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

When Gu Ran came back, the plan was to adjust herself to the peak state in a year.

However, an accidental injury at the World Championships disrupted his plans.From the looks of it now, he had wasted the first six months, and now he had to start all over again.

There are only seven months left until the Winter Olympics. If someone else is replaced, they will probably give up. They may not even be able to pass the selection within the team.

But in Gu Ran's dictionary, there has never been the word "give up". He lived to be 30 years old, and the dictionary has not been updated. He is still full of courage like when he was young.

Returning to the short track speed skating team after recovering from injury, Gu Ran trained harder than ever, and brought her introversion to the extreme.

He knows better than anyone that the time left for him is only half a year, and there are still four World Cup games, which are also qualifying matches for next year's Winter Olympics.

He wants to work on five projects concurrently, time is very precious, so hurry up!

Cheng Sen and Xu Qing felt distressed. The other coaches were training the players. The players felt too tired and begged the coach for mercy.

When he arrived at Gu Ran's place, it was the two coaches who begged him to stop practicing.

Gu Ran listened to the persuasion, he was also worried that he would be injured again, and he would rest when it was time to rest.

Next year's Winter Olympics will be held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Chinese team is not the host, and there is no automatic quota. Every quota needs to be won by athletes in the four races before the Winter Olympics.

Except for Gu Ran and Lin Jiaxi, the team is all young people in their 20s. The two coaches know their level very well, and they don't expect them to get all the places for all the events. They only hope that each event will get at least one 1-2 two entry quotas will be considered as reaching the target.

The two coaches are usually known for their strictness, gentleness and kindness are only reserved for Gu Ran, they are very ruthless and selfless towards other children, and they are flattered to be so lenient in terms of Winter Olympics qualifications.

After training, the team members like to chat around Gu Ran.At this time, Gu Ran said to his teammates: "Those two old guys let us get 1-2 entries in each event to qualify. This is obviously looking down on us. I think we have to prove it to them." , Director Gao and Director Meng can do it back then, we can do it too, and we are also members of the national team, who can be worse than the other, right?"

Gao Ziyi and Meng Yuqiao were standing not far away. Unexpectedly, within such a short time, they had been excluded from the small group by Gu Ran and became the control group for the small team members.

Lin Jiaxi has always been a supporter in front of Gu Ran, and immediately agreed: "That's right, let's work hard, it's not too difficult, everyone work hard!"

Chen Yuze also stood up and patted his chest proudly: "I will qualify for the 500m and 1000m respectively."

Tian Mao also stood up: "I will take one for 1000 meters, and I will try my best for 1500 meters."

"And I."

"Me too……"

Gu Ran took the lead, and other team members also stood up.Not to mention their strength, it is a good thing to have this determination.

Gao Ziyi and Meng Yuqiao glanced at each other. They were junior juniors back then, but now they are someone else's senior seniors.Still so cohesive, full of leadership qualities.

Since then, the team members have not dared to slack off, and rolled with him every day. No one complained about too many training plans and the coach was too demanding.Instead, everyone began to smash technology, digging out details bit by bit.

Especially Chen Yuze, he simply regarded Gu Ran as a benchmark in front of his eyes, as long as Gu Ran could do it, he would do it with all his might.

Whether he was training at the Haigeng base or training abroad in Canada, he wished he could stay with Gu Ran 24 hours a day, and even applied to the coaching staff to live in the same room with Gu Ran.

Gu Ran didn't live in the same room with him, Gu Ran wanted to live with Gao Ziyi, because Senior Brother Gao would help him sharpen his skates, just like when he was a teammate.Even though Gao Ziyi's identity has now become an assistant coach, he is still willing to help him sharpen his ice skates every day, and he knows the arc that he is used to.

Before the start of the new season, Cheng Sen had another World Cup trial in the team.

This time, regardless of Xu Qing's objection, Gu Ran insisted on signing up for all individual projects.The result was not surprising, he qualified for three events.

Although it was the expected result, everyone still found it incredible.

He is 30 years old. He retired for more than two years and came back for nine months. During this period, he experienced a major injury such as a torn ligament. In just a few months, he was able to stand on the field again and maintain the strength of the championship. .

He was originally a legend with countless honors, but he never thought of lying on the credit book and accepting the admiration of everyone. Instead, he started from scratch again and again and continued to create new miracles.The motivation behind it is nothing more than an understatement of "because the country needs me".

A fistful heart is worth more than a thousand gold.

The four World Cups will all end before December.Three weeks later, the ISU announced the world rankings and Olympic qualifications for all events.

When Cheng Sen announced to the team members at the regular meeting of the team that they had qualified for the competition with a full quota, the team members below cheered collectively.

The efforts of the past few months have not been in vain. Although the Winter Olympics has not yet come, they have won a big victory in the qualifying competition. This group of young children has achieved self-breakthrough.

Gu Ran was also very happy for them, and turned around to give Lin Jiaxi a high five.Chen Yuze from behind also stretched out a hand: "Brother, I want it too."

Gu Ran slapped his hands away and rubbed his head twice to show encouragement.

In the evening, Gu Ran knocked on Xu Qing's door, and Xu Qing was also inside.

Gu Ran leaned on the door frame carelessly: "I said, if you two can move together, you can still spare a room."

The two were discussing things, when Xu Qing heard his words, he raised his head and gave him a look: "Look for a fight."

Gu Ran raised her eyebrows: "Oh, I mean, it's convenient to discuss training when we live together. Isn't this for your sake?"

"You're not done yet." Cheng Sen waved to him, "Come here."

Gu Ran walked to the desk in a calm manner, looked down, and saw that the two of them were thinking about the team selection for the Olympic qualification.The rules are so complicated that they require leading skating ability, lap speed, final score, and various points.

Gu Ran said: "Now there are only a few people in the national team. You and the elder don't know what everyone's level is? Isn't the selection in the team just a formality, it doesn't need to be so complicated."

Cheng Sen tapped him on the head: "What do you know, this is a job arranged by the leader."

Gu Ran asked: "Then do I want to participate?"

He used to be ranked No. [-] in the world, so he did not need to participate in the team selection, and directly qualified for the Winter Olympics.

In this year's World Championships, I was injured and did not finish the 1000m race, did not register for the 1500m race, and retired from the all-around race, so there was only 500m race, and the world ranking was not high.According to the athlete number announced by the International Skating Federation in the new season, he is ranked No. 17.

Therefore, Gu Ran didn't know whether he still had the privilege of being exempted from qualifying matches.

Xu Qing was writing something in his notebook, without raising his head, he said, "You don't need to."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Then...how embarrassing, since it is a selection within the team, it should be fair and just."

Cheng Sen was annoyed by him: "You're not here to get a good deal and you're a good boy."

"Let me predict the final entry list." Gu Ran took a pen and ticked off a few names on the list.Besides him, there were Lin Jiaxi, Chen Yuze, Tian Mao, and finally, he selected a team member named Jiang Hao.

Cheng Sen and Xu Qing looked down at the checked names, and then looked at each other. The first three were not surprised, but the last two were a bit puzzled.

This player is 24 years old this year, and he is the oldest player in the team besides Gu Ran and Lin Jiaxi.He has also entered the national team before, but his abilities in all aspects are not top-notch. In international competitions, his results are not bad.

Even Cheng Sen and Xu Qing had some disagreements about this person in private.Cheng Sen felt that he was very ordinary. Even if he practiced until he retired, he would be just like that, neither good nor bad, nothing particularly outstanding.

Xu Qing felt that although he was not eye-catching enough, his ability in all aspects was balanced, and he was improving steadily every year. He might be a late blooming athlete.

Cheng Sen asked Gu Ran: "Why do you like him?"

Gu Ran said: "Although he doesn't have any outstanding abilities, he is stable, not only on the court, but also in his mentality. I think he will definitely stand out from the others."

The trials are divided into three rounds, and the athletes with the top four points qualify for the Winter Olympics.A month later, the result came out, and it was exactly the same as the list that Gu Ran checked before, not bad at all.

The team member named Jiang Hao really did not disappoint Gu Ran. Although he was not outstanding in all competitions, he ranked fourth in the overall score and just got the last place for the competition.

Gu Ran put her arm on Cheng Sen's shoulder: "How about Cheng Gui, I, a prophet, am right."

Cheng Sen said, "Very good, we have a successor."

"Who?"

"I."

"Hey." Gu Ran laughed dryly, "You should work until you retire, I'm not interested in this job."

Cheng Sen said, "Do I still have to thank you for not taking my job?"

Gu Ran slapped him on the back: "Why are you polite, which one of us is with whom?"

Cheng Sen kicked his ass: "Stinky boy."

The Winter Olympics are less than a month away.Gu Ran ushered in a new task.

When Yu Jie put a whole set of clothes in front of him, Gu Ran knew what she was going to do.

"No, no, I've done this job for three times, and you're looking for me again?"

Yu Jie said, "If I don't look for you, who will I look for?"

"This is the fourth time, will the audience feel fatigued?"

Yu Jie patted his face: "The audience is eager to see you more."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "How about giving others a chance?"

At this time, Chen Yuze poked his head out: "What opportunity, why don't I go?"

Yu Jie pushed him away: "It's none of your business." She put the outfit in front of Gu Ran without saying a word, "Stop rambling, this is a task ordered by the leader, anyway, you have done a good job If you are proficient, you don’t need to rehearse.”