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

This touched Wei Yuening's knowledge blind spot. This name is so common that even if he has heard of it, he may not know who it is.

"Appreciate further details."

Gu Ran took a deep breath, as if he was about to tell a long story: "In 1932, the Tenth Olympic Games was held in Los Angeles, USA. news, claiming that Liu Changchun will compete as an athlete."

"Later, Liu Changchun issued a public statement in "Ta Kung Pao", saying, 'If my conscience is still alive and my blood is still flowing, how can I forget my motherland and become a bully for the puppet puppet country', clearly stating that he will not represent the puppet Manchukuo in the competition. "

"Later, he and his coach secretly went to Shanghai and boarded a cruise ship bound for the United States on the banks of the Huangpu River. During the days of drifting at sea, he trained on the deck every day. After 21 days, he arrived in Los Angeles, the United States, becoming the first official Chinese athletes participating in the Olympics."

"On that day, the Shanghai Times published a cartoon of Guan Yunchang holding the Qinglong Yanyue Dao, standing on a dilapidated boat, and the boat was sailing to the endless distance: I am a Chinese athlete, and this time I will go to the meeting alone, Wanliguanshan. At this moment, the fate of the country is difficult, and I wish you all Go forward bravely, and hope that in the future, my younger generations will be free from such suffering."

Speaking of this, the room was quiet for a while, and the two of them didn't speak for a while.

After a long time, Wei Yuening asked, "What rank did he get after that?"

Gu Ran shrugged: "Is this important? When he stood on the Olympic field with the ambition of the whole country, he had already won."

Wei Yuening nodded: "You are right."

Gu Ran added: "You know, the origin of the Olympic Games is related to war, and people yearn for peace, so there is a treaty of the 'Holy Armistice Month', which stipulates that the Games will be held every four years, during which the city-states will stop fighting."

"The Olympic Games, instead of war, symbolize peace and best embody the integrity and spirit of a nation."

Gu Ran said with a smile: "As an athlete, you should have this kind of spirit - no matter when the motherland needs me, I will go all out."

After listening to these words, Wei Yuening felt that no matter how much he tried to persuade him, it seemed powerless.

He looked away from Gu Ran, smiled helplessly, and turned to look at Gu Ran again: "Since the day I met you, do you know what image you have in my heart?"

Gu Ran raised her eyebrows: "What?"

"Young genius with high spirits. Every time I see you come back from the game, I will think of a poem: Wuling is young and golden, and the silver saddle and white horse are spring breeze."

This is Li Bai's "A Journey of a Youth". In just two sentences, the image of a young man riding a white horse and stepping on falling flowers comes alive on the paper.

Wei Yuening continued: "But now your image in my heart has changed."

Gu Ran laughed loudly: "If you are drunk, your breasts are still open, and your temples are slightly frosty, so why not!"

Wei Yuening couldn't help but want to applaud. Seeing him like this, he really has the heroic spirit of Su Shi who "looked northwest and shot Sirius".

He shook his head and said with a smile: "The direction is wrong. The image of you in my heart is Prometheus holding a torch."

Prometheus, the hero in Greek mythology who stole fire for mankind.

Gu Ran quickly waved her hand: "I'm not that great."

Wei Yuening said: "No regrets, no surrender, willing to step down from the altar and suffer for others, isn't that called greatness?"

Gu Ran pushed him, stood up and walked into the room: "Crazy, I haven't started yet, you expect me to suffer."

Wei Yuening shouted at his back: "You retired for two and a half years, and now you go back to start training again, don't you feel that you are going back to enjoy the blessings?"

Gu Ran's voice came from the room: "You wish me well."

"I'm afraid that you will become the target of public criticism."

Gu Ran stretched out her head and asked, "Then what should I do?"

Wei Yuening smiled and said: "What can I do, lock you in the laboratory and prevent others from finding out."

"Mr. Wei, I didn't expect you to be quite good at playing."

"..."

Gu Ran happened to have nothing to do that day, so she went to the skating hall early in the morning with her skates on her back.

When he walked into the skating rink, the team hadn't started training.Cheng Sen was talking to Xu Qing when he turned around and saw Gu Ran.

Gu Ran waved at them both: "Fortunately, I'm not late."

Several people turned around and saw that he was all surrounded in surprise, especially Gao Ziyi and Meng Yuqiao, who surrounded him from left to right: "Xiaoran!"

"Why did you come here today?"

Gu Ran said, "I'm here to train."

Both Gao Ziyi and Meng Yuqiao were taken aback: "You said..."

Cheng Sen frowned: "Security, where is the security, why did the national team training base let people in so casually?"

Gu Ran looked at him, showing a sly smile: "Security? You said the doorman, Uncle Wang, he just asked me if I had breakfast?"

Cheng Sen waved to him: "Let's go, let's go, don't delay our training."

He was chasing people away with his mouth, but the upward arc of the corner of his mouth revealed the true thoughts in his heart.

Gu Ran walked up to the two coaches and asked, "I've been waiting for the New Year's Day holiday, why didn't you call me?"

Cheng Sen glared at him: "What's the call? Why did I call you?"

Gu Ran casually smiled: "I want to come back."

"Come back?" Cheng Sen's eyebrows were raised, "Why come back? I don't know how old I am this year, but I still come back."

Xu Qing bumped him with his arm: "It's almost done."

He pulled Gu Ran again: "You can sit anywhere and watch your juniors and younger sisters train later."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and greeted the team members who were watching: "Those who should change clothes should change clothes, those who should warm up should warm up, hurry up!"

Gu Ran said, "I'm going to change clothes too."

Xu Qing pulled him back: "Sit down."

Gu Ran bit her lower lip: "Director Xu..."

"obedient."

Gu Ran had no choice but to be obedient, and sat down at a random place.

Cheng Sen turned around and arranged the training plan for this morning to Gao Ziyi and Meng Yuqiao.The two turned around, greeted Gu Ran, and walked into the dressing room.

After everyone left, Cheng Sen and Xu Qing sat down beside Gu Ran.

Before the two could speak, they suddenly heard an exclamation not far away: "Xiaoran?!"

Lin Jiaxi came out of the locker room, saw Gu Ran at a glance, trotted over on the skates, pushed Cheng Sen aside without saying a word, gave his old teammate a bear hug, and was overjoyed: "What are you doing today? Are you free to come over?"

Gu Ran patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I plan to come back and train with you."

Lin Jiaxi doubted her ears a little: "What did you say?"

Gu Ran opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Lin Jiaxi exclaimed in surprise: "Are you going to come back? Is it true?"

"Really," Gu Ran asked him, "Does Captain Lin welcome me back?"

"Of course you're welcome!" Lin Jiaxi hugged him again, "I'm so glad you can come back, the captain let you be!"

All along, Lin Jiaxi's thinking is much simpler than others.His family background is superior, it's not that he has no other choice, and he has come to this day purely because of love.

So, he lasted longer than all of them.

The faces of the two coaches were not very good-looking, but Lin Jiaxi was immersed in the joy of Gu Ran's upcoming comeback, and did not pay attention.

"Let me just say, based on your state at the time, there is nothing wrong with practicing for another four years. You chose to retire in order to complete your studies, which is understandable. You have decided to come back now, which is great!"

"All right, all right," Cheng Sen patted him on the shoulder, "Hurry up and warm up, training will start in a while."

Before leaving, Lin Jiaxi did not forget to pull Gu Ran: "Wait for you!"

After he left, Cheng Sen and Xu Qing pulled Gu Ran to sit down.

It was Xu Qing who spoke first: "Are you out of school today?"

"No."

"No need to go to the lab."

Gu Ran took a breath: "You don't have to worry about these, I decided to come back for training, and it will be arranged naturally."

Cheng Sen asked, "How do you arrange it?"

Gu Ran said, "I'll ask for leave, or I can resign."

Cheng Sen looked at him sadly: "What kind of job do you resign from? It's not easy to stay in school."

"The school will definitely agree to give me a vacation. After all, I am coming back to train and prepare for next year's Winter Olympics."

Cheng Sen said, "Have I agreed? You are coming back to prepare for the Winter Olympics."

Gu Ran asked, "Why don't you agree?"

Cheng Sen sighed and said nothing.

Gu Ran put her arms around his shoulders and joked with him: "Aren't I worried that you two are unemployed in middle age? Come back and help you keep your jobs."

Xu Qing, who was sitting on the other side of Gu Ran, said, "Don't worry about us, just do what you have to do."

Gu Ran said: "Director Song called me a few years ago."

Xu Qing was taken aback: "What did he tell you?"

"After a long talk, there is only one central idea, to test whether I have the willingness to come back."

Cheng Sen almost exploded when he heard this, he stood up and was about to go out: "This old Song, don't let him be greedy, he insists on making his own decisions, no, I'll go find him."

Xu Qing hurriedly pressed him down: "You can push him down, Lao Song is busy and has no time to receive you."

Gu Ran smiled and looked at his two coaches: "What's the matter with you two, I came back by myself, this is the step for you, don't be ignorant."

Xu Qing couldn't help knocking him on the head: "Who do you think doesn't know what's good?"

Gu Ran chuckled twice: "I know, you don't want me to come back, it's for my own good, but I've already made up my mind, I have to come back."

The two coaches didn't speak, and after a while, Cheng Sen turned him to the other side.

Gu Ran asked Xu Qing: "What is he doing?"

Xu Qing mouthed him: "Remorse yourself."

After thinking about it for a while, Gu Ran knew that Cheng Sen really had mixed feelings in his heart.

On the one hand, the current situation in the team has made him very anxious.On the other hand, he really didn't want Gu Ran to come back.

He is the head coach of the national team. Now the national team is old and young, and there are no talents who can support the whole team. This is his responsibility and he should bear the consequences.He didn't want Gu Ran to sacrifice himself to bear it for him.

Gu Ran patted Cheng Sen on the shoulder: "There is nothing to blame. I have also watched domestic competitions. There are really no outstanding talents in the age group of 18-26."

At this time, training on the ice rink had already begun.Gu Ran lay on the crash pad and watched for a while.Pointing to one of the team members, Xu Qing asked: "I have an impression of this kid. He is not bad for short distances. What's his name?"

Xu Qing said, "Chen Yuze."

Gu Ran nodded: "The two on the side are also good."

Xu Qing sighed: "It's just that I'm a little younger, and I don't have much experience in competitions."

Gu Ran smiled and said: "It's okay, give them a few more years, and they will grow up no worse than athletes from other countries."

Cheng Sen and Xu Qing still have work, let Gu Ran sit by himself for a while.Even if you want to come back for training, you can't be in a hurry.

Gu Ran stayed by herself for a while, then ran to the next door to visit the door.The figure skating side was also training. Gu Ran saw a few acquaintances at a glance, and Shen Jia was also there.

They are all veterans in their thirties, but they have not retired yet, and are working hard to prepare for next year's Winter Olympics.

Figure skating, like short track, is in a period of sluggishness. It is still difficult for everyone to rely on veterans for support and buy more time for the growth of young players.

Shen Jia completed a set of movements, and when he slid to the sidelines, he saw Gu Ran.Come over and say hello to him: "Hey, which gust of wind brought you here?"

Gu Ran raised her chin at him: "From now on, you can see me every day."

Shen Jia blinked: "What do you mean?"

Gu Ran said: "I decided to come back for training."

"Damn!" Shen Jia blurted out, "You are joking."

"Do you think I'm joking?"

When Gu Ran returned to the short track, the training was almost over.

Cheng Sen stood in the middle of the ice rink, surrounded by athletes, listening to his summary.This scene brought Gu Ran back to the past in a daze. For more than ten years, he has been listening to these contents almost every day.

Just after calling out to disband, the team members rushed out of the ice rink, and all swarmed around Gu Ran: "Wow, idol!"

"Idol, can I take a photo with you?"

"Idol, it was because I admired you so much that I skating desperately to the national team, but I came, but you retired."

"Idol, I grew up watching your games."

"..."

Gu Ran responded to their requests for handshakes, hugs, and group photos one by one.Especially the girls, who were so enthusiastic that he couldn't stand it.

Fortunately, Meng Yuqiao came over in time to stop everyone's crazy star-chasing behavior: "It's alright, alright, let's go back to eat after changing clothes."

After everyone left one after another, Gu Ran turned around and found that there was another person standing outside the crowd, that was Chen Yuze.

He kept staring at Gu Ran, opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, but was dragged away by his teammate next to him.

Gu Ran said: "This kid is quite interesting."

Gao Ziyi asked him, "Does it look like Chi Lang?"

Gu Ran glanced at the child's back again: "Don't tell me, it's really a bit similar." He thought for a while and added, "The figure is similar, tall and powerful, but the technology is better than Chi Lang, it is Chi Lang an upgraded version."

At this moment, Lin Jiaxi, Meng Yuqiao, Cheng Sen and Xu Qing all surrounded her.

Lin Jiaxi said: "Xiaoran, wait for me, I'll go change my clothes, and we'll have dinner together later."

Gu Ran carried her schoolbag on her back: "Forget it, I'll go back and eat today."

Cheng Sen cleared his throat: "Where are you going back? I'll eat in the cafeteria. I have something to tell you in the afternoon."

Gu Ran snorted and said a word that no one understood: "Lenz's Law."

Cheng Sen frowned, then turned to ask Xu Qing, "What did he say?"

Xu Qing shook his head blankly: "I don't know."

Lin Jiaxi, who was still on the side, explained: "The effect of the induced current always resists the cause that caused it."

"What?" Cheng Sen became even more confused, "What does this have to do with the induced current?"

Lin Jiaxi gritted her teeth, and said more bluntly: "Come and refuse to stay."

Cheng Sen seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand completely.

In the end, it was Xu Qing who made an incisive summary: "Being cheap."

When Cheng Sen turned around aggressively, Gu Ran had already stood in a position beyond his reach: "Conservation of energy is the basic law of nature."

"..."

The author has something to say: First of all, the background of this article is that China’s short track speed skating has never won a gold medal in the previous Winter Olympics.Because the male protagonist appeared, he drove his teammates.Therefore, there is a premise here, only the male protagonist is irreplaceable, and the others are not.There is an explanation in this article, just in the previous chapter.

Secondly, talent is something that either exists or does not exist. If the coach can cultivate mediocre talents into geniuses, I believe that the Chinese men's football team will win the Hercules Cup long ago.

Again, the athletes will not be vegetarians every day even if they stay at home for more than a month's vacation. They will eat the same diet as ordinary people.Any drug has a half-life in the body.Continuous and regular medication, or pre-competition medication will be effective.

Athletes do not come back today and go for a urine test tomorrow.After several months of training, there is no drug that cannot be metabolized.The urine test is also a sample urine test. Even if it is a sample urine test, he does not necessarily eat clenbuterol as a meal, and the urine test must be positive.

In the end, the hero's decision to return is his own decision and has nothing to do with others. This is his personality.