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

Gu Ran couldn't shirk it, so she could only agree.This is the fourth consecutive time that he has served as the flag bearer of the Chinese sports delegation to the Winter Olympics. The people behind him attending the opening ceremony change every year, but he is still the one standing in front holding the national flag high.

Gu Ran felt more and more deeply every time that what he held tightly in his hands was not only the national flag, but also a heavy responsibility.

Yu Jie sent a complete set of clothing, including hats, scarves, gloves, coats, pants, shoes... Every Winter Olympics is different, and Gu Ran has already collected four sets.

This year's clothing is white with gold decorations, plus a red scarf and woolen hat, which is full of youthful vigor.

The latitude of St. Moritz is higher than that of Beijing, and the body temperature is also colder.The Winter Olympics and international events of winter events have been held here many times. The steel frame snowmobile is in this city and has become an official event of the Winter Olympics.

When they settled in the St. Moritz Winter Olympic Village in Switzerland, there was more than a week before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.The team members had to adjust to the jet lag, adapt to the environment, take into account training, and adjust their status. They were even notified to take a doping test outside the Great Wall.

Before the official game, each team has arranged ice training.Every time it's the ice time for the Chinese team, as soon as Gu Ran walks into the skating hall, a large group of people will immediately gather around, including volunteers, other athletes, and even staff from other countries.

Everyone was so enthusiastic, they all came here to take a photo with Gu Ran.Only he has this treatment, and no other athletes have it.

No way, he is the king on this white track, the creator and holder of three world records and Olympic records, from a certain point of view, he should pat his chest and say "my opponent is only myself" that.

Gu Ran has a good temper, and will try her best to accommodate everyone's request for a group photo.However, the ice time is only one or two hours, and there are too many people, which delays training.

Cheng Sen joked with him: "The next time you go out to compete, I should give you two bodyguards."

Xu Qing glared at him, and said angrily: "You still want to have a next time, what's the matter, just let him do it alone."

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For the second ice training session, the South Korean team was scheduled just behind the Chinese team.After Gu Ran changed her clothes and came out of the locker room, she saw Zhao Zhishuo entering the ice rink.

Gu Ran stood by and watched for a while. Although it was just some basic training and no speed skills could be shown, it was not difficult to find out from some details that this kid's progress was really fast.

At this time, someone tugged on Gu Ran's clothes: "Brother, go back."

Gu Ran looked away, saw that it was Chen Zeyu, and slapped the child on the head without saying a word: "You have to work hard in training, you know?"

Chen Zeyu suffered this for no reason, because the person who beat him was his idol, he was not angry, but a little bit wronged: "Am I not working hard enough?"

"Not enough," Gu Ran led him outside, "We need to work harder."

Chen Yuze nodded: "Okay, I will train twelve hours a day after I go back."

"..."

The short track speed skating competition is held on the evening of the first competition day of the Winter Olympics, preceded by qualifying competitions for the women's 500m and men's 1000m, and finally the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals of the 2000m mixed relay. .

South Korea, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands... Many countries have the strength to win the mixed men's and women's relay event. According to the current grouping situation, the Chinese team may encounter strong opponents in the three games.

So here comes the problem, Gu Ran still won't make it to the previous quarter-finals and qualifiers.

Don't play, I'm worried about any accidents on the field, let's go, I am already over 30 years old, my physical fitness is not as good as before, and I have too many concurrent games, I am afraid that he will be too tired and affect the next game.

Cheng Sen and Xu Qing discussed for several days without any results, and then Tian Mao took the initiative to stand up: "Let me play, I will try my best not to drag the team back, and let the brothers rest for a while."

Gu Ran said, "No, you have to participate in the 1000-meter qualifying competition ahead of you. Your physical fitness is the same as mine. I'll do it."

Tian Mao reminded him: "Brother, in this case, you have to compete four times in a row, is it really okay?"

Gu Ran glanced at the order book: "The opponents in the quarter-finals are the Netherlands and the United States, I am not at ease."

Tian Mao bit his lower lip and stood aside without speaking.

After saying that, Gu Ran realized that the sentence "I'm worried" might hurt the child's heart a bit.After all, they were worried that his physical strength would be too much to bear, so they took the initiative to stand up and help him undertake a game.

But among the five of them, except for Gu Ran and Lin Jiaxi, the other three participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time.

They don't know that in the Winter Olympics, even if it's just a qualifying match, the players will try their best, and even if it's just a trivial mistake, it may affect the result of the game.He has seen too many examples of strong teams overturning in the Winter Olympics.

After all, this is Gu Ran's fourth Winter Olympics. It can be said that he is the most experienced player among all the players. He must lead these young players to adapt to the rhythm of the Winter Olympics. Any unpredictable accident should also be borne by him.

Gu Ran patted Tian Mao on the shoulder, "We'll see the situation in the semi-finals, which one of us will win."

Tian Mao nodded: "Okay."

The two coaches watched as they discussed who would play, and did not interrupt until they made a decision. Gu Ran turned to look at Cheng Sen: "Director Cheng, that's the decision."

Xu Qing smiled and bumped Cheng Sen's arm with his elbow: "Director Cheng, did you hear that? That's the decision."

Cheng Sen said, "I'm not deaf."

Xu Qing looked at Gu Ran, and his eyes were filled with the admiration of the old father for his precious son: "Look, he speaks more authoritatively than you now, what do you want as a head coach?"

Cheng Sen raised his eyebrows: "I will resign when I return to China."

Xu Qingbai glanced at him: "Push your nose on your face."

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The skating hall in St. Moritz was newly built for the Winter Olympics, and it will undertake two competitions in figure skating and short track speed skating.Figure skating in the afternoon and short track in the evening.

This venue is very large, surrounded by three-story stands, which can accommodate thousands of people at the same time.

During the first ice training, Gu Ran noticed that the arbitration camera system arranged in this venue was still provided by his father's company.

Mr. Gu has already fulfilled his promise to his son, as long as he is willing, he can go home and inherit hundreds of millions of property at any time.

During the 1000-meter qualifiers, when Gu Ran's name was called on the radio, the audience in the stands burst out with the warmest applause tonight, for this legendary veteran who competed in the Winter Olympics for the fourth time.

Although he is called a veteran, in fact, Gu Ran's face looks smaller than his young players in their early twenties.How many spectators on the field came here just for him tonight.

The four contestants had already stood in front of the starting line, but the shouts from the audience didn't stop, one after another was Gu Ran's name.

In the end, the referee raised his hand to signal everyone to be silent, and the skating hall gradually became quiet.

Even the guest commentator of the sports channel in the studio said: "Except for Gu Xiaoran, a top player in the ice rink, no one has such treatment."

The guest invited by the sports channel this time is very famous. It is the former member of the national short track speed skating team and Gu Ran's old teammate Chi Lang.

Chi Lang has been in the national team for more than ten years. He was also an Olympic champion. He is not professional. He also has a sense of variety show and understands the audience's preferences very well. rise.

As soon as Gu Ran came up, he didn't grab the leading position, but took the second position and followed behind.

Chi Lang said: "He is trying to save energy, and he will overtake in the last lap. This doesn't care about Xiaoran at all. He used to want to be the first to start even in 1500 meters."

"Now that I'm getting older, my style is much more restrained."

"On the contrary, the other players are very much like Gu Ran's back then." Speaking of this, Chi Lang suddenly patted the table, "Look, the techniques and tactics they are using now are all left over from our previous games by Gu Xiaoran .”

"The preliminaries are just like warming up for Gu Ran. Although these three people are much younger than him, they are not his opponents at all."

"..."

When the other groups of players competed just now, the host asked him a question and he said a word.When it came to Gu Ran's group, he kept talking non-stop by himself, and the host sat beside him and couldn't even get in the conversation.

But the game was only about one and a half minutes, and it was over soon.Until the next group of contestants came on stage, Chi Lang was still talking about Gu Ran, and the audience could hear his excitement through the TV screen.

Taking advantage of the ice pouring on the field, the host made a joke of him: "It can be seen that you and Gu Ran have a really good relationship."

Chi Lang blurted out: "Of course, I absolutely love him."

With just one sentence, his name and Gu Ran were on the hot search list: "Chi Lang is true love for Gu Ran."

Netizens responded very enthusiastically, and there were mixed opinions on Chi Lang's words:

"Ah, yes, yes, it can be seen that the two of you are true love. When I mention Gu Ran, I can imagine the way your mouth is grinning behind your ears."

"Is this the official live broadcast room? I didn't go wrong, did I?"

"No wonder, Gu Ran can still compete in the Winter Olympics, while Chi Lang can only show his presence in variety shows."

"Don't you have any enthusiasm yourself? Why do you always rub Gu Ran's enthusiasm?"

"I'll go and say that Chi Lang rubbed against Gu Ran, do you really not know what their relationship is?"

So, in the U-series competition that year, the two fell in embarrassment, and the picture of the two kissing and hugging each other during the competition was turned up again.

Even the fact that Chi Lang is afraid and loves to read ghost stories, dare not sleep alone at night, and insists on sharing the same bed with Gu Ran has been picked up by netizens.

The three participants in the 1000m race were Gu Ran, Chen Yuze and Tian Mao, all of whom successfully entered the next round.

After the qualifying rounds of the previous two events, the highlight of tonight is the 2000-meter mixed relay.

Tens of millions of netizens watched the live broadcast room all night, waiting to witness the first gold medal of the Chinese team in this Winter Olympics, which is also the birth of Gu Ran's personal No. 16 Winter Olympics gold medal.

However, compared with three years ago, the team that won the championship for three consecutive Winter Olympics replaced three people in one go, and one of them was sitting in the live broadcast room.

Now standing on the field are three young athletes who are participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time.Compared with their predecessors, their technology is not mature enough, and their experience is not rich enough.Domestic ice fans don't know them well and don't feel at ease.Although Gu Ran was there, he was not fully sure that he would win the championship.

If he hadn't won the championship, it was conceivable that all the pressure of public opinion would be concentrated on Gu Ran alone.

At this time, the host dug a hole for Chi Lang: "You should be familiar with the small players of the national team. In your opinion, how likely are we to win the championship tonight? Do you have confidence in them?"

Although Chi Lang is a little silly, he is not stupid.

He did not directly respond to questions about other players, but only replied: "I don't know about the others, but I have confidence in Gu Xiaoran."