Brandon skating four laps behind Gu Ran, he kept thinking: Gu Ran is 30 years old, he is only 17 years old, Gu Ran has not been on the court for three years, and he is on the World Cup for the first time this season, He won one gold and two silvers. Gu Ran has only resumed training for two months. He has never stopped training since he first came into contact with short track speed skating at the age of six.

The most important thing is that after these four laps, Gu Ran's speed is not very fast, nor is his explosive power very good.At least it is worse than his performance before retiring, and Brandon thinks he has a good chance of surpassing it.

However, for four full laps, even though Gu Ran's lap time was around 8 seconds, he still didn't find any chance to overtake.

Because every time when going out of the corner, Gu Ran appeared in front of him by coincidence. He wanted to change to the inner lane to overtake, but he had already squeezed up, but he always missed the last step. If it is closed, the space in the inner path will be compressed by the opponent to the point that it is difficult to pass through.

In this case, if he had physical contact with Gu Ran, there was a high probability that he would be penalized for a foul. He didn't dare to take the risk, so he had to retreat in the end.

Brandon's mentality gradually became restless. Overtaking the inner lane was not what he was good at. With the last corner left in the race, he still chose the outer lane which he was best at.

From the moment he cut into the outer lane, kicked off the ice to get up to speed, and caught up with Gu Ran from the outer lane, everything went smoothly.Brandon seemed very excited, the finish line was ahead, and he didn't have to care about the route or not, as long as he used all his strength to charge forward.

However, what he never expected was that the moment he exited the curve, Gu Ran was still holding his hands behind his back, his upper body was leaning forward at a large angle, and his body was very tight, which made his skating posture look awkward. It was easy, as if no effort was needed.

At the moment when he was about to overtake Gu Ran, from the corner of his eye, the other party just inadvertently slashed the knife when he came out of the corner, but it was this knife that made Gu Ran look like a light butterfly on the ice. With two wings, the speed increased, and in the blink of an eye, the person had reached the end.

Intense cheers and shouts rang out from all directions, but Brandon only had one image in his mind - the moment when Gu Ran passed by him as he exited the corner, and glanced at him.

He wears a pair of light-colored goggles, not only the eyes, but even the subtle expressions of his face, Brandon can see clearly.

He seemed to be watching not an opponent but a child, and they were not playing but making a game.

It was only now that Blanco realized that he tried his best, but the other party just warmed up.

His era has not passed, as long as he stands on the ice rink, it will always be his era.

After the game, Chen Yuze rushed to Gu Ran immediately and gave him a hug: "Senior brother, you are too good!"

Gu Ran patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay."

Chen Yuze's eyes widened when he heard this "it's okay", "You have been retired for three years and only came back for two months. You won the World Cup for the first time. Isn't that okay?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Aren't I bullying you kids?"

Chen Yuze glanced at the South Korean team, and happened to see Guo Chengjun: "He is about the same age as you. He has been very active in every season in the past few years, but his results have been worse year after year. From this point of view, you are much better than him. gone."

Gu Ran bent down and put the knife sheath on the skates: "There's no need to compare with him."

Chen Yuze was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "That's right, even before, he wasn't your opponent."

Having said that, he glanced at the Korean team's coaching bench again: "Their coach is not your opponent either."

At this time the results came out, Gu Ran glanced at the big screen.His name was ranked first, and his score was 40 seconds. To him, this score was actually very ordinary, nothing special.

He glanced at Chen Yuze's score again, 40 in 812 seconds, No.3.

Chen Yuze was a little embarrassed: "I didn't perform well."

Gu Ran patted him on the back of the head: "It's not bad, go back and keep working hard."

Chen Yuze nodded heavily: "Yes!"

Gu Ran came out of the ice rink and walked out along the aisle. Along the way, both the audience and the opponents were talking about him.

"As expected of the winner of fifteen Olympic gold medals, this is too strong."

"The Canadian players are very explosive. He thought he had a chance to surpass Gu Ran."

"But he was suppressed to death by Gu Ran throughout the whole process, in fact, he had no chance at all."

"This is the terrible experience of the veteran, and the Canadian players themselves are somewhat underestimated."

"I'm looking forward to next month's World Championships. After all, the South Korean team still has a very capable young player who has not signed up for the next two World Cups."

"..."

The morning game was over, and after Gu Ran returned to the team, Cheng Sen and Xu Qing also walked towards him.Cheng Sen sighed: "We haven't won this 500-meter gold medal for a long time."

Gu Ran said: "This is not obtained."

Xu Qing patted his head: "How do you feel?"

Gu Ran smiled: "To be honest, I'm a little tired."

Cheng Sen and Xu Qing glanced at each other: "You only have 500 meters today, so you feel a little tired."

After all, he has been away from the game for so long. The World Cup schedule is only three days. The semi-finals and finals are concentrated in the last two days. Only the game breaks can be rested. If there are more concurrent events, the rest time will be less.

Now that he has returned to the game, he is still at a world-class level. The only problem is his continuous combat ability.

On the third race day, Gu Ran will participate in two races, the 2000m mixed relay and the men's 1000m.

The mixed relay semi-final was held the day before, in order to keep Gu Ran healthy, Cheng Sen didn't let him play.

The first event on the third day was the mixed relay. Gu Ran and Chen Yuze played on the men's team.

In the past, Chen Yuze never dreamed that one day he would be able to cooperate with his idol in a relay race.Gu Ran's return made him feel as if he had been pumped, and he was extremely excited during training.

Sometimes Cheng Sen would joke, saying that since Gu Ran came back, the atmosphere of the whole team is different, a 30-year-old veteran, and a group of children under the age of 20 roll with him.

The point is that these kids under the age of 20 can't beat him, and only Chen Yuze, a super fan, can barely keep up with the pace.

Compared with Chen Yuze, the two coaches naturally trusted Gu Ran more, and left him the last and most crucial blow.

The two female players of the Chinese team are not bad, about the same as Liang Kexin and Yang Shanshan.Even the first girl named Deng Wen had better explosive power than Liang Kexin when she started.

Therefore, the Chinese team, which was originally located in the third lane, successfully grabbed the first place after the start.

However, after the first handover, the Dutch team, which was originally behind them, seized the opportunity to surpass them, and the Chinese team fell to second place.

The second best female player is Bai Xinyi. Although she does not have the explosive ability to sue, she is very stable and her lap speed can be maintained at a relatively high level. It is difficult for players from other countries to surpass her.

In general, Gu Ran is very satisfied with the personal abilities of the two junior sisters.

When it came to the third bat, Chen Yuze, he was facing opponents who were older and more experienced than him, such as Marko from the Netherlands and Guo Chengjun from the South Korea. It was difficult for him to take advantage of the skating process.

Marco is Gu Ran's old opponent, who has been active in the international arena these years.As he grows older, he is more comfortable in grasping the route and position. As long as he can have a good position in the game, it is not easy for a player with stronger explosive power to surpass him.

It was even more difficult for Chen Yuze to overtake him. Not only that, Guo Chengjun of the South Korean team kept harassing him from behind, slipping to his side from time to time, looking like he was going to overtake him, but in fact he didn't overtake him, just had some incidents with him Small physical contact forced him to slow himself down.

Gu Ran can see that what these people were like when he retired, they are still how they are now, there is no change at all.

Guo Chengjun can be regarded as the true biography of Huang Zaixian, that is, he likes to squeeze together with other opponents on the field, only in this way can they be profitable.

Gu Ran just didn't like to have too much physical contact with people, so when he and Chen Yuze handed over the baton, he saw the right time, surpassed the Dutch player in front, and returned to the first place.

This overtaking was very sudden, not to mention the audience, even the Dutch player who was overtaken by him did not expect it.

There was only a little space around him, everyone was handing over the baton, and the speed had to slow down somewhat, but at this moment, Gu Ran rushed up from behind unexpectedly, let alone reacting, he was not even mentally prepared.

Gu Ran has participated in three Winter Olympics, more than ten World Championships, and countless World Cups. He has very rich experience in competitions. As long as he sees the opponent's flaws, he will fight without hesitation. There will never be any hesitation.He is also very confident in his ability, he doesn't even need to use his brain to analyze carefully, the opportunity is fleeting, and he must firmly grasp it when it appears.

He was born for the arena. Even if he hasn't played for three years, once he stands on the arena, he will clearly know what he should do without turning a corner at all times.

Soon, the competition entered the second round. After Gu Ran pushed Deng Wen out, she quickly quit the track.

At this time, Chen Yuze was standing beside him, and Gu Ran patted him on the back: "You are the biggest weakness of our team."

The game was already very tense, and Chen Yuze clenched his fists tightly. Hearing what the idol said, his heart suddenly cooled down, and he replied with a wry smile: "Idol, don't mess with my mentality at this time."

Gu Ran said: "From the opponent's point of view, this is indeed the case. If they can't surpass you in the first leg, they have no chance in the second leg, so they will definitely try to surpass you in the third leg. What you have to face is not a people, but three people behind him."

Chen Yuze became more and more nervous when he said, "If they attack from left to right, what should I do?"

"Resist the pressure and slide these two laps." Gu Ran pushed him, "Come on, I believe you can do it."

With his encouragement, Chen Yuze took a deep breath and began to slide in the inner circle, preparing to hand over the baton to Bai Xinyi.

After playing, just as Gu Ran guessed, several people behind him were chasing after him.

Guo Chengjun is an insider, this is the tradition of the Koreans, they have always been confident in their own skills, and disdain to go outside to fight for brute force.Marco is an outsider. In Gu Ran's impression, he was not a player with strong continuous speed when he was young, but he did not decrease but increased as he got older, and his running was not inferior to young athletes at all.

It can be seen that the Dutch team is still at the forefront of the world in terms of scientific training.

The 24-year-old player sent by Canada in this race is also Gu Ran's next opponent in the 1000 meters.

This age is the peak state of an athlete, who is very mature in terms of body, technology and experience.

They were originally in fourth place, and the three opponents in front of them, old and young, were huddled together, and each other was more or less affected. This was the best time for him to surpass the outer circle.

Chen Yuze had already struggled to deal with Marko and Guo Chengjun, and a Canadian player came up next to him. Although he was in the first place, he was under great pressure to keep his leading position.

The two female team members who finished the race next to him really sweated for him. Gu Ran kept skating in the inner circle, preparing for the next handover, and had a clear view of the situation on the track.

Perhaps encouraged by his idol, Chen Yuze acted very tenaciously, no matter how Guo Chengjun harassed him, he was unmoved.

Usually, he often trains with Gu Ran and receives a lot of advice from Gu Ran.

Gu Ran often told him: "The most important thing for a lead skater is to keep your own line, especially when going out of a curve."

He remembered everything Gu Ran said to him in his heart. This was the first time he teamed up with his idol to participate in a relay race, and he would never let the other party down.

To be honest, being flanked by three people from different directions, even for Gu Ran, is a very difficult problem.Even if Chen Yuze lost the lead skater position in the end, Gu Ran would not blame him.

However, this kid persisted in the first few bends, and this quality of will was beyond Gu Ran's expectation.

When Gu Ran merged into the track, he didn't know what happened behind him at that moment, but seeing Chen Yuze's previous performance, his heart was already relieved.

From the current point of view, although this kid has not yet reached a top level in the world, the unyielding spirit he showed on the field is very valuable.

At the moment of handing over the baton from Gu Ran, the Canadian team was almost side by side with the Chinese team.However, the moment the handover was completed, everything changed.

The four teams whose positions were only within a few millimeters, at the moment of entering the fourth pole, Gu Ran's figure stood out. He entered the corner first by himself and continued to maintain the leading edge.

Canada counterattacked from No.4 to No.2, and their fourth shot was Blanco who won No.500 in the 2m yesterday.His explosive power was astonishing. In just one lap, he regained the advantage that Gu Ran had opened up when he handed over the baton.

At the last moment of the game, it was particularly thrilling. This was not like a World Cup game, but more like a World Championships.

Brandon was suffocating a lot of energy in his heart, thinking about fighting Gu Ran again.

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