Even if he agrees, he still has to ask his parents for their opinions.

After returning from Vienna, the whole team started the holiday mode.Just like last year, only Gu Ran and Gao Ziyi were left in the athlete's apartment.

Taking advantage of the weekend, Gu Ran went to Jiang Yan's house with Gao Ziyi for a meal.Every time Jiang Yan and Cheng Lan saw him coming, they were overjoyed. They would prepare a table of hometown dishes for him, and they could take them out after eating.When he was leaving, he packed a large bag of fruit and told him to train hard, concentrate on reviewing, and pay attention to his body.

Seeing Cheng Sen rolling his eyes wildly, he almost wrote the word "jealousy" on his face: "When I was his age, I came to Beijing for training, and you never asked me so much before."

Cheng Lan slapped him on the back: "You have rough skin and thick flesh, can you compare with Xiao Ran? He is only 16 years old..."

Cheng Sen reminded her: "Seventeen soon."

"It's half as young as you. One more well-behaved child, as long as it's my son."

"???"

Cheng Sen reminded her again: "You have a son!"

Cheng Lan glared at him: "Stop talking nonsense, go in and help your dad wash the dishes!"

"..."

It wasn't until Gu Ran returned to school that he found out that his little friend Qi Siyuan, who was in the same grade and a different class, had dropped out of school.

Gu Ran sent him a WeChat message: "Have you dropped out of school?"

Qi Siyuan didn't reply to him until the evening: "I'm training, preparing for the Olympics, and I don't have time to attend classes or take the college entrance examination."

Gu Ran calculated that there will be the Summer Olympics in August this year: "The Olympics are more important, and you can read the book later."

Qi Siyuan sent out a very painful expression: "Recently, I am in special physical training, and I am exhausted every day, so I only have time to look at my phone at night."

Gu Ran encouraged him: "Grit your teeth and persevere, maybe you will be the future Olympic champion"

Qi Siyuan laughed loudly and said, "That's great, I dream about it."

Gu Ran said, "Me too."

Qi Siyuan was shocked: "You don't have to dream, just look at Weibo, in the eyes of the majority of netizens, you are already the future Winter Olympics champion!"

Gu Ran said: "Our project, it's a bit special, it doesn't matter if you have the ability, it depends on your fate!"

Qi Siyuan made another laughing emoji: "Don't be afraid, with this aspect of yours, you can tell your fate just by looking at it."

Gu Ran was surprised and said, "You still know the face?"

"No, I just think you're handsome."

Although the college entrance examination is coming soon, Gu Ran has not stopped training completely, he still goes on the ice or on land or does physical training for two hours every day, and he spends the rest of the time reading books and brushing up questions.

Every night, he will also have a video with Wei Yuening, and the other party will share his notes with him, explain the wrong questions, and share some answering skills and experience.

Chi Lang and Shen Jia also stopped coming to him to play games. In order not to affect his study, the whole team would involuntarily walk lightly in the corridor and try not to talk outside.

Half a month later, Chi Lang, Lin Jiaxi and Gao Ziyi went to Shanghai to participate in this year's World Youth Championship with the National Youth Team.The leader naturally hoped that Gu Ran could go too, but he himself refused.

After all, the college entrance examination is coming soon, and the leaders understand and respect his decision.

A few days later, Xu Mei and Gu Changfeng came to Beijing again. Gu Changfeng had work to do, so Xu Mei went to see her son directly.

Gu Ran was doing a set of questions, so she didn't have time to greet her and ask her to sit beside her for a while.

Xu Mei suddenly said: "Why don't we come to Beijing to accompany you, and come back together when you take the college entrance examination."

"Ah?" Gu Ran chatted with her while brushing the questions, "Where do you live?"

Xu Mei said, "Stay in a hotel! Anyway, your dad will go to Beijing on business every three days or so."

Gu Ran thought about it for a while, and in the past year or so, his father has indeed come to Beijing every month.At first, he thought that his father was looking for an excuse to come to see him, but later he realized that it was because of his own affection, and it was indeed because of work.

"Forget it! There is only one month left before my college entrance examination, and it's not enough to torment. Besides, I can't live with you."

Xu Mei took a look at this apartment. The building was very old, and the decoration was also very old. The paint on the wardrobe, desk and bed was peeling off in some places.

Xu Mei said: "I see that many candidates live in hotels in the final sprint stage. The food and accommodation conditions are quite good, and your mother can still accompany you."

Gu Ran ruthlessly refused: "I live here very well. I have food and drink, and I don't need others to take care of me. Just don't distract me."

Xu Mei felt a little lost: "This is the most important period of your life, I want to be by your side."

Gu Ran put down her pen and sat beside her: "For others, the college entrance examination may be the most important node in life, but for me it is not, it is just an experience, drawing a successful conclusion to the past 12 years. That's all."

"Even if I don't do well in the exam, it doesn't matter. I can continue to take the college entrance examination next year. Even if I don't do well in the exam, I have another way to get into an ideal university. Don't worry about me."

"There are still many important moments in my life waiting for you and my dad to witness with your own eyes. For example, after a year and a half, you can come to see and become the Olympic champion."

Xu Mei patted his head: "What I mean is, my son is 17 years old and is about to take the college entrance examination. As a mother, I can't do anything, and I don't have any sense of experience."

Gu Ran understood it: "It turns out that you have practiced a top-notch account and plan to experience the game well."

Xu Mei pinched his face: "I don't want you anymore, I will have another baby with your dad after we go back."

Gu Ran said, "Planning to practice a trumpet?"

Xu Mei sighed: "Forget it, what should I do if you practice the trumpet and get mad at me like you?"

Gu Ran frowned: "That's right, practicing a small account is not necessarily better than a large account, and you can't sell the account, so wouldn't it be a blow to your hands hahaha!"

Xu Mei stood up with her bag in her hand: "Hurry up and study, I'm leaving."

Gu Ran's student status is still at the school where she was in the first year of high school, and the college entrance examination is also at the school where her student status is located, but she did not meet Wei Yuening.It was after the college entrance examination that the two met.

It's been two years since the two of them chatted via video every now and then, and they were really standing face to face, only to realize that the appearance of the other party was very different from what they had imagined.

Wei Yuening looked him up and down: "He has grown taller."

Gu Ran has indeed grown in size in the past two years, and now stands at 182 centimeters.

He smiled and shook his head: "I used to worry about not growing tall, but now I worry about growing too fast."

As a short-track speed skater, his current height is already the limit. If he is a little taller, he may not be so flexible when he completes the surpass.

Fortunately, the period when he grew most rapidly was the two years when he was 45 to [-] years old. Since last year, his height has stabilized, and he has not grown any longer this year.

Wei Yuening asked him, "How did you do in the exam?"

Gu Ran said: "That's it, play normally."

Wei Yuening nodded: "Then we should be able to become alumni."

"Alumni?" Gu Ran was surprised, "Aren't you a classmate?"

Wei Yuening showed a mysterious smile: "If you want to be a classmate with me, you have to keep working hard."

"???"

When Gu Ran's head was full of greetings, the other party changed the subject again: "Going to college is not as easy as high school. Do you have time to study?"

Gu Ran shrugged indifferently: "Time, there will always be some time to squeeze in. The college entrance examination is over, so I have to study."

Wei Yuening said: "You are the best person I have ever met, bar none."

Gu Ran suspects that she heard it wrong: "Didn't you just say that I want to be a classmate with you, do you need to continue working hard?"

"That's different. I'm just participating in physics competitions. You are going to participate in the World Championships and even the Winter Olympics."

It was only when he said this that Gu Ran realized: "Could it be that you..."

Wei Yuening nodded: "Computer science experiment class."

Gu Ran gave him a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

"you can also."

After the college entrance examination, Gu Ran had to start training non-stop.This time the whole team is about to fly to Yunnan to start a month-long plateau training.

Kunming Haigeng training base, which belongs to the moderate plateau area with an altitude of 1888 meters, and the air density is relatively thin. Athletes training in such an environment can better exercise the cardiovascular system and maximize oxygen uptake and hemoglobin concentration , Enhance the ability of muscles to tolerate lactic acid. 【Source: Baidu】

Therefore, the State Sports General Administration has built a comprehensive training base on the shore of Dianchi Lake, known as the "Pearl of the Plateau".Athletes from various events come here for altitude training throughout the year.

This year, because the Summer Olympics is coming soon, athletes in other sports are preparing for the competition. Haigeng base is currently undergoing summer training. These are the only ice sports.

In fact, the Chinese short track speed skating team comes here for training every year, but this is the first time for Gu Ran to come here.I didn't come the year before last because the skating hall was too old and a bigger and better one was rebuilt.They didn't come last year because they participated in foreign training in the Netherlands.

Kunming is also known as the city of spring. It is like spring all the year round and has a pleasant climate. It is indeed a good place.

When passing Dianchi Lake, everyone's eyes were deeply attracted by the world-renowned "Pearl of the Plateau".

The blue sky and the green mountains in the distance are reflected on the clear water. The blue and emerald green are intertwined, dotted with long white clouds. The sun is pouring down, and the breeze blows, and the water on the lake is rippling and sparkling.

Gu Ran said: "It's good if the water is shining and sunny."

Chi Lang immediately said, "I've learned this poem before, and it's about the West Lake."

Gu Ran praised him: "It's awesome, I still remember all the poems I learned in elementary school textbooks."

Chi Lang scratched his head: "That doesn't sound like a compliment to me."

Gu Ran sneered: "What do you think?"

The local base staff responsible for receiving them said: "If you come here in winter, you can still see seagulls."

Lin Jiaxi asked curiously: "But there is no sea here, why are there seagulls?"

The staff laughed and said: "The red-billed seagulls that fly to us in winter are white and the size of pigeons. They cross the northern part of our country from Siberia and fly to the south for the winter. Other migratory birds usually choose coastal areas, but Every year, [-] to [-] red-billed seagulls choose Dianchi Lake, which is far away from the sea, as their habitat to spend the cold winter."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "The climate here is not worse than the coastal areas, and I also want to spend the winter here." He patted Cheng Sen in front of him, "Director Cheng, think about it."

Cheng Sen rewarded him with two words: "Get out!"

Xu Qing smiled and said, "Director Cheng, don't you even consider the opinion of the world champion?"

Cheng Sen gave him a disdainful look: "Who isn't a world champion?"

Xu Qing asked him: "Do you still want the Olympic gold medal?"

"Also...it's not impossible to think about it."

Director Cheng can bend and stretch, he is definitely a hero!

In this national team training camp in Kunming, in addition to the official members of the national team, Cheng Sen also recruited four young players from the local team to serve as training partners for the national team.

These four people did not gather in Beijing, but each went to the Haigeng base and then reported to the national team.

So, they ran into one of the new team members downstairs in the apartment, who turned out to be Liu Fei's younger brother Liu Xu.

When Liu Xu saw Gu Ran, he was more excited than seeing his own brother. He rushed over excitedly, with little stars in his eyes, with a look of adoration and admiration: "Idol! I watched this year's World Championships..." He thought for a while and added, "I also watched last year's World Championships, you are amazing! You are indeed my idol."

Chi Lang looked at him with a dark face from the side: "Am I not your idol?"

When he was in province H, Chi Lang had been training with Liu Xu's father since he was selected for the provincial team.From childhood to adulthood, Liu Xu has been following behind him like a follower, and Lang Ge Lang's screaming makes him upset.

Fortunately, people don't see him at all. The first time they see Gu Ran, they are as enthusiastic as fans meeting a celebrity.

"Ah, Brother Lang!" Liu Xu quickly turned around, took his arm, and smiled at him flatteringly: "Of course you are also my idol."

Chi Lang pulled out his arm and snorted arrogantly: "Would you like to take a group photo for you and ask him to sign for you?"

Liu Xu turned his head to look at Gu Ran, and asked expectantly, "Is it okay?"

Gu Ran was about to be laughed to death by him: "We will be teammates next, we will train together, and we will have a chance to take photos together."

Liu Fei couldn't help but knocked on his brother's head: "You are here for training, not for star chasing. You don't want to think about how to improve your grades."

He glanced at Gu Ran again, and felt that his younger brother was not up to date: "He is one year younger than you."

Liu Xu was a little unconvinced: "They are four years younger than you, so they are better than you."

"How dare you talk back!"

Liu Xu came to Gu Ran slowly, and whispered, "Idol, can I share a room with you?"

Liu Fei glared at him: "How dare you make a request!"

Liu Xu said: "You are more fierce than the coach."

Gu Ran was almost killed by the laughter of the two brothers.Chi Lang still didn't forget to make up the knife: "Don't think about it, I can't even share a room with him, where is it your turn?"

According to the past habit of going out for competitions, Gu Ran would of course live in a room with Gao Ziyi, Liu Fei and Chi Lang, Meng Yuqiao and Lin Jiaxi, and the two new players.

After Yu Jie allocated the room cards, the team members went back to their rooms to pack their things.

Gu Ran opened the suitcase, and besides his skates and equipment, he took out several books from it.

Gao Ziyi asked in surprise, "Isn't the college entrance examination already over?"

Gu Ran said without raising her head: "The college entrance examination is over, but learning never ends."

He put those books on the bed, and Gao Ziyi couldn't help flipping through them. The first book was in English, and he didn't even understand the title.Ask Gu Ran: "What is this?"

Gu Ran glanced at it: ""Basic Physics (1)", the next one is "Computer Applied Mathematics", and there is another "Computer Introduction". Not surprisingly, this should be what I will study next semester. Find out in advance."

Less than a week after the end of the college entrance examination, and before the results came out, he had already started to preview the content of the university.

Gao Ziyi couldn't help giving him a thumbs up, and exclaimed: "It's not that learning is endless, it's that the king of papers is endless when he rolls."