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

The moment Gu Ran was the first to cross the finish line, he breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he lived up to everyone's expectations and won the gold medal in the 2000-meter mixed relay.

At this time, the other three teammates also slid over, Liang Kexin patted her chest and said, "I thought we were going to lose."

Yang Shanshan nodded sharply: "Me too, I am so nervous that my palms are sweating and my gloves are wet."

Chi Lang put his arms around Gu Ran's shoulder: "It seems that I am the only one who believes in him. I think we will definitely win this gold medal. Gu Xiaoran can't easily admit defeat!"

The Chinese team has absolute strength in this event. Last year's World Championships, they failed to win the gold medal because Yang Shanshan collided with Han Xiaoying from the Korean team and fell off the track.

This year, without any accidents, Gu Ran will never allow herself to lose this gold medal easily.

He admitted that the Dutch team is very strong, the overall quality is also high, and there are almost no mistakes in handing over the baton.

But the overall strength of the Chinese team is not inferior to that of the Dutch team. In the first round, because he skated the third pole, it happened that Marco's position was his strong point, and he did not find a better opportunity to overtake.

However, in the second round, he and Chi Lang exchanged sticks. In this way, it doesn't matter if Chi Lang can't surpass Marco. He just needs to follow up with the other party and leave the rest to Gu Ran.

The fourth male player of the Dutch team is actually weaker than Marko, but in the final sprint stage, his explosive power is not bad.As long as they get stuck a little bit, they should have no problem winning the championship.

Gu Ran guessed that this was the reason why their head coach Fan Biya let him skate the last bar.

But it was also because of this that Gu Ran seized the opportunity, overtook the others, and won the gold medal at the last moment!

The results came out soon, and the four of them looked up at the big screen together. When they saw the eye-catching five-star red flag in the first row, the four hugged each other tightly, and the two girls cheered.

But today's stands are no longer dominated by Korean ice fans.Dozens of people came to the area in the lower left corner of the stand today. They hung a big five-star red flag under the railing, and each of them held a small national flag in their hands, and they even had the national flag on their faces.

In the game just now, they shouted cheers in uniform in Chinese. For a moment, their voices even surpassed the Korean audience.

After seeing the Chinese team win the championship, they also stood up for the first time, holding high the five-star red flag and cheering loudly in celebration.

When walking out of the ice rink, Gu Ran, Chi Lang, Liang Kexin and Yang Shanshan waved in their direction and bowed to them again.

It has to be said that participating in competitions in South Korea, whether it is on or off the field, athletes are under a lot of pressure.And having such a group of compatriots on the scene, cheering for them really made them feel warm.

When passing by the Dutch team's coaching bench, Gu Ran was stopped by that coach Fan again.The opponent was not unhappy because Gu Ran surpassed his team members at the last moment, but gave Gu Ran a thumbs up: "That's good!"

Gu Ran also stretched out her hand and gave him a high five: "You are also very good."

"You have to be careful at the Winter Olympics next year," said Van Biya.

Gu Ran gave him a gesture to let the horse come over, and the two dimples on his face smiled very conspicuously, which made the old man laugh out loud.

Chi Lang hugged Gu Ran's neck from behind and pulled him forward: "Gu Xiaoran, I think there is a little problem with your awareness."

"Huh?" Gu Ran was puzzled, "What's the problem?"

Chi Lang said: "That Dutch coach has ulterior motives."

Gu Ran looked at him in surprise: "What did you say?"

"I said that Dutch coach has ulterior motives," Chi Lang squinted at him, "Can't you see it?"

"No," Gu Ran tugged at the wrist of the hand that was on her shoulder, "You are illiterate and you still use the idiom of ulterior motives."

"..."

Chi Lang took a deep breath, and really wanted to strangle him to death: "You are the one who is a bully."

Gu Ran gave him a white look: "Stupid."

Chi Lang strangled his neck: "Call Dad."

Gu Ran shouted angrily: "Get out!"

The two girls behind were whispering to each other, Yang Shanshan said: "It's just the two of them, they are so tired all day long, Chi Lang ran to the junior brother's room when he had nothing to do."

Liang Kexin shook his head in disapproval: "I think Junior Brother and Xiao Gao have a better relationship. They used to be inseparable in Province J. They lived in the same room every time they competed for so many years."

"It's Chi Lang, the muscular man."

"Xiao Gao is gentle and calm."

Gu Ran turned around and looked at the two senior sisters: "What are you mumbling about?"

Liang Kexin and Yang Shanshan held hands and said in unison: "It's none of your business, don't ask me about it."

"Oh……"

When the four returned to the stand, Yu Jie was so happy that everyone could hug and kiss each other, so she quickly sat them down and handed them water and bananas: "Hurry up, replenish your energy, there will be competitions next, especially How many of you."

At this time, Liu Fei also sat down. He will participate in the 1000m semi-finals with Gu Ran and Chi Lang in a while. He and Gu Ran are in the same group. They also have American player Miller Brown and Korean player Huang Zaixian.

Liu Fei said: "This American is difficult to deal with. He doesn't look like a mountain, but he can achieve his goal every time."

"It goes without saying that Huang Jae-hyun, yesterday's 500-meter competition, they are appealing to the International Skating Federation, and the Korean audience's emotions have also been mobilized. Today's 1000-meter competition, he must go all out."

Having said that, Liu Fei turned to look at Chi Lang again: "There are two Koreans in your group, Yin Canyu and Zheng Minyu are not easy to deal with, you have to be careful yourself."

Having said that, he smiled and patted Gu Ran on the shoulder: "Just follow the tactics set in the morning."

The tactic in the morning was that Liu Fei tried his best to hold back the two of them and protect Gu Ran from entering the final.

But Gu Ran's strength is there after all. It is not difficult for him to enter the finals, but Liu Fei's strength can only be at the bottom of this group.

When the final results came out, the finalists in this group were Gu Ran and American player Miller Brown, while Huang Zaixian only ranked third.

Gu Ran was ranked No.1, and she couldn't see what was going on behind her, and she didn't know why Huang Zaixian couldn't slide past the American and was upset.

However, it was not difficult for him to see from the audience's reaction that some of them felt sorry for Huang Zai, while others were disappointed with his performance in today's game.

After the game, Miller-Brown took the initiative to extend his hand to Gu Ran. Out of politeness, Gu Ran also reached out to shake his hand and congratulated him.

The game was being replayed on the big screen. Although there was no penalty, Gu Ran still looked up for a while.

Huang Jae-hyun's performance in the normal game was lackluster. Miller-Brown grabbed the front of him from the start, and he couldn't surpass him until the end of the game.

The reason for not being able to surpass it was not that he was not strong enough, but that he seemed to have lost that spirit, completely let himself go, and gave up the game.

Sure enough, when he returned to the coach's bench, Gu Ran saw the mustache coach severely reprimanded him.Huang Zaixian just lowered his head and didn't speak.

Then back to the stands at the back.He went there, but none of the other teammates came to talk to him, but his girlfriend stepped forward to comfort him.

It seems that losing the 500-meter championship yesterday hit him very hard.

"What are you looking at?" Liu Fei followed Gu Ran's gaze and saw the stands where the South Korean team gathered.

Gu Ran said, "I'm thinking."

Liu Fei nodded clearly: "Thinking is the normal state of a top student, so what are you thinking about?"

Gu Ran added: "Thinking about how to destroy the will of an athlete, especially an athlete who has already achieved great success."

At this time, the broadcast is introducing the second group of semi-finalists to enter.Liu Fei asked Gu Ran again: "Then did you come up with any results?"

Gu Ran didn't answer his question, but turned to talk about another thing: "I remembered that many years ago, I participated in the elite league for the first time."

"Ah?" The topic changed too quickly, and Liu Fei couldn't react, "This issue took place many years ago."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "In the first two competitions, I was always abused by you and Senior Brother Ren."

Liu Fei sighed. Although Ren Yongjie is still training in the national training team, he has basically been reduced to a training partner, and there are not many opportunities to come out to compete.

Gu Ran went on to say: "At that time, I had only practiced short track speed skating for more than a year, and I had never suffered such a blow. Director Xu told me that it is better to fall now than to stand on a higher place in the future." .”

"I didn't understand it at the time, but now I finally understand it."

Liu Fei asked, "Understand what?"

Gu Ran sighed: "One of the three major misfortunes in life is teenage success."

Liu Fei was amused by these words: "No way, who doesn't want to be successful at a young age, it's still a misfortune to hear it for the first time."

The starting gun had already sounded, so Gu Ran didn't continue this topic, but concentrated on watching Chi Lang's game.

This group of races was full of twists and turns, from the early start to the first corner huddling and falling off the track.

The Canadian player and Zheng Minyu collided again halfway, and both fell off the track. In the end, Chi Lang and Yin Canyu ranked first and second in this group and entered the final.

However, when the results came out, the referee ruled that the Canadian team had fouled and directly sent Jung Min Woo to the next round.

This time, the big screen showed video replays from multiple angles, that is, the scene where two people fell down, and the Canadian team pushed Zheng Minyu.But there is still a brief summary here, and the video playback has not been released.

During the first few laps of the race, Zheng Minyu kept bumping into this Canadian player, so much so that Chi Lang behind him looked at them as if they were driving a bumper car, and didn't dare to approach them, for fear that he would be the one that got hurt .

In the end, they fell out together.Chi Dali was smart this time. He had been standing still and keeping a distance from them before. When they fell, they had enough time to react so that they were not brought down.

Gu Ran suddenly said to Liu Fei: "Youth success does not have to become one of the three major misfortunes in life, unless..."

Liu Fei asked, "Unless what?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Unless you are very lucky, or you work hard."

"Then which one are you?"

Gu Ran said, "Of course I am the latter."

At this time, Chi Lang had already left the ice rink and was walking towards them.He couldn't hide the smile on his face, before he got to the two of them, he said something, the scene was too noisy, Gu Ran couldn't hear clearly.

He only heard Liu Fei ask him again: "Then what are the other two misfortunes in life?"

"..."

Chi Lang walked in, and Gu Ran finally heard his words clearly: "Damn it, I knew they were going to fall, and I didn't dare to go on it, but they really fell, and the Canadians were so mad."

Gu Ran glanced behind him. The Canadian team's coaching bench was not far away. The team member was really angry and hit the crash pad with his fist.

Gu Ran sighed: "It's a crime."

The South Korean team is playing at home, and it is not difficult to see that it is really hard work.The men's team has lost two gold medals and the 1000m is their last hope.

After yesterday's 1500 meters, there was another scolding on the Internet.It was said that Zheng Minyu was able to win the championship because Gu Ran went up to interfere with him at the last moment, causing him to slow down and fail to surpass Lin Jiaxi.

However, no matter how slow the game video was played, it was not difficult to see that Gu Ran had no physical contact with that Zheng Minyu.Even when speeding up, Gu Ran's hand close to him was behind his back from the beginning to the end, and had never been stretched out, so how could it be possible to touch him.

The South Korean media and the audience almost pissed themselves off. After looking for excuses and reasons for the athletes of their own country for a long time, they finally found out that the clowns were actually themselves.

Now it's time for the 1000-meter race, and the Korean media and audience are eagerly hoping that their players can win this gold medal, so that they won't be too ashamed at the World Championships held in their home country.

Gu Ran didn't win a single gold medal in this year's World Championships. In the news reports of reporters from some countries, he has changed from a young genius to an ordinary person who has lost all sentient beings.

Before the game, everyone speculated whether he would break the record, and in which event he would break the record.Now, everyone is guessing whether the winner of five gold medals in the previous two World Championships will win an individual gold medal this time.

When sitting in the inspection room, Gu Ran seemed to be in a particularly good mood, humming a melody all the time.

Chi Lang sat beside him and listened to it for a long time, then asked, "What song is this?"

Gu Ran shook her head, expressing that she didn't know either: "Didn't the radio keep playing when the ice was pouring just now?"

This kind of rhythmic music is very brainwashing. Although Gu Ran can't understand the lyrics, she remembers the melody.

After playing, Gu Ran was in the first lane, and the four people next to him lined up one by one. He didn't bother to pay attention to who was in which lane.He only knew that Chi Lang was in the fourth lane, which was not an ideal lane, and hoped that this fool would be able to fight for a place.

Then, the starting gun rang, and before the others could react, Gu Ran was the first to rush out.

His speed was so fast that it was difficult to tell whether it was the starting gun that fired first or he started first by hearing and eyes alone.This depends on a more sophisticated electronic timing system.

The starting referee did not blow his whistle to recall the athletes, and the race continued.

Gu Ran was faster than others when he came up, and he kicked the ice very powerfully when he started, and he was in the leading position when he reached the first corner.

The 1000m race is also an event that places great emphasis on starting speed from the back. Many athletes will retain a little bit of strength in the first few laps of the race.

But Gu Ran picked up his speed as soon as he came up, he was skating very fast, and others didn't want to be thrown away by him, so they had to speed up the frequency of kicking to keep up with him.

There are a lot of restrictions on the athletes on the field, especially the quality of the ice surface is really worrying. During the three-day competition, several people fell down in the same corner. Gu Ran can even clearly feel the ice when skating. Cracks on the face.

But this is already the third day of the competition. After so many competitions, even if the track is broken, he has already summed up some experience.When you get to that corner, you will pay special attention to the situation under your feet.

Gu Ran has been leading the skater at the front, trying his best to overcome the difficulties brought to him by the venue.

When skating to the sixth lap, he knew that someone behind him fell down, and it was still that corner.

He was worried that this person was Chi Lang, but he didn't look back. When he slid to the other side of the field, he saw that it was the American Miller Brown who fell off the track.

There are three laps left in the race, Gu Ran is still in the leading position, and Yin Canyu is catching up behind him, and he is about to reach the corner where the American player fell just now. This is a very good opportunity for Yin Canyu.

Because he was very familiar with this field, but Gu Ran was not. He observed several laps behind him. Gu Ran kept gliding at a high speed the whole time, and only when passing this curve, he would slow down a little.

Yin Canyu has been skating behind Gu Ran for the first six laps. His physical energy consumption should be smaller than that of Gu Ran. In the second half of the race, his ability to start continuously will be stronger than Gu Ran.

On the seventh lap, he tried to overtake Gu Ran from the outer lane, but the opponent just got a knife on the corner and easily resolved the crisis. He still stood in front of him and didn't give him a chance .

On the eighth lap, at the same bend, at this time, instead of slowing down, Gu Ran's speed was even faster. Yin Canyu didn't even find a chance to overtake.

So, when the race came to the last lap, Yin Canyu raised his head and was surprised to find that Gu Ran had moved a little distance from him in front of him. Only then did he realize that Gu Ran was not affected by his physical ability. In the last three laps, he Each lap is faster than the previous lap.

At the last lap, let alone overtaking, he had no hope of catching up with Gu Ran, so he could only watch him cross the finish line at the front!

In a race without suspense, Gu Ran finally won the men's 1000m gold medal.

His score is 1:22, which is already very impressive under such ice conditions.

Chi Lang was surprised when he saw his results: "If this is a better ice rink, wouldn't it break the record?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Where is the Pingyuan ice rink so easy to break the record?"

Chi Lang smiled and said, "Then go to Salt Lake City, where is the plateau ice rink."

According to Gu Ran's results, changing to a plateau ice rink with perfect ice conditions is indeed very likely to break the record.

"Oh..." He sighed, "I think so too."

Chi Lang put his arm around his shoulder and patted his arm twice: "It's not a matter of time."

Gu Ran smiled and stretched out her hand to him: "Congratulations, it's not bad for taking the third place."

Chi Lang patted his palm: "It's not bad, what's not bad, have we got it wrong? According to yesterday's plot, I should win the championship."

Gu Ran glanced at him sharply: "You still need to practice."

Then, the two burst out laughing.

The two of them laughed happily, but the Korean audience in the stands was not happy.Yesterday they still had an excuse to scold the referee for the unfair penalty, or question Gu Ran for interfering with Zheng Minyu's skating and distracting him.

In today's game, they were still very angry, but they couldn't find a point to vent their emotions.Thinking of Hwang Jae-hyun, who failed to enter the final, he would scold the referee again on the social platform, because his unfair penalty made Hwang Jae-hyun in a sluggish state, which led to his failure to enter the final today. The Korean team lost a strong point of competition .

On the other side of the stand, although there were only a few dozen people, when they saw Gu Ran winning the championship, the Chinese ice fans still cheered loudly, shouting Gu Ran's name in unison, cheering for him, hoping that he can compete in the next super 3000 meters Make persistent efforts and win a gold medal.

When Gu Ran walked out of the arena and walked to the other side of the stand, she wanted everyone to bow again to express her gratitude.

Back at the coach's bench, Cheng Sen and Xu Qing hugged them one by one.Xu Qing repeatedly looked at Gu Ran's result: "1 minute and 22 seconds, Director Cheng never skating such a good result when he was an athlete."

Cheng Sen was a little unconvinced: "That's right, Director Xu never slipped out when he was an athlete."

Xu Qing was under 25 years old when he retired, and he was at the peak of his career. In their era, the world record was only 1 minute and 21 seconds. If Xu Qing had a little more time, he might really be able to achieve it.

It's just that fate didn't give him this chance.

Gu Ran protected Xu Qing just like Xu Qing protected him, and immediately said: "In my heart, Director Xu has this strength."

Indeed, it is not difficult to see from the usual training that Xu Qing must have a very high skater quotient when he was an athlete, and he has his own opinions on the choice of skating routes.Sometimes listening to him replay the game, the players often have a sigh of "fuck, it can still be like this".

The two of them stood on the united front, Cheng Sen couldn't afford to offend him, so he could only turn his head to look at Chi Lang: "Yes, I got the third place this time."

Chi Lang asked: "What's good?"

Cheng Sen smiled and said, "Good luck."

Chi Lang was also quite dissatisfied: "I also have strength."

"No one said you didn't."

Next is the super 3000m race. For Gu Ran, this year's all-around champion will be a huge challenge.

In previous years, he has won two gold medals in individual events, with a total of 68 points, much higher than other players.

But this year, he only took one gold medal and two bronze medals, exactly 60 points.

Behind him are Lin Jiaxi and Meng Yuqiao. Both of them have obvious shortcomings. One has poor endurance and the other has poor explosive power. It is difficult to balance the two points in the super 3000-meter race.

Gu Ran's biggest opponents are still two Korean players, Yin Canyu and Zheng Minyu.Both of them now have 30 points. Gu Ran listed all the possible situations in his mind and picked out the one that is most beneficial to him.

In the end, he found that, in fact, the simplest and most effective way is to take the first place!