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

Gu Ran's words were like a reassurance to his teammates. As long as he was on the field, no matter what kind of strong enemy they encountered, they would be able to fight against it.

The four sat down to rest for a while, and the physiotherapists and equipment technicians also started to get busy.

The two lesson planners stood in front of them, Xu Qing said: "The front is too chaotic, Kexin shouldn't fight with them, he should be stable first, if they want to occupy a seat, let them take it, it's too dangerous .”

Liang Kexin took a sip of water and said, "Yes, when you say it now, I also think they should be let. But I was also panicked during the match."

"This is the Olympic Games after all. If I start the race and fall to the end, and I can't make it to the end, what should I do if I am eliminated? I don't have the face to face you."

Speaking of this, she thought of the 500-meter final just now, and felt extremely uncomfortable.

This kind of emotion is very complicated, not only uncomfortable and regretful, but also mixed with a little guilt.

He himself failed to stand on the podium, and he also disappointed the two coaches and teammates.

Cheng Sen patted her head: "It's okay, you're not the only one panicking, they are also panicking, you ask Shanshan if she panics?"

Yang Shanshan clasped her heart in both hands: "I'm even more panicked."

Xu Qing said: "It's not just you who are panicking, but other players are also panicking." He turned his head and took a look, "This year, young athletes account for the majority, and there are very few 27-[-] veteran players like Huang Zaixian and Yin Canyu."

Judging from the average age of athletes signing up, most of them are under 24 years old, and there are even several seventeen or eighteen-year-olds like Gu Ran.

It's not that the old athletes are dying, it's that the young athletes are growing too fast.

Gu Ran sat on the yoga mat: "Whether it's an old athlete or a young athlete can't just depend on age."

"That's true," Xu Qing slapped him on the leg, "You are already an old fritter."

Gu Ran chuckled: "If I win the championship tonight, I'll eat deep-fried dough sticks for breakfast tomorrow."

Chi Lang sat back to back with him, and Gu Ran raised his head and bumped his head: "What are you eating tomorrow morning?"

Chi Lang said, "I want to eat sesame balls."

Cheng Sen asked in surprise, "There are fried dough sticks and mochi balls in the restaurant?"

The two said in unison: "No."

Every morning they are all kinds of buns and dumplings, plus milk, eggs and oatmeal.

The canteen also has a variety of Western-style breakfasts, but Gu Ran prefers Chinese-style breakfasts. He has loved pasta since he was a child, and he can't do without dumplings.

Gu Ran sighed: "Without fried dough sticks, you can still have a cup of soy milk."

As he said that, he stood up, reached out to Chi Lang by the way, and pulled him up too.

After fulfilling the breakfast question tomorrow morning, he feels that he is full of strength now, and it will be no problem to skate two more relays.

Before they left, Xu Qing emphasized again: "Five teams, [-] people on the court, the game must be chaotic. Don't panic when you are on the court, calm down, be steady, stabilize the rhythm and go beyond, you know ?"

"understood."

The few people agreed and agreed very happily, but this is the Olympic arena, or the final arena, it is impossible not to panic. When Cheng Sen and Xu Qing entered the Olympic arena, they also panicked.

This time it's not just the four of them going down, Meng Yuqiao and Luo Mengyao also went down with them as they played in front of the scene.

The three girls walked in front hand in hand, while Gu Ran, Chi Lang and Meng Yuqiao walked behind.

Originally, there should be a group B final at this time. However, there are a total of eight teams in the semi-final, five of which entered the final, two fell off the track and failed to complete the game, and one fouled the result. Group B has not been able to participate in the final team.

Meng Yuqiao looked at Gu Ran, and suddenly laughed: "There are so many people, I think you are the one who is the least panicked."

Gu Ran bent over to adjust her skates: "It's no use panicking."

Meng Yuqiao rubbed his hair: "Something suddenly sounded, do you want to hear it?"

Gu Ran was still tidying up her skates, she raised her head and smiled at him: "Do you want to confess your love? It won't be too late when I get this gold medal back."

Meng Yuqiao scratched his chin again: "The first time I heard your name was when my little sister came back from participating in the U-series competition. She said that she met a little brother named Gu Ran, who was very powerful. Her brother is also powerful."

"I asked her what's great? She thought about it and told me that everyone else was nervous, but he was not nervous at all."

Gu Ran still remembered his younger sister, Meng Yuxin, the little girl was very generous.It was also the first time I knew Meng Yuqiao from her mouth.

Gu Ran shrugged: "I'm pretending, but I'm actually quite nervous."

"But I know that nervousness is not going to help me, so I have to hide it, don't think about anything, and focus on the game."

The broadcast has already begun to introduce the rankings of the athletes, and the six people stand together to receive the warmest applause and shouts from the audience.

The teammates are going to play soon, Meng Yuqiao and Luo Mengyao are standing aside, everyone will hug them one by one when passing by them.Gu Ran was the last one to step forward, hugged the two of them one by one, and said with a smile, "Wait! Organize a group to the awards plaza tomorrow."

Luo Mengyao patted him on the shoulder: "Junior brother is the best!"

Meng Yuqiao has always talked less and has a very low sense of presence. At this time, there is nothing to say, so she patted his helmet and said, "Little bastard!"

Five teams, twenty people, really crowded.Not only is it crowded in front of the starting line, but the athletes standing in the inner circle are also crowded.

They were staring at the gold medal in the 2000-meter mixed relay, so why not the other teams.

Now a total of two gold medals have been produced, one for each of China and South Korea, one silver for the Netherlands and one bronze for Canada.

The South Korean team also won one more silver and bronze medal than the Chinese team. In the short track speed skating event alone, it ranked first in the medal table.

Team events such as relay races represent not individual abilities but group honors. The atmosphere of the competition is more tense and dignified, and it can also arouse the emotions of the audience at the scene and in front of the TV.

In addition to TV broadcasts, sports channels also appear to be broadcast live simultaneously on online platforms, and the number of live broadcast rooms alone has soared to more than 5000 million.The comment area next to it keeps scrolling and swiping:

"Gu Ran, come on!"

"Come on Chinese team!"

"You guys are the best!"

This is the second time that Liang Kexin has stood in the finals tonight.The women's 500 meters failed to get the top three, she felt very guilty.

Now it seems that God has given her another chance, and she desperately wants to seize this opportunity and do something for the team.

Their pass is good, in the second pass.However, the South Korean team is on the left and the Dutch team is on the right. The champion and runner-up in the 500-meter final still put a lot of pressure on her in terms of momentum.

Looking at the scene in front of her, Gu Ran silently shouted in her heart: "Sister, come on!"

The referee signaled the audience to be quiet, and the moment the starting gun sounded, someone moved first.It was the Canadian team in the fourth lane who took the lead, and all the athletes were called back by the referee.

In short-track speed skating competitions, it is quite normal for athletes to start running.In ten games, two or more shots were fired.

The team members are used to it, but many viewers watching the live broadcast don't know much about the sport, and most of them are watching the game for the first time.

The atmosphere in the arena was already tense enough, but this time, instead of relaxing, everyone's mood was like hanging in the air, neither up nor down.

Although Xu Qing has repeatedly emphasized the need for stability, this "stability" must also be based on the ability to obtain a favorable position, otherwise it is meaningless.

Liang Kexin really went all out. At the start, he used all his strength to compete with the South Korean team and the Dutch team for this favorable position.

At the start, the momentum was so strong that Cui Zhien and the Dutch player next to her were afraid. They didn't dare to squeeze with her at the start, and gave way a little, skating in the second and third places respectively. Go through the curve.

Seeing this scene, Gu Ran breathed a sigh of relief, which was a good start.

But he also knew that the strength of the two next to her was too strong, and the female player's speed in one lap was limited, which was very conducive to surpassing. The Dutch player has very strong personal ability, and she would not let go of this opportunity.

Sure enough, at the second corner, the Dutch player came up from the outer lane.Surpassed Cui Zhien and Liang Kexin in one breath.

Gu Ran smacked her tongue as she watched from the sidelines. Many male skaters couldn't compare to her in the power of kicking the ice.

The audience was still excited by Liang Kexin's momentum to take the lead. After only a few seconds, the Dutch team rushed up, and the Chinese team could only temporarily rank second.

This mood, one second in the clouds and one second in the abyss, the roller coaster is not so exciting.

But the game is still going on, and everyone has no time to take into account the mood at this moment, so they can only continue to pay attention to the game.

At the next corner, Cui Zhien was also preparing to overtake.She is a completely different type from the Dutch players.What she relies on is not strength, but technology.He also does not take outside ways, but chooses inside ways.

Liang Kexin knew that she wanted to go beyond the inner way. Koreans have always been confident in their own skills. If the outsider way surpasses such a waste of physical energy, they will not do it if they can. Only the inner way can reflect their personal ability.

However, Liang Kexin saw through her intentions, and when she came out of the corner, she intentionally moved into the inner lane.

Cui Zhien still went up, she was indeed too confident and decisive, she went up as soon as she said it, without any hesitation.

Liang Kexin didn't let her either, the two had a little physical contact, Cui Zhien still retreated.

Liang Kexin held the second position, but in this way, both of them slowed down a little, and the Dutch player in front expanded his advantage.

The audience watched anxiously, and their shouts were everywhere on the ice rink:

"Come on, come on!"

"Don't be thrown off by the Dutch players!"

"Pay attention to the Korean players behind!"

This was the first shot. The situation of the Chinese team on the field was very serious. The audience offered their suggestions one after another, but unfortunately the players couldn't hear it.

Not only did the live audience make suggestions, but the audience who watched the live broadcast also cheered over and over again in the comment area.

The commentary in the live broadcast also said: "In the Olympic arena, no one wants to lose, and no one can afford to lose. Athletes from any country will do many things if they seize a little chance, and we will do the same."

After two and a half laps of the race, Liang Kexin felt that it was more difficult for her to skate a 500 meters than usual. She finally persisted to the handover and was not overtaken by Cui Zhien.

After completing the handover, the situation on the field has undergone new changes.

The South Korean team actually made a mistake when handing over the baton. Cui Zhien and Han Xiaoying failed to hand in the baton, and the Canadian player behind took the opportunity to overtake.

As a result, the pattern on the court has changed again. Now Canada is third and South Korea is fourth.

Yang Shanshan was relatively stable, she didn't give the Canadian team a chance, and kept her position until she and Gu Ran completed the handover.

In front of Gu Ran, the Dutch team is Marko.In this Olympic Games, the opponent's performance has become more and more stable, very general style.

He has a very good grasp of the route, is also very capable of leading skates, and has a particularly high skater quotient.In the mixed relay of last year's World Championships, Gu Ran failed to overtake him in the first round. In the second round, he exchanged sticks with Chi Lang and finally overtook another Dutch player.

Among the male players, the absolute speed is fast. If there are no mistakes, it is very difficult to surpass. Coupled with the strong leading ability, this advantage is already obvious.

Gu Ran didn't try to squeeze up, but he didn't intend to make it easier for him. He kept following him closely, giving him a certain sense of crisis. In this case, the lead skater needs to consume more energy, which is enough .

In the next handover, the South Korean team caught up and even overtook Canada, chasing after China.

Chi Lang doesn't have as many thoughts as Gu Ran, he is a strong rough guy, relying on his own body to get stuck, and then relying on his own strength to pedal the ice to maintain absolute speed.Don't let the South Korean team catch up, and don't let the Dutch team throw him away.

There was a raw savagery and rudeness about him, not thinking too much, never backing down, just doing it.The advantage of this skating style is that it is easy for the opponent to figure out the idea, but the opponent will also be a little bit afraid of him, and it is not a joke to collide with him.

In such an important game, there is no obvious difference in strength between the four teams. It is almost impossible to get rid of others and ride ahead. No other team will let you win the championship so easily.

Therefore, in the second round of the competition, the gap between the first four teams is actually not that big, and it tends to shrink more and more.

When it came time for the women's team and the men's team to hand over the baton, the four teams even crowded together.

In this case, the speed suddenly slowed down, and everyone seemed to be handing over the baton on the same level, and Hungary immediately seized the opportunity and followed up.

In this chaos, the situation on the field changed again.Yang Shanshan was caught between Korean and Canadian players. She didn't use her strength to push Chi Lang. Instead, she was hit by someone and fell off the track.

And when she fell, it happened to affect the Korean team on the side, so Canada rushed to the second place in the score, and Chi Lang fell to the third place at this time.

There are only two male players left in the last 400 meters of the race.The commentator said in a very heavy tone: "The situation on the court is unpredictable, this is short track speed skating."

The guest commentator at the side introduced very calmly: "It is very unfavorable for the Chinese team now. The men's single lap speed is very fast, and this lap slipped to 8 seconds. Under such circumstances, it is very difficult to complete the surpass. .”

"Let's see, will the young Chinese players perform miracles for us?"

When he said this, his voice even trembled a little, as if the fate of the Chinese team in this mixed relay race was already doomed.

The comment area is still constantly brushing "Come on Chinese team!" "We still have Gu Ran!", but the number of viewers in the live broadcast room has dropped from more than 5000 million just now to more than 4000 million.

Some viewers thought that there was no hope, and they quit the live broadcast room before the game was over.

Looking at the Canadian player Martinez in front, Chi Lang kept thinking in his mind that Lin Jiaxi had mentioned this person more than once, talking about his strengths and weaknesses.It is said that his ability to lead skates is not strong, and he often cannot tighten the line.

He also remembered that after countless training sessions, he was left by Gu Ran for additional training.

Gu Ran has told him a lot, if you want to do this, you can't do that, outsiders rely on strength, and insiders rely on timing.

What is timing is to catch the opponent's slight mistake and act decisively without the slightest hesitation, the opportunity is fleeting.

Chi Lang couldn't help but glanced to the side, and Gu Ran was skating on the inside of the runway, ready to hand over the baton to him at any time.

So, out of the corner of Chi Lang's eyes, he saw that Gu Ran's lips seemed to move.

They have been together day and night for nearly four years, training together, eating together, playing games together, and even lying in the same bed to sleep. The tacit understanding between them has long been needless to say.

Just by Gu Ran's mouth shape, he knew that what the other party said was: "Come on!"

Therefore, Chi Lang no longer hesitated, he kicked the ice with great strength, and he could add up his skating speed in three or two steps. When he slid past Martinez, Gu Ran's voice was still in his mind: "No Wrong, that's it, put your legs back and hold on!"

Whatever Gu Ran said, he would do.It wasn't until he slid cleanly from Martinez's left side and heard the cheers from the surrounding stands like a tsunami that he was sure that he had completed this pass!

"Beautiful! Chi Lang withstood the pressure at the critical moment and completed the overtake. The Chinese team is now in second place!"

The guest commentator immediately glanced at the information: "Chi Lang, 21 years old this year, is also one of the young players recruited when Cheng Sen coached the national team."

"He showed very distinct personal characteristics already in his teenage years."

The host asked: "What are the characteristics?"

"The ice-skating strength is very strong." The guest commentator smiled, "We trained in Province H for a long time, and the provincial sports school sent him to train for a while. He was only thirteen or fourteen years old at that time. The strength of the legs is not inferior to that of adult athletes."

At this time, the last half lap of Chi Lang's race was left, and he had no time to do anything else, so he could only prepare for the handover and hand over the rest to his brother.

The two successfully handed over the baton. Not only the Chinese team, but also the Dutch team in front also exchanged the baton times of the two male players.

In the next two laps, Gu Ran will face Marco.

This is another great challenge for Gu Ran.In his memory, in the past two years of competition with Marco, he slid behind him, and he didn't seem to surpass him.

Now at this point, with two laps remaining in the race, there is only one way to win the championship - to make the impossible possible.

He tried it from the first corner. Marko's route was really tight, almost sliding against the marker block. It was impossible for him to squeeze up in this situation. Even if he squeezed up, there would probably be a penalty.

He can only wait, wait for the next corner.This time, he tried to pass the interruption of the straight from the outside road before starting to add a knife, and the speed just picked up at the corner.

But this time, Marco in front adjusted his route again, and still just blocked in front of him.

Gu Ran has always been a very calm athlete. However, the race has come to this point, and there is still the last lap left.

He really has nothing to do with the Dutch player in front of him. The closer he gets to the finish line, the more anxious he becomes.

Not only was he anxious, but the audience in the stands and in front of the TV were also anxious with him. The game had already reached this point, and it was about to end.

The guest commentator has been silent, no longer introducing the rules, and no longer explaining the tactics.

Only the host said: "There is one lap left in the race."

This time, Xu Mei in the stands really didn't dare to look any more, but closed her eyes and clasped her hands tightly.Modern women who have never believed in gods even silently prayed for their sons in their hearts.

Xu Qing folded his arms around his chest, Cheng Sen put one arm on his shoulder, and his hands had already tightened his clothes.

Every second has been difficult for all of us.

Gu Ran kept telling herself in her heart: "Calm down, you must calm down, the more anxious you are, the easier it is to miss important information."

At this time, he even freed his hand to hold his goggles.

At this moment, he seemed to see something!

That's right, it was Marco, who slipped a little because of too much force when he was pedaling.

This is just an insignificant detail. He has tried his best to restore it, but he couldn't escape Gu Ran's eyes.

At this time, Gu Ran continued to increase the knife, and rushed forward without the slightest hesitation.

He was very decisive, so decisive that from the perspective of the audience, he was still skating with his hands behind his back and pushed the goggles at the same time.

In the next second, his speed increased in an incredible way.It slid to the inside of Marco in the blink of an eye.

But at this time, it was too late for Marco to get stuck in his position. Gu Ran was in the same position as him, and he could only watch Gu Ran slid past him at a speed as fast as To fly.

"Gu Ran!!!"

The commentator who had been silent for several seconds suddenly yelled loudly, "He overtook!!!"

The commentator was also very excited: "This is Gu Ran, he is too fast and too strong!"

"At the last moment of crossing the line, hold on, hold on!"

"The second gold medal of the Chinese team was born!"

"After thousands of trials, we finally won this gold medal!"

Until the moment of crossing the line, Gu Ran's hands were still behind his back, and the expression on his face was quite calm.

However, the moment he was sure that he was the first to cross the finish line, he immediately raised his head, clenched his right hand into a fist, and swung it vigorously twice.

"It's not easy. It's not easy for these young players. This kind of tenacity is worth learning. Congratulations to them!"

The host smiled and said, "Now, can you tell us about the characteristics of this athlete, Gu Ran?"

The guest commentator smiled: "The hexagonal warrior."

The moment Gu Ran crossed the finish line, Liang Kexin and Yang Shanshan hugged each other and started crying.

Chi Lang immediately rushed to Gu Ran's side and hugged him tightly.Just hugged so tightly, didn't say anything, couldn't say anything.

On the coach's bench, Cheng Sen finally exhaled the breath trapped in his chest. He buried his head on Xu Qing's shoulder, and after a long silence, he said in a low voice: "It's too difficult!"