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

The notice said: The skating hall and athletes' apartments need to be re-upgraded, and they are asked to pack up their things within three days and move to the ice and snow park dozens of kilometers away.

The ice and snow park was newly built for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the national speed skating training team and curling training team are there.

Chi Lang ran up to the third floor and took a look, then came down in panic and said, "It's over, it's over, the figure skating team has run away!"

He was so nervous, Gu Ran took his hand and said seriously: "You cover, we retreat first."

Chi Lang asked, "Why me?"

Gu Ran patted his head: "Because you are too stupid."

Chi Lang was heartbroken: "Gu Xiaoran, you have no conscience!"

Meng Yuqiao gave them both a blank look: "Crazy!"

Liu Fei sighed with emotion: "This building is indeed very old, it must have existed in [-] years."

"Where is it?" Gu Ran corrected him, "This must be a building from the Republic of China."

"..."

Gao Ziyi said: "I think this place is very good. After living in it for so many years, I already have feelings for it."

Lin Jiaxi pointed to the notice and said, "It's an upgrade, I didn't say it's going to be demolished, it's probably for renovation."

At this time, the dormitory auntie stuck out her head from the reception room: "You don't pack your things, you will be moving out tomorrow."

Chi Lang said, "Isn't it three days later?"

"The notice was sent the day before yesterday."

"..."

Just leaving them one night is certainly not enough time.So, the leaders just came back from Yunnan in short-track speed skating, and the time was too tight, so they gave them another day of grace.

Gu Ran also received a call from Gu Changfeng. His father was on a business trip to Beijing and planned to come and see him.

Just in time, Gu Ran said: "Come here early, dress casually, don't be too formal."

Gu Changfeng was taken aback: "Come here in the afternoon, I still have work in the morning."

Gu Ran thought for a while: "Alright."

Therefore, when Gu Changfeng came to the athlete's apartment in the afternoon, he realized why his son asked him to dress casually. He dared to tell him to do some work.

He went upstairs to the door of Gu Ran's room, and almost turned around and left on the spot without being frightened.

But Gu Ran didn't give him this chance, he stood inside and waved: "You're here, hurry up."

Others pack up their things and prepare to move, that is, some clothes, personal items.

His son was fine, the whole room was full of books, and he didn't even have a place to stay.

Gu Ran has already sorted and put them away: "These are the ones I want to move over and read again; these are high school textbooks, all of which are sent home; here are all exercises, I have finished brushing them up, and they can be sold; these are all things I have read. extracurricular books, you can donate them.”

Gu Changfeng called the secretary to come up and deal with it according to the arrangement of care ran.

Gu Ran pointed to his two large suitcases again: "This one is for my equipment, and this one is for sundries and books."

Gu Changfeng asked: "Why are there still books?"

"I just bought some computer-related books."

Gu Changfeng remembered that this is what he should study in college.So, I looked around and asked, "What about the clothes you usually wear?"

Gu Ran pointed to a sorting box in the corner: "It's all there."

Gu Changfeng was surprised and said, "That's all?"

Gu Ran said: "These were just issued this year, and some of the previous ones can no longer be worn. I gave them to the dormitory supervisor and the aunt in the canteen."

Gu Changfeng asked him: "Are these clothes enough for you?"

Gu Ran said: "Enough is enough, the team will send out every season."

Athletes' team uniforms can be used for various purposes from inside to outside in all seasons.It's just that the style is a bit single, and everyone's is the same.

In their short track speed skating team, the girls are a little more particular and usually wear their own clothes.

The boys are more casual, especially Gu Ran and Gao Ziyi, unless they have to go out, they change every day in clothes issued by the team.

Gu Changfeng sighed: "I originally wanted to take some time to take you to your future university."

Gu Ran waved her hand: "Don't worry, you can see it when school starts."

Gu Changfeng asked him: "You have moved to such a far place now, how do you go to class when school starts?"

"..."

This seemed to be a problem, but Gu Ran stopped him: "That's right, it's dozens of kilometers away, how do I go to school?"

He had to find an opportunity to discuss this issue with Cheng Sen.

At noon on the day they moved out, they had their last meal in the cafeteria.

Today the aunt in the kitchen made spicy chicken again, and Gu Ran made a copy without thinking.Chi Lang was behind him, and followed suit.

Gu Ran said: "Three years ago, the first meal I ate here was spicy chicken."

He looked at Chi Lang again, remembering how he turned into a fire-breathing dragon.

Chi Lang put a chopstick into his mouth, chewed it up expressionlessly and swallowed it.

Gu Ran also took a piece and ate it with relish.

After three years of training, they can eat the spicy chicken, saliva chicken, and fried ginger duck made by the auntie in the cafeteria without changing their expressions. They gave a thumbs up and praised: "It's so delicious!"

Chi Lang looks big and rough, but in fact, his feelings are very delicate, and he becomes sad after eating: "I went to the ice and snow park, I don't know if I can still eat the meal made by auntie."

Gu Ran said: "There is also a cafeteria over there, Auntie probably won't go there."

Chi Lang sighed: "Speaking of which, we won't be able to eat the dishes cooked by Auntie in the future."

With a bang, a stainless steel bowl was placed in front of him, containing tomato and egg soup.

Everyone raised their heads, and the aunt in the cafeteria made a bowl of soup for each of them: "What are you thinking, you will be back next year."

"..."

The athletes' apartment in the new campus is much better than their old athlete's apartment.Clean, bright, and spacious, with separate bathrooms, each room has a balcony, and even the bed is much wider.

The ice skating hall is also the same, the ice surface is smoother and smoother, training on it, Gu Ran has the illusion that he can break the world record.

The old skating rink and the old apartment that I still missed the day before were forgotten by them the next day: "From now on, I don't want to go anywhere, I just want to stay here for training!"

It has not been comfortable for two days, and the winter management center suddenly found a notice: on the 10th of next month, a full-project physical fitness test will be held in the technical center building of the ice and snow park.All members of the national figure skating training team, short track speed skating training team, speed skating training team and curling training team must participate.

The test items are composed of three parts: basic physical fitness, trunk stability, left and right side strength balance of upper and lower limbs, and plate physical fitness.

Gu Ran roughly counted, and there are ten sub-events under each start. The plate physical fitness needs to be completed on the climbing machine. Each sub-event is ten points, adding up to a total of 300 points. The athletes participating in the test cannot score less than 240 points.

As soon as the announcement came, the athletes of the entire apartment building and the athletes of the four training teams were wailing.

"Oh my god, why do I, a figure skater, have to test the bench press, and it must be 1.2 times my body weight?"

"Why should I test pull-ups when I practice curling?"

Only the short track speed skating and speed skating players were unhappy, but they were embarrassed to say so.

Gu Ran read these items several times. Perhaps for technical items such as figure skating and curling, some physical test content seems unbelievable.

But for short track speed skating, which requires speed, strength and skill, every physical test can reflect some problems.

There are still about 10 days until the 20th of next month, and he still has time to make up for his shortcomings.

While other teammates were still complaining and resisting, Gu Ran had already started to roll up.

Every night after dinner, I read in the room for four to ten minutes, and then I sent a message to the physical coach: "Director Zhang, I will work overtime today."

This place is a bit far from downtown Beijing, and the coaching staff can't go home every day. Everyone lives in the park.

The fitness coach has nothing to do except watch TV and play with mobile phones at night.Hearing his call, he readily agreed.

So, they made an appointment to meet at the gym every night at 07:30.The physical fitness coach trains Gu Ran according to the physical test items and requirements.

In this way, after 20 days, the physical examination officially began.

The scene was just like a large-scale torture scene, and the sound of wailing was endless.

Especially for curling and figure skating athletes, long-distance running and upper body strength are simply disasters.

Not to mention the female players, in the two events of pull-ups and bench press, few can pass, and it is already very good to get three or four points.

Relatively speaking, speed skaters and short track speed skaters are fairly balanced in the three major events and the following 3000 sub-events, especially the men's 2000-meter race and the women's [-]-meter race, which are significantly better than the other two. Project athletes.

Of course, they also have shortcomings - short track speed skating and speed skating players are generally not as flexible as figure skating.

But there is an exception to this, and that is Gu Ran.

This kid is amazing. His basic physical fitness is at a very high level, and his trunk stability, upper and lower limbs, left and right side strength balance, and plate fitness are also excellent.

The only thing he was short of was endurance, but what he called "poor" was compared to players like Gao Ziyi and Lin Jiaxi who got full marks, and compared to most of the others, they were already pretty good.

So, when the final score was counted, he ranked first among all the athletes who participated in the test with a high score of 291 points.

Athletes from other sports looked at him almost adoringly: "What kind of all-around player is this? If the endurance is better, wouldn't it be a perfect score?"

Gu Ran shrugged indifferently: "Actually, it's okay. I remember that when I participated in the U-series competition, only players in our age group were required to take the physical test. At that time, the coaches thought I couldn't pass it, so I passed it in the end."

Chi Lang asked him, "How many points did you have at that time?"

Gu Ran blurted out: "286."

Chi Lang almost choked himself to death with a mouthful of blood in the back: "You can't call this?"

Gu Ran waved her hand modestly: "I'm pretty good at the other two. And the content of the youth test is much easier than this."

Gao Ziyi asked: "But your score is higher instead."

Athletes from other sports all gathered around and asked him for his experience, especially the part that failed the test, and they had to take the test a week later.

Surrounded by everyone, Gu Ran was a little embarrassed: "There is no trick, just practice more, and the more you practice, the better your grades will be."

The fitness coach stood aside, quietly watching him pretend.Later, I couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "That's right, practice more. For the past 20 days, he spent an hour in the gym every night. If you can do it, you can also get high scores."

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that Juan Wang was not a natural hexagonal warrior, he was just working hard secretly, and then rolled everyone to death.

Within two days, the International Skating Federation sent another invitation letter, inviting member countries to send technical representatives to Davos for a meeting.

The content of this meeting was amazing. The new rules of short track speed skating had been formulated, so I asked them to go and have a look, and if they had any questions, they would answer them on the spot.

Cheng Sen didn't go, let Xu Qing, the technical director, go, and he stayed to train the players.

Xu Qing went there for a week, and when he came back he looked refreshed.

Cheng Sen raised his eyebrows at him: "It seems that the result is not bad."

Xu Qing nodded: "I'm quite satisfied."

"Tell me."

"No rush." ​​Xu Qing took a sip of water, "Notify the whole team, there will be a... long meeting in the meeting room this afternoon, bring paper and pen, don't miss it!"

This meeting was indeed very long. He listed the new rules one by one and explained them to the team members one by one.

Even if one person didn't understand, Xu Qing would repeat it from the beginning: "I must ensure that each of you understands the rules thoroughly, so that you will not suffer losses when you are on the court."