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

Zheng Minyu was taken aback by Gu Ran's catching up so silently, almost disrupting the opponent's skating rhythm.But this is already the last corner, and after passing it is a straight sprint.

Zheng Minyu was only slightly surprised, then he settled down and started sprinting.

But it was the moment when he was attracted by Gu Ran, and it was doomed that although he had the right time, place and people, he would miss the gold medal in the end, because Lin Jiaxi had already rushed to the finish line!

At that moment, it was difficult for Lin Jiaxi to describe her feelings.He couldn't even believe the result, and looked back at Gu Ran.

Gu Ran was right behind him, grabbed the back of his head, brought him to him, and shouted in his ear: "You took No.1, why do you still have this expression?"

Lin Jiaxi blinked at him: "Am I No.1, am I really No.1?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "You are No.1, absolutely!"

Hearing what he said, Lin Jiaxi laughed happily, as excited as a little boy who just got a new toy: "I took No.1, I took No.1!"

Gao Ziyi also slid beside them, and patted Lin Jiaxi on the shoulder: "Congratulations!"

Lin Jiaxi is 19 years old this year. This is his third time to participate in the World Championships. He won the silver medal in the 1500m in the first two years. This result is not bad, and it can even be said to be very good.

However, the outside world always has doubts about him. It basically means that he is lucky and his own strength is not strong. He won two silver medals behind Gu Ran and Gao Ziyi.

In today's 1500-meter race, he won the gold medal in the face of many strong opponents and fierce competition. In the face of long-term doubts about him, he has proved himself.

Although he knows that these doubts, even if he wins the gold medal, these doubts will not disappear.Those Canadian ice fans still call him a traitor on Twitter and Instagram.

His account, which he hasn’t used for a long time, is full of comments from Canadian ice fans, and some Koreans are even mixed in during the period.

The Canadians called him a traitor, and the Koreans said he hugged the Chinese team.

He is used to it. When he is training in China, he can't access the Internet. He has no chance to see these bad reviews, so he just pretends that they don't exist.

He suddenly opened his arms, hugged Gao Ziyi and Gu Ran, and shouted: "Thank you!"

Gu Ran patted his head: "Thank you, we are teammates!"

Soon, the results on the big screen came out, Lin Jiaxi No. 1, Zheng Minyu took second, Gu Ran third.

During the post-match interview, Qiu Di didn't shy away from asking Gu Ran a question: "Although the men's team has already won two gold medals, for you personally, you only won two bronze medals, and last year you won this Gold medals in two events, what do you think about that?"

Gu Ran said: "The opponent has made rapid progress."

Qiu Di said: "You have also made great progress. We saw that in this season's World Cup, your performance in the first few rounds was very strong, but it seems that you have lost some dominance in the World Championships. Is there a bottleneck stage?"

Gu Ran didn't know why she could ask such a question.For short track speed skating, a racing event with physical confrontation, the gap between high-level athletes is already within a few millimeters.The speed reduction caused by a collision and the quality of the venue will all affect the result of the game.

If an athlete can win the championship with a huge advantage in every game and every single event, the World Anti-Doping Organization must be the first to find him.

Gu Ran suddenly lost interest in chatting with him, and nodded with a smile: "Maybe."

Then, he said thank you and left with Lin Jiaxi.

Up to now, he still feels that his teammates winning the gold medal is no different from his own winning the gold medal. As long as the gold medal belongs to the Chinese team and he has made his own contribution to the gold medal in the competition, that is enough .

He really didn't understand why the reporter specifically pointed out that he had only won two bronze medals, and asked him to find out the reason himself.

What answer does she or the audience want to hear?

Even before Gu Ran practiced short track speed skating, every time he saw some well-known athletes, they were surrounded by thousands of people and praised to the sky before the big competition. Once they didn't win the gold medal, these people started to criticize them again and drowned them in their spit. die.

They are the ones who created gods, and they are the ones who pull people down from the altar.

Cheng Sen only joked with him after the 500-meter race. In the 1500-meter race, Cheng Sen never mentioned the bronze medal again.

Xu Qing would not mention it, he has always protected the calf, and he has nothing to say about Gu Ran, protecting him like his own son.Normally, Cheng Sen would not like to say something harsh, let alone anyone else.

The atmosphere in the team is good, everyone is still talking and laughing, Chi Lang fights with Gu Ran from time to time, and then he beats him.Every time she clamored to fight back, she was suppressed to death by Gu Ran every time.

After the end of the night, it was too late to go back.Normally, with this kind of schedule, Cheng Sen would move the regular meeting to the next morning.

"The Dutch team has recently performed very strongly in the mixed relay event. You have also seen this season's World Cup. They have won several gold medals."

"In addition to the Netherlands, Italy, South Korea, and Canada are also our old opponents in the final, and their strength should not be underestimated. Everyone must not take it lightly."

This time the 2000-meter mixed relay is still their four old partners, Liang Kexin, Yang Shanshan, Gu Ran and Chi Lang.

Before going on stage, Gu Ran took a deep breath.Chi Lang rested his arms on his shoulders, deadly: "Are you nervous?"

Gu Ran "cut": "Why am I nervous?"

Chi Lang asked casually: "Are you particularly eager to get this gold medal now?"

Gu Ran asked back: "Why?"

Chi Lang said: "Because you only won two bronze medals yesterday."

The words coming from Chi Lang's mouth and Qiu Di's mouth have two effects.

Instead of feeling annoyed, Gu Ran half-closed her eyes and looked at him with contempt: "It's better than some people winning the first place in Group B."

Chi Lang said: "What's the matter with the fifth place? That also has 5 points. When I get the final point in the 1000m, I can participate in the super 3000m."

Gu Ran raised her eyebrows: "Are you satisfied with the final points?"

Chi Lang leaned in front of him: "Why don't you feel wronged and get the third place?"

Gu Ran pushed him away: "If you have the ability to win the championship, it doesn't matter if I come third."

Chi Lang leaned forward again, and couldn't help but put his arms around his shoulder: "My good brother, this sentence from you is enough."

The two girls in the back pushed them out, one by one, "Okay, don't get bored, it's time for us to enter."

The Dutch team is in the first lane, the Chinese team is in the second lane, the South Korean team is in the third lane, and the Canadian team is in the fourth lane.

Standing in front of the starting line, Liang Kexin glanced at the Dutch women's runner-up in the women's 500m on the left, and at Cui Zhien on the right, the women's 500m champion.

The starting gun fired, and the two of them rushed out, both faster than her. She could only fall to the third place, just in front of Canada, which was in the fourth lane.

She deliberately cut to the outer lane, just thinking that the two of them would fight at the first corner, and she just added two more knives to overtake.

Unexpectedly, the two did fight, and they fell out together hand in hand, and were taken down together with the Canadian team members, and she was the only one who was safe and sound.

The referee blew his whistle to recall the athletes, and the game restarted.

But this time, Liang Kexin's reaction speed was faster than before, and he managed to get ahead of Cui Zhien, and entered the curve second.

In general, this is a good start, and the second is definitely stronger than the third.But the strength of the Dutch team is really strong. Whether it is the skating stage or the handover, the Chinese team failed to find a chance.

In the first round, Gu Ranhua's third shot.Coincidentally, the Dutch team skated with him on the third pole is Marko.

This kid is very stable, he is stuck in front of Gu Ran, and Gu Ran can't overtake him at all.

In the fourth round, another player from the Netherlands was weaker than Chi Lang, but it was not Chi Lang's strong point to look for opportunities to surpass in the inner lane. success.

There are only two and a half laps in the race, and it will soon be time for the next handover.

The first three sticks, the Dutch team is still leading.This time, Chi Lang skated the third ball, facing Marco, he had no chance to overtake.

After two laps, he handed the last stick to Gu Ran, and pushed his ass with all his strength.Chi Dali is Chi Dali, a meal of three bowls of dry rice is not free.With his thrust, Gu Ran pulled up the speed all of a sudden, and rushed directly behind the Dutch player.

Not to mention his speed, his name alone is enough to put pressure on the Dutch players in front.

But the opponent couldn't give up easily. They had led the whole game, and they saw that the championship was about to be won.

Gu Ran found that the athletes trained by the Dutch team are just like the products on the assembly line. All of them have similar technical characteristics, solid basic skills, and a very good grasp of the route. ability.

And these two are precisely Gu Ran's strengths.

Although the Dutch player in front kept the inner lane very tight, there was no room for him to go beyond.

However, when entering the last lap, Gu Ran had already given up passing from the inner lane, but directly cut to the outer lane, and continued to speed up through continuous additions.

The distance between them was not far at all, Gu Ran was almost skating next to each other, and after he kicked the ice once or twice in the outer lane, he was already in a shoulder-to-shoulder position with the opponent.

At this time, he came out of the corner and came to the straight road. He gritted his teeth and added two consecutive steps. In the blink of an eye, he overtook the Dutch team in front and came to the first place!

There was still the last corner left in the game. The Dutch team wanted to catch up but had no chance. Gu Ran maintained his advantage until he crossed the finish line and won the gold medal!