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

The top eight players in the Super 3000m race will participate, and the Chinese team will take four places.Gu Ran is currently ranked first in points, and the other three, Meng Yuqiao, Lin Jiaxi, and Chi Lang, will naturally do their best to help him win the first point.

The first point is the first 1000 meters. Gu Ran's own strength is already higher than other players, and with the cooperation of his teammates, it is not difficult to win the first point.

This time, he even played well in the second point, taking No.3, and finally won the all-around championship with a total of 107 points.

For three consecutive years, he has never let the gold medal of the men's all-around fall aside. Despite the cooperation of his teammates, it is enough to prove that his own strength is also quite terrifying.

What's even more frightening is the current strength of the entire Chinese men's short track speed skating team. Even without Gu Ran, they are still top players in various events, such as Meng Yuqiao, Chi Lang, Gao Ziyi, and Lin Jiaxi.

The oldest of these people is Meng Yuqiao, who is only 22 years old, and the youngest, Gu Ran, is not yet 18 years old. He is an athlete at his peak.

This year's World Championships is like a rehearsal for next year's Winter Olympics. The plot has already been written, and there is a high probability that it will be performed again next year according to this script, unless other countries can also find a genius like Gu Ran within this year.

In the end, there are two relays left: the women's 3000 meters and the men's 5000 meters.

Although the women's team lost to the Netherlands and South Korea, they only took No.3 in the end.But the men's team holds three gold medals in individual events, and it can be said that the morale is like a rainbow. Even if they face the host South Korean team, they are not afraid.

The point is, only two of their three individual event champions made it to the finals. Lin Jiaxi skated in yesterday's semi-finals. Today's finals are still four partners of Gu Ran, Chi Lang, Meng Yuqiao and Gao Ziyi.

These four people get along day and night in training and life, and have partnered countless times in relay races, and they have a very good understanding with each other.

The current relay race relies more and more on tactical changes to change the rhythm. Each team is researching new styles of play, such as handover, laps, and passes... thinking of disrupting the opponent's rhythm by surprise.

Xu Qing went in the opposite direction, he always believed that it is best to respond to all changes with the same.They play at their own pace. The simplest tactic is to hand over the baton once a lap and a half. No matter how fancy the opponent is, it will not affect them.

So, this time, when the opponents were playing differentiated handover, only the Chinese team followed the most primitive rules.

As the laps piled up, there was chaos on the field, with blocks flying all over the place.Some team members even made a mistake in the number of laps, and then made a mistake in the time when they handed over the baton.

The Chinese team has been in the leading position, followed by the South Korean team.The Korean audience in the stands was also shouting hard, causing chaos on and off the field.

It is not difficult to see that the South Korean players seem to be thinking about this gold medal. In this World Championships, their men's team only won two silver medals. It is a bit embarrassing in front of so many compatriots who came to support them.

The men's 5000-meter relay gold medal became their last straw, but whether they can catch it or not depends on whether the Chinese team will give this opportunity.

The Chinese team is in good shape, and it is the final battle. Let alone the South Korean team, no team will give up this gold medal.

The two teams bite very tightly, and the South Korean team is not completely without a chance. They also briefly used the handover baton to surpass the Chinese team.However, after only surpassing for less than a second, the Chinese team continued to overtake again.

This continuous exchange of positions seemed thrilling, and the Korean audience in the stands was even more exclaimed, shouting and cheering one after another, and the mustache coach of the Korean team was also shouting something loudly in the coaching bench beside the court.

Either he wants his players to communicate tactics, or he deliberately interferes with other athletes.

When Gu Ran finished taking over from Meng Yuqiao, he was bumped by Zheng Minyu, who was about to overtake him.He staggered, almost fell, and had to slow down a little.

Seeing him slowing down, Zheng Minyu was about to take the opportunity to overtake him. He just did two kicks on the ice, and found that the person who had to slow down due to loss of balance just picked up his speed again in such a short period of time.

He wanted to get ahead of Gu Ran. If it wasn't for this, he would be at a disadvantage as an outsider, and he might be overtaken by the Canadian team behind.

His hand had unconsciously stopped Gu Ran in front of him, as if the swing of his arm proved that he had surpassed him.At this time, if Gu Ran bumped into his arm, the referee might not know what kind of penalty he would give.

Unexpectedly, Gu Ran just glanced down, and the hand in front of him showed a contemptuous smile at the corner of his mouth.

In the blink of an eye, the worker had already rushed in front of him.Zheng Minyu's eyes almost popped out, he didn't feel any collision with his arm, but the person had already slid past him.

He didn't even see clearly how Gu Ran avoided his hand and how he slid away at a high speed.

His speed is too fast, his figure is too flexible, his body flexibility is really against the sky, any movement may be a little strange and awkward for others to do.But he did it so naturally and pleasing to the eye.

The Korean audience in the stands even exclaimed involuntarily. Gu Ran’s overtaking just now was really wonderful. Even though he is Chinese and the Chinese team is the biggest enemy of the Korean team, as a short track speed skater Lovers, they just can't help but be amazed.

With less than ten laps to go before the end of the relay race, the Chinese team is still in first place, followed by the South Korean team.

It has become the habit and instinct of some athletes to like to squeeze together and have body collisions. Once they taste the sweetness, it is like an addiction. They always want to create this crowded and anxious state in the game. Balance, they have to slow down, they can fish in troubled waters and take the opportunity to overtake.

Not only the South Korean team members have this habit, in fact, players from many countries have it.

After the [-]th lap of the race, the two teams behind also caught up. Everyone was crowded together, and everyone was playing with their lives. In the state of swinging arms, physical contact and even athletes bumping into each other is inevitable.

The four Chinese athletes participating in the relay race did not like this crowded situation. Starting from Gao Ziyi, they started at different starting speeds to widen the distance from their opponents behind.

At the last baton, Meng Yuqiao and Gu Ran successfully passed the baton, and the latter immediately picked up the speed.And because the next three teams are colliding every corner, and under the influence of each other, the speed drops again and again.

So, on the last lap, Gu Ran was several meters ahead of them.At the final moment of crossing the line, his leaning forward body stood up straight, and his speed also slowed down. He even heard the exclamation from the stands and looked back.

And the moment he turned his head was just when he crossed the finish line. This scene was captured by the cameras of hundreds of media from dozens of countries.

There was indeed an accident later, someone fell off the track at the last corner, it was the Canadian team, and it happened to be Curtis Johnson who fell.

After the game, Curtis Johnson yelled something angrily at the South Korean players, and then he felt puzzled and repeated it again.

This South Korean player is Hwang Jae-hyun who is the last skater of the South Korean team.

The scene was too noisy. Although I couldn't hear what he shouted clearly, it was not difficult to guess from the shape of his mouth that it was not a good word.

This roar aroused the dissatisfaction of the Korean audience in the stands. They kept booing, booing and shouting mixed together, and the skating hall was as loud as if it was about to explode.

Chi Lang, Meng Yuqiao and Gao Ziyi also slid over, and Gu Ran reached out to shake hands with them respectively.

Chi Lang put his arm on Gu Ran's shoulder casually, and the excitement of winning the championship couldn't conceal his feeling of eating melon at this time: "I think they can do it together."

This is his own field. Huang Zaixian said that no matter how bad his hips are, he will only accept ice fans from their own country to scold him. Why do Canadians scold him in his territory? What's the matter?

So, he also cursed very bluntly in Korean.Although I don't know Korean, this sentence is so famous that everyone can understand it.

So, Chi Lang said again: "Old Ke went up and fucked him, can this make him useless?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "You really don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement."

Chi Lang was surprised and said, "Don't you like to watch it?"

Gu Ran bumped Meng Yuqiao next to her with her arm: "Do you like watching it?"

Meng Yuqiao raised her hand and scratched his chin, but he was wearing gloves and the material was a little rough, which made Gu Ran feel uncomfortable, so she quickly turned her head away.

Gao Ziyi raised his chin and said, "The referee is here."

The two were called to the referee's seat and were given a lesson.

It took a long time for the results to come out. The Chinese team was first, the South Korean team was second, and Russia was third. Canada fell off the track at the last corner without a result.

The whole Canadian team was shocked, especially their coach, who expressed his dissatisfaction with very exaggerated body movements. He believed that it was the Korean team's foul at the last moment that caused Canada to fall, but the referee did not make any penalty.

After all the games are over, the podium will be built on the ice rink, and the award ceremony for all events will be held.

A total of four gold medals were born today, and Gu Ran won all of them, making him the biggest winner.In the media area on the sidelines, journalists from different countries, without exception, all focused on him.

However, a very interesting thing happened at the awards ceremony.

A member of the Canadian women's team won the 1000-meter championship. Before she got on the podium, she bent down and wiped her sleeve twice on the podium before she stood up.

Chi Lang asked: "What...what does this mean?"

Gu Ran chuckled: "I'm fighting for their men's team, satirizing the unfairness of the game."

Lin Jiaxi applauded his former teammate from the side: "Good job!"

Meng Yuqiao said: "It doesn't matter if the new rules are changed, the rules of short track speed skating are already complicated and detailed enough, but the more detailed the rules, the more disputes there will be."

Gu Ran turned her head and looked at him with a scrutinizing look.

Meng Yuqiao asked, "What are you looking at?"

Gu Ran said, "Sister Qiao, I find that what you said makes sense."

Today, a total of seven gold medals were born in the men's and women's events. The South Korean team only won one gold medal in the women's all-around. There was a lot of noise, and the Korean audience almost threw things into the arena to express their anger.

The Korean national flag was raised and the national anthem was played at home. Gu Ran felt very refreshed, especially the Korean players and the audience were angry, but they had no choice but to be helpless and furious. This feeling was not to mention refreshing.

After the award ceremony, it was time for the post-match interview.Gu Ran and his teammates stopped at the mixed interview area, and a large number of reporters immediately rushed up beside them. In addition to Chinese reporters, there were also many foreign reporters.

The foreign reporter just held up the camera and kept pressing the shutter button at Gu Ran, the flash flashed so hard that he couldn't keep his eyes open.

Qiu Di was still the only one who asked the question.It's not hard to see that this female reporter is also very happy. She blew a lot of rainbow farts in front of her, and she performed very well. Once again, she won all the gold medals in men's events. Congratulations to them.

The questions asked are just a few over and over again, "What is the next goal?" "What is the biggest challenge now?" "What is the biggest difficulty encountered in the game?"

In the end, she handed the microphone to Gu Ran again: "We saw that when you finally crossed the finish line, you turned your head. What happened then?"

Gu Ran answered her in two words concisely: "No."

"Then why did you turn back?"

Gu Ran said, "Look at the excitement."

Qiu Di went on to say: "At that time, you may not be able to see it from the front, but we saw it very clearly outside the court. The South Korean team and the Canadian team had many physical contacts. What do you think of the final penalty? Did the South Korean team foul? ?”

Gu Ran shrugged: "It doesn't matter what I think, what matters is what the referee thinks."

His attitude is already obvious, he does not express his position on the disputes between other national teams.Qiu Di saw that he couldn't ask anything here, so he stopped asking, and asked them to go back to have a good rest and actively prepare for the Olympics.

On the bus back to the hotel, Gao Ziyi asked Gu Ran: "You don't seem to like this female reporter very much."

Gu Ran said: "She is sick, and she always provokes troubles in what she says."

He thought for a while and added: "Actually, it's nothing, this is her job."

Gao Ziyi sighed suddenly, then leaned into Gu Ran's ear and whispered, "Actually, I'm a little lucky."

Gu Ran raised her eyebrows, lowered her voice and asked, "What's wrong?"

Gao Ziyi smiled at him and said, "Although yesterday's replay on the big screen was a bit perfunctory, the referee is still fair."

Gu Ran said: "I saw an interview before, a short track speed skating referee said that in their eyes, there is only a number, not a nationality."

Gao Ziyi was surprised: "Really? There are national flags on the helmets and jumpsuits of athletes. How can they have no nationality?"

"Brother is right."

After returning to Beijing, the leaders of the winter management center called all the coaching staff

In this World Championships, the Chinese team finally finished with six gold medals, and their performance was as good as ever.

There is less than a year left before the Beijing Winter Olympics. Everyone should make good use of every day and train hard.

The International Skating Federation has announced that next season's World Cup will only have four competitions, which will end in early December, and these four competitions are also Olympic qualifying competitions.

According to the regulations, each team has five places for men and women, and each individual event has a maximum of three Olympic qualifications.Because it is the host country, the Chinese team can directly obtain the Olympic qualifications for the three relay events.

The leaders of the Winter Management Center also issued the goal of the short track speed skating team for the next season: "First, the quota of five men and women each must be filled, and secondly, the three qualifications for all individual events must be filled."

The leader also emphasized: "It is not enough to qualify for the Olympics to represent the national team in the Winter Olympics. In January next year, we will also hold a winter Olympic qualifying competition within the team. Now the national training team has eight male and female members. There will be some in the next season. There are personnel changes, but there are only five people who can finally participate in the Olympics. I hope that each of you can show a serious and responsible attitude and be responsible for your own career and the country."

At the end of the meeting, the leader also notified one thing: "Originally, the previous skating hall and athletes' apartments were refurbished and they were asked to move back. However, the ice and snow park has better conditions in all aspects, and the athletes of your four sports can also be together. Communicate more, and move back after the Winter Olympics is over."

The other team members had no objection to this, but Gu Ran had to run between the school and the training base.

Gu Ran has to do a hot search every year after the World Championships, because throughout the season, except for the World Cup held in China, the World Championships Sports Channel will broadcast live.

Gu Ran participated in a total of six competitions, won four gold medals and two bronze medals, and won the men's all-around championship for three consecutive times. This result is enough for ice fans who love him to blow it up for three days and three nights.

"I can't wait to see next year's Winter Olympics!"

"I hope that the Chinese team can fill the quota for all events!"

"I hope Xiaoran can win all the championships!"

"I hope Xiaoran breaks the world record and Olympic record!"

"It's been a long time since anyone set a new record on the Plains Rink."

"Then let us Xiaoran create a miracle in Beijing."

"..."

At this time, many people came to the National Winter Control Center, hoping to become a sponsor of the short track speed skating team, hoped that the team members could accept commercials, hoped to have an exclusive interview with Gu Ran, and even hoped that Gu Ran and his teammates could Go on a variety show together.

After hearing this, Cheng Sen felt quite a headache, waved his hands and rejected them all: "Next year is the Winter Olympics, I would rather let the children rest for a few more days at that time. What interviews, commercials, variety shows, everything will wait for the Winter Olympics I'll talk about it when it's over."

Now that the season is over, it's the offseason.He happened to move back to school to start classes while other teammates were on vacation.

Now that his parents have moved to Beijing, he can still go back on weekends to meet his parents, which feels very good.

This afternoon, just after the last class, when he walked out of the teaching building, he was discussing with several people in the same dormitory what the professor had just said in class.

Someone behind him suddenly called him: "Gu Ran!"

Several people followed the prestige, and there was a handsome guy in sportswear standing not far away, and he was waving at Gu Ran.

"Qi Siyuan!" Gu Ran was very surprised to see him, greeted his classmates, and ran over, "Why are you here?"

Qi Siyuan smiled and said, "I have something to do today. I passed by your school and stopped by to see you."

Gu Ran asked: "How is our school?"

Qi Siyuan was surprised and said, "Is there even a need to ask?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Then...will I be able to become an alumnus next semester?"

Qi Siyuan waved his hand: "That's not okay. And I don't plan to study now. I plan to go back to school after I retire. Maybe I can win an Olympic champion or something in these years, and then I can really become your alumni."

Gu Ran calculated: "It will take at least three years, and I have already graduated from my undergraduate degree."

Qi Siyuan punched him on the shoulder: "Just like you, your college entrance examination score is twice as high as mine, so you have to go on to graduate school."

Gu Ran smiled noncommittally: "Maybe."

Qi Siyuan said: "You are on vacation now, aren't you?"

"Well! The team is on vacation, so I live in school now."

Qi Siyuan winked at him: "Do you want to experience fencing?"

Gu Ran has never been in contact with this sport, and only watched it on TV. Because it requires very flexible positioning and reaction speed, he is quite interested: "Is it possible?"

"no problem."

So the two made an appointment for the weekend, and Qi Siyuan took Gu Ran to the fencing gym.This is not the training base of the national team, but the club where Qi Siyuan practiced fencing before.

Today is the weekend, there are many people in the club, and there are many children who come to study.

Qi Siyuan took him to an unoccupied field, helped him put on the equipment, and told him some basic rules: "The epee can only stab the whole body, and the whole body is effective, including the torso, legs, feet, and hands. , arm and helmet."

"The movement of the center of gravity should be smooth, the joints should be relaxed, and the stride should not be too large..."

Gu Ran learns very quickly, and can barely get started with his simple guidance.

The two tried it out. He was a novice, and when he played against the national team members, he was always killed by the opponent with one blow. He had no chance at all.

Qi Siyuan said: "Epee swords don't have the priority of judging, and you score when you hit it. When the opponent throws the sword, it is also the best time for you to score. Be cautious and bold, and strike the sword when you see it."

After his guidance, Gu Ran put all his attention on his hands.

Look out through the tiny mesh slits in the mask and observe each other's every move.

For a moment, Gu Ran felt that the person standing opposite him was not a fencer, but one of his opponents.

Hwang Jae-hyun, Yoon Chan-woo, Jung Min-woo...it doesn't matter who they are, the important thing is to observe his next move through small movements.

Gu Ran's dynamic vision is very good, as long as she is careful enough, she can observe the opponent's subtle movements.

Qi Siyuan was just playing around with him, deliberately slowing down his movements.Seeing that Gu Ran stood there for a long time without making a move, he took the initiative to attack and stab Gu Ran in the chest.

In Gu Ran's eyes, the sword he stabbed was like a hand suddenly stretched out on the field, and even the face behind the mask seemed to have a specific outline.

There was only one thought in Gu Ran's mind - avoid it!

His center of gravity moved back, his body retreated, and at the same time, the sword in his hand stabbed towards the opponent's hand.

Two red lights come on at the same time, they both stab each other and score at the same time.

Qi Siyuan took off his helmet and exclaimed, "Oh, not bad!"

Gu Ran also took off his helmet, and sized him up for a while: "I don't even think he looks like that."

These words made Qi Siyuan puzzled: "What does it look like?"

"Like my opponent."

Qi Siyuan raised his eyebrows: "Korean?"

Gu Ran raised the sword in his hand and looked at it: "I think this will help me avoid physical contact with my opponent."

"Then you can try more in the future, I think you are really athletic."