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

As a result, as Gu Ran expected, Chi Lang fell to the end as soon as he came up.In the front, Marco, Huang Zaixian and Jason Glatz fought fiercely for the top two in the group.

Chi Lang kicked the ice with great strength and skating very aggressively.But in front of him, the Korean and the American were fighting each other, and the two kept colliding.

Seeing this scene, Gu Ran couldn't help but yelled at the field: "Cut the outsider, cut the outsider."

This kind of collision will inevitably cause the speed of the two people to slow down. Only when Chi Lang accelerates in the outer lane can he have a chance to overtake them.

As soon as Gu Ran finished yelling, Chi Lang seemed to hear it, but he didn't seem to hear it. He was still skating behind the two of them.

When he arrived at the next corner, he was pedaling hard to get up to speed, and when he was about to find an opportunity from the outer lane, the two people in front got entangled again.This time, both of them moved their hands, you push me, and I pull you.

Then, the two fell down together!

Chi Lang just watched them fly out of the track hand in hand under his nose.

What's more dangerous is that Huang Zaixian didn't catch the skate in time when he fell, and almost slipped on the face of the American player.

And Chi Lang, who was behind them and beside them, passed the corner unharmed, and finally ended the game as No.2.

Looking at the smile on Chi Lang's face, Gu Ran was puzzled: "Why does he always have such luck?"

Meng Yuqiao shook her head: "Stupid people are lucky."

Chi Lang came out of the ice rink with a smile, and jumped in front of them: "I'm in the final, second in the group."

Gu Ran and Meng Yuqiao looked at each other and said in unison, "It's shit luck."

Chi Lang said: "You two seem to look down on me?"

Gu Ran showed a disdainful smile: "Remove the word 'like'."

Adhering to the principle of saying he can't do it, Chi Lang went up and strangled his neck: "Are you unhappy that I made it to the final?"

Gu Ran shook off his hand: "Why are you so happy? There are six finalists. They are dying of anxiety."

Chi Lang was stunned: "Where are the six people?"

At this time, the final result of this group was displayed on the big screen. The American team Jason Glatz fouled, and Hwang Jae-hyun was directly sentenced to the next round.

Seeing this result, it was Meng Yuqiao who laughed: "According to what you said just now, Guo Chengjun wanted to foul you and let you get the last lane in the final, while Huang Zaixian was in the first lane, but now the result is just the opposite. You In the first course, Huang Zaixian went to the last course."

The smile on Gu Ran's face was even more mocking: "So, people are doing what the sky is watching, play well, and don't always put your mind on crooked ways."

Chi Lang was at a loss: "What are you two talking about?"

Gu Ran glared at him: "Children don't inquire about adults' affairs, you won't understand if you tell them."

"Rebel..."

The three of them returned to the coach's bench, and Cheng Sen was very satisfied with the result: "That's right, all three of them made it to the final."

Chi Lang rubbed his hands excitedly: "Maybe we can raise three five-star red flags at the same time."

Cheng Sen smiled noncommittally: "Just do your best."

But Xu Qing, he looked at a few people, and talked about Meng Yuqiao's fall just now, and his thoughts coincided with Gu Ran's: "Guo Chengjun deliberately fouled you, anyway, he can't make it to the finals, how about In this way, change you from the first one to the last one."

"This is a 500-meter race. Now it seems that there are six people in the final, and there is almost no hope of winning the final race."

Gu Ran put her arm around Meng Yuqiao's shoulder: "Fortunately, sister Qiao is protecting me."

With Chi Lang's brain, he had a half-knowledge in the front, but he understood what they were saying later: "Fuck! The Koreans are really bad, and they can think of such a bad move."

Cheng Sen sneered: "They're shooting themselves in the foot now. What's the result? Xiao Ran ranked first in the first round, and Huang Zaixian was sentenced to the final round in the last round."

"So, I usually educate you, you must put your mind on the game, don't think about these useless things."

The two coaches had exactly the same words as what Gu Ran said just now, and they deserved to be the youngest sons of the old couple.

The game just now was over, Xu Qing called the three of them together, the physical therapist released Jierou for them, and the equipment technician took the time to adjust the skates.

"There are six people in the final. The situation will definitely be very chaotic, and the start will not be smooth. The runners who are late in the lap will definitely start the race, and there is a high probability that someone will fall down at the first corner."

Xu Qing sorted out the whole competition for them: "All three of us have entered the final. Although the ideal state is that you can all stand on the podium, you also know in your heart that this possibility is very low. We Make sure you get the gold medal."

The three nodded at the same time: "Understood."

"The 500-meter competition is anaerobic. The start is very important. You can avoid crowding with the players behind you by leading the skating at the front. Chi Lang and Da Qiao, you should keep an eye on the people around you, Curtis, Huang Zaixian and Marco. .”

He turned his head to look at Gu Ran again: "Xiao Ran, you don't have to think about anything, your task is to show the fastest speed and rush forward without looking back, to win this gold medal."

Gu Ran nodded solemnly: "I understand."

Xu Qing looked at him and suddenly laughed: "That's not what I want to hear."

Gu Ran looked at him for a moment, then changed his words politely: "I promise to complete the task!"

The race was just as Xu Qing had expected, there was an early start at the first start, and it was Hwang Jae-hyun who was on the outermost lane.

If he doesn't grab this round, he is doomed to have no chance of being on the podium, let alone winning the championship.

At this time, it must be a gamble.

Everyone circled back to the starting line, and the second start was just as Xu Qing expected. At the second corner, the six people were desperately squeezing and sliding forward. Everyone collided with each other, but no one cared. Not so much, only by grabbing a good position can you have a chance to get a good result.

This is the men's 500-meter race in the Winter Olympics. The distance is the shortest and the time is the shortest. Every second on the field is extremely precious and you must not give up an inch.

Started twice, the race has not yet started.The anxious and tense atmosphere on the field has begun to make people feel suffocated.

The twists and turns of the game made the hearts of the audience on the scene and in front of the TV tugged.Even the guest commentators in the studio said: "My palms are sweaty now, and I feel more nervous than the players on the field."

Gu Ran could tell that everyone was very nervous. Before the referee issued an order, they made some small movements, shaking their arms, drawing a cross on their chest, closing their eyes and praying...

He felt okay at first, everything was expected.But after hearing the starting gun twice and the recall whistle twice, the heart in his chest began to beat violently.

Just as Gu Ran raised her hand to support her goggles, the referee's "ready" command sounded.

The six contestants stood in front of the starting line. From this moment until the starting gun sounded, the contestants could not move their whole bodies. If they moved, they would be punished with a starting foul and directly disqualified from the competition.

According to past habits, Gu Ran still wore a pair of dark goggles.

He is still not used to the lights on the ice rink being too bright during games.The dark goggles allow him to ignore the distractions of people and sounds around him, and focus on the game wholeheartedly.

At this moment, his eyes are focused on the white runway in front of him, the audience, referees and opponents...everything around him gradually withdraws from his field of vision, and he seems to be the only one left in the boundless territory. battle with oneself.

"What is the fastest speed on the ice without the help of external force?"

He asked himself this question in his mind.

In his five-year professional career, he has broken many records, but he has never broken a world record, not even in the 500 meters, which he is best at.

Everyone is saying that it is almost impossible to set a new world record on the plain ice rink.

In the past few decades, no one has broken the world record in plain ice rinks, whether it is speed skating or short track skating. Even the two ice rinks in Salt Lake City and Calgary have not set new records for a long time.

From the first time Gu Ran walked into this ice skating hall, the first time he stood on this piece of ice, he couldn't help but fell in love with it.

This is not the first time he has come to this venue, but the ice surface is quite different from before.

He had inquired with the ice pouring staff during the chat before that the skating rink used a new ice-making technology in this Winter Olympics, which can keep the temperature of the ice surface at a constant state and the quality of the ice surface is better.

On this ice, what Gu Ran wants is not just the championship.

The starting gun sounded for the third time, and the moment Gu Ran rushed out, he looked like a cheetah tensing up all his muscles. On the white ice in front of him, there was his long-awaited prey.

At the moment of starting, his reaction speed was faster than other runners.Marco beside him seemed to be stunned for a moment, only to react when he saw his figure, and rushed out.

When the starting gun fired, the audience was silent for a few seconds. When Gu Ran rushed out of the starting line, shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami sounded in the surrounding stands instantly.

During the TV broadcast, the commentator also shouted excitedly: "Run, run fast!"

Because of the number of people there, the game is still very chaotic.But these seem to have nothing to do with Gu Ran.

Before entering the first corner, he had already secured the first position.

No one can catch him, and no one can pose any threat behind him.

On the first lap, his one-lap skating speed reached 8 seconds, which is already very fast.Ranked second behind him is the Dutch player Marko, who is at least two body distances away from Gu Ran, and the next four players are even more unmatched.

Chi Lang was on the fourth track, and Meng Yuqiao was on the fifth track. When the two of them set off, their track times were not very good.It also failed to grab the second and third positions.

However, they always kept in mind the tactics arranged by Xu Qing. Meng Yuqiao chased Curtis desperately, trying to create pressure on him at every corner.

And Chi Lang honestly suppressed the speed to get stuck in Huang Zaixian's position, pinning him to death in the bottom one position.

Gu Ran didn't know what was going on behind him, and he didn't know where his teammates were. He couldn't even collect any information from behind him.

It seemed that he was the only one left in the game, and he just sprinted forward indomitably.

At every corner, he told himself, go faster, go faster!

He maximized his speed and brought his personal skills to the extreme.

On the second lap, his lap speed even reached 8 seconds.The third lap is 32 seconds 8...

The other players behind him, let alone catching up with him, would need to use all their strength to avoid being too far behind him.

Looking at it from Chi Lang's fifth-to-last perspective, Gu Ran was alone in the front, and at that speed, it seemed that he could take off on the spot in the next second, which was so fast that it was unimaginable.

He doesn't need any teamwork at all, he doesn't need anyone's protection, and he doesn't need to get stuck in any position. He tightens his line when he exits the corner... He just keeps sliding at this speed, and the champion will have no suspense!

This passionate scene aroused the blood of the audience. They waved the Chinese national flag vigorously, decorating the stands of the skating hall into a sea of ​​red.

On the fourth lap, Gu Ran still maintained a very fast skating speed. There was a deafening roar in his ears, and it seemed that everything was silent, except for the ringtone that reminded him that there was still the last lap.

In five years, he has grown from a talented boy who just came into contact with short track speed skating to the world's number one devil king. During this period, he has experienced dozens of competitions at home and abroad.

He is no longer the easy-going boy when he was just a fledgling. He will think a lot during the game, and he will also focus most of his attention on his opponents and pay attention to their movements.

The more he thought about it, the harder it was to get back his original passion.

Today, when he stood on the field of the Winter Olympics finals, it was as if a fire had been lit in his chest, roasting his heart hot, and his blood also boiled.

His eyes can only see the front, and he can't hold anything else in his heart.He is the only one on this white runway, and his opponent is only himself.

The finish line was just ahead, his heartbeat became faster and faster, his breathing began to become rapid, and his thigh muscles also felt faintly sore, but his speed still did not decrease at all.

"The last corner, Gu Ran, go for it!!!" The voice of the guest commentator in the studio trembled: "Number one!!! The fourth gold medal!"

"The 18-year-old Chinese boy entered the Winter Olympics for the first time, swept away thousands of troops, and was invincible!"

"The champion of the last Winter Olympics, Huang Jae-hyun, is ranked sixth today, and the runner-up, Curtis, is third."

"Gu Ran is too strong! This is absolute dominance. In this project, no one can fight with him!"

The electronic timing system froze at the moment he rushed over. Gu Ran didn't know what his final score was, but he knew that he had won the gold medal.

Gu Ran turned around immediately, and Chi Lang and Meng Yuqiao had already crossed the finish line. Gu Ran opened his arms to welcome his two good brothers, and the three embraced tightly.

Chi Lang seemed more excited than him, hugging him almost out of breath: "It's too fast, Gu Xiaoran, you are too fast, I even thought you could fly in the next second."

Meng Yuqiao looked at the coaching bench of the Chinese team next to him. Cheng Sen and Xu Qing were holding hands, like an elderly couple in the village waiting for their children to come home.

Meng Yuqiao said, "Go quickly."

Gu Ran slid to the front of the anti-collision wall, and with a light support of her arm, she picked it up.

Cheng Sen and Xu Qing didn't say anything, they rushed forward to hug him tightly.

Cheng Sen repeated four words over and over in his mouth: "Too competitive, too competitive!"

Xu Qing couldn't say anything, just hugged Gu Ran and kept hugging him.

On the contrary, Gu Ran seemed very calm. She turned her head to look at Xu Qing, saw that the corners of his eyes were moist, and said in shock, "No way, no way, Director Xu, you actually cried!"

Xu Qing immediately slapped him on the back: "There is wind."

Gu Ran said: "This is an indoor skating hall, where does the wind come from?"

Cheng Sen glared at him: "Director Xu said that if there is wind, it is wind."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Gu Ran changed her words obediently, "You both are right."

Xu Qing turned his head away, and when everyone was not paying attention, he lowered his head and quickly rubbed it on his arm, and when he raised his head, the smile returned to his face.

At this time, the results on the big screen also came out. No.1: The Chinese team, Gu Ran, scored 39 seconds, followed by two abbreviations "OR" and "WR".

The two coaches, who had just calmed down, hugged Gu Ran excitedly again, and rubbed his head: "Little brat, you have set a new world record!"

While creating a new world record, it also created a new Olympic record.

Gu Ran sat kneeling on the anti-collision wall, everyone patted their heads and patted their shoulders, and was even hugged and kissed by Chi Lang.

He just pushed Chi Lang's head with one hand and pushed him away, and kept looking at his own results on the big screen until the screen switched back to the game.

Meng Yuqiao asked him, "You don't seem that excited."

Gu Ran pointed to the place where the 500-meter race started: "You may not believe it, but when I stood there just now, I had a strong premonition..."

"I believe it!" Before he finished speaking, Meng Yuqiao answered him in a firm tone, "Don't talk about breaking the world record now, even if you slip into 39 seconds, I will believe it."

The national flag was handed over to Gu Ran for the fourth time, and he jumped off the crash pad without hesitation, still grasping the two corners of the national flag with both hands and shaking it lightly, the five-star red flag fluttered in the pure white On the ice rink, the shouts of the audience once again resounded throughout the skating hall.

That night, the first sentence Gu Ran said at the press conference was on the trending list again: "It's still me."

That's right, it's still him.Fifth race day, fourth gold medal.He hasn't lost a gold medal in every competition he's competed in.

Netizens said that he was crazy. He participated in five competitions and won four gold medals. There is one more gold medal in the end. The gold medal is likely to be his.

"I don't know much about short track speed skating. I heard that the Korean team dominated the world before. I don't know how it compares to Gu Ran."

"It's far away. No matter how strong the South Korean team is, it doesn't depend on a certain athlete to win all the championships."

"Gu Ran alone can kill a team of them."

"This is not here to participate in the Winter Olympics, this is simply for wholesale."

"Others get a gold medal, and shed tears of excitement. Their dreams come true, and they have no regrets in this life."

"When I arrived at Gu Ran's place, the opening remarks of the press conference were 'it's me', 'it's me again', 'it's me'..."

"His strength in the 500 meters is simply terrifying, and he doesn't give other players a chance."

"What chance? Don't talk about winning the championship, and don't give a chance to foul, it's just so arrogant."

"..."

Along with the phrase "It's still me", there is another sentence by Gu Ran.

At that time, a reporter asked him: "For many years, no one has been able to break the world record on the plain ice rink, but you did it today, not only won the gold medal, but also broke the world record and the Olympic record, how would you rate your performance today. "

Gu Ran said: "While completing the task, I just broke a record by the way."

Good guy, just broke a record by the way.

Netizens exploded again: "The task is to win the championship, breaking the record is just incidental."

"This is the ceiling of Versailles, just ask who else?"

"The day after tomorrow is the last competition day. Please, Gu Ran, get the gold medal in the men's 5000-meter relay."

Gu Ran's Versailles during the interview gave netizens the material to give full play to. That night, all kinds of rainbow farts on the major social platforms went up to the sky.

"Participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time, four gold medals, my God, Shuangwen dare not write like that."

"If there was no relay race, Gu Ran wouldn't need teammates. He could kill a team from other countries by himself."

"In the 1000-meter race, he fought three Koreans alone, and finally took the gold medal from others."

"..."

"It doesn't need to be said that, other people also contributed. It is because of Gao Ziyi and Lin Jiaxi that we can see three five-star red flags rising at the same time in the Olympic Games."

"That is, everyone in the Chinese team is very important, everyone is great, whether they have won the gold medal or not, they are all heroes in my heart."

Afterwards, Gu Ran posted a status on Weibo. Posting a group of photos has nothing to do with the food at the restaurant in the Winter Olympic Village, but rather every moment of him and his teammates competing in the arena in the past few days.From 1000 meters to yesterday's 1500 meters, from 2000 meters mixed relay to 500 meters.

Those pictures were all taken by reporters, and all of them were found from the Internet.He teamed up with Gao Ziyi and Lin Jiaxi to surpass Yin Canyu.There is the scene of Meng Yuqiao falling twice, and there is the scene of Chi Lang desperately overtaking his opponent in the relay race.

Gu Ran saved them one by one in the phone, and at this time, they will be sent out to share with everyone.

In addition to the photos, he also rarely wrote a large paragraph of copywriting: "Short track speed skating is a team sport. Without my coach and teammates, I would not have succeeded. The gold medal not only belongs to me, but also belongs to China's short track speed skating team. Every coach and every member of the skating training team, our story continues."

It is not difficult to see that he posted such a Weibo in response to those comments on the Internet saying that he does not need teammates.

In his heart, his coaches and teammates are extremely important. It is because of them that this Chinese short track speed skating team has formed and achieved their brilliance today. They are indispensable.