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

Xu Qing turned his head and asked the team doctor: "With his current condition, can he still play?"

The team doctor thought for a moment: "It's best not to, so as not to further strain the muscles." He patted Gu Ran's head again, "You are still young, you can come back next year."

Gu Ran didn't seem to have heard the second half of his sentence, and asked hopefully: "Is there any way to prevent further muscle strain? After all, I mainly use my legs in the game, and I use my left hand to support when I go through the curve. If I don't fall It can't touch the injury on the shoulder."

The team doctor and Xu Qing glanced at each other, and the latter asked Gu Ran: "Do you really want to participate in the 500-meter semi-final?"

Gu Ran nodded firmly.

Xu Qing added: "Based on your current situation, even if you participate in the semi-finals, you may not necessarily be able to enter the finals."

Seeing that his tone was loose, Gu Ran immediately said: "I don't need to enter Group A, I just enter the eighth place in Group B, at least I have results, that's fine."

Seeing how persistent he was, Xu Qing didn't say anything anymore.

Before the game in the afternoon, the team doctor went to the locker room with Gu Ran, applied medicine on him, fixed it with a bandage again, and repeatedly told him: "Don't swing your arms too much, and don't collide with others again. .”

Gu Ran nodded persistently: "Yeah, I remember everything, don't worry."

There are a lot of people in the locker room. The players who participated in the game and the players who have finished the game are all changing clothes together, coming and going, very noisy.

When Chi Lang walked in, he saw the person sitting on the bench in the middle with his back facing him at first sight.

The team doctor is re-fixing his shoulder with bandages, wrapping the entire shoulder joint in circles, and it looks like he has suffered a serious injury.

"You... don't want to continue the game, do you?"

Gu Ran raised her head and saw Chi Lang's unbelievable expression, she smiled nonchalantly: "Of course! Can I give you this gold medal so easily?"

"Cut!" Chi Lang snorted coldly, "Is this about the gold medal?"

Gu Ran smiled and patted his arm: "Thank you for your concern, it's just a small injury, it won't affect my championship."

Chi Lang rolled his eyes: "Don't think I'll let you go if you get hurt."

"No need!" Gu Ran raised her leg and kicked over, "Winning you is as good as playing with an injury!"

Chi Lang reacted quickly, and immediately dodged: "The dead duck has a hard mouth!"

"Why, do you look like a champion?"

The two raised their heads and saw that Xu Qing was already standing on the other side.

Chi Lang immediately stood upright and called out to his brother.

Xu Qing nodded: "It's time for inspection in a while, let's change clothes."

So, Chi Lang turned around with his skates on his back and walked towards the cabinet next to him.

Gu Ran looked at Chi Lang in surprise, then at Xu Qing: "He, he, what does he call you?"

"He called me Senior Brother." Xu Qing raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong?"

Gu Ran was really curious: "Why did he call you brother?"

"In the past, the national team's training base was in province H, and their provincial team occasionally sent him over for training. Is there any problem calling me a senior?"

Gu Ran shook her head: "No problem."

I didn't expect that Chi Lang was really a key training target in H Province, and he was able to send him to the national team for training. Isn't this the reserve of the national team?

Xu Qing said, "Now let's talk about your problem."

"Ah?" Gu Ran shrank her neck guiltily, "What's my problem?"

"Didn't someone say with confidence just now that they want to win the championship?"

Gu Ran smiled and said: "That's right, what Chi Lang said, he wants to take advantage of others' dangers, take advantage of my injuries, and win my championship."

Xu Qing suddenly pinched his chin and forced him to look up: "Little friend, you have to participate in the competition. You promised me that there is a result and you will not compete for the ranking."

Gu Ran is as docile as a kitten: "Yes, yes, I promised."

"If your injuries get worse because of the game, I can't spare you when you go back!"

"Promise... no!"

His guarantee is worthless. As long as he is on the field, any injuries and pains are instantly forgotten, and only the end and victory are in his eyes.

He was already ranked first in the quarter-finals, and the semi-finals were in the first lane, next to Chi Lang in the second lane, and a member of Province R in the third lane.

Although it wasn't the team member who bumped into him in the morning, when Gu Ran saw the logo of Province R, he still felt a little stressed.

However, when he heard the firing of the starting gun, he entered the combat mode and rushed out without hesitation.

When entering the first corner, Gu Ranben was already prepared to be forcibly overtaken by the people behind.

After all, everyone knew that if he was injured, even if it was his shoulder, it would affect his skating speed.

In this case, even if there is no foul, with a little physical contact, he might fall onto the ice himself.

Only two people in this group can enter the finals, and Chi Lang takes one. Whoever can beat Gu Ran can win the other.

The two team members behind were really active, especially the team member from province R. At the first corner, he saw the timing and cut inside, trying to squeeze Gu Ran to the back.

However, at this moment, a figure suddenly squeezed up, strong and domineering, without any explanation, it pushed him out of the way.

That was Chi Lang, who was tall and burly. Among the young players, he looked as insurmountable as a wall.

Gu Ran only felt a strong sense of oppression coming from behind, which forced him to keep sliding forward.

He knew without looking back that that person was Chi Lang, and only Chi Lang could bring him such a sense of oppression on the field.

However, Chi Lang seemed to just force him to slide forward quickly, but did not intend to overtake him.

He passed every corner very smoothly and gliding smoothly. It seemed that the opponents behind him did not pose any threat to him.

Chi Lang just kept the closest distance, almost sticking behind him.He himself had no intention of overtaking, nor did he allow the two people behind him to overtake.

This made the latter two very uncomfortable. They thought that Chi Lang would take advantage of Gu Ran's injury and take the first place, and then they would have a chance to surpass Gu Ran.

Who would have thought that Chi Lang, who was so proud and arrogant and was trained by H Province as the main force since he was a child, was willing to help others.

This other person is not his teammate, but his rival who competed with him for three races and took away his 500-meter and relay gold medals.

This is simply unbelievable.

No one interfered, even with a shoulder injury, Gu Ran's skating speed was still very fast, and in the end, even Chi Lang behind him couldn't keep up.

The four-and-a-half-lap race ended quickly, and Gu Ran and Chi Lang crossed the finish line one after the other.

Immediately afterwards, Chi Lang's hand crossed Gu Ran's injured right shoulder, put it on his left shoulder, and pushed him towards the exit.

Gu Ran took off her goggles and asked him, "What do you mean, see that I'm injured, let me go?"

Chi Lang sneered: "Stop being sentimental, I'm just worried that your small body will be knocked out again."

"Hey!" Gu Ran took off her gloves and punched him on the chest, "Then I have to thank you even more."

"Come on!" Chi Lang pushed him away in disgust, "Tomorrow's final, I won't let you go."

Gu Ran mouthed at him: "You are defeated."

Anyway, Gu Ran was very happy to successfully enter the final.Looking back, seeing Xu Qing in the command area, the smile gradually froze on his face.

"Ah! Director Xu, listen to my explanation..."

Director Xu didn't want to listen to his explanation, so he wrote a chapter of IOUs for him, writing ten 5000-meter, ten sets of sit-ups, ten sets of legs together, ten sets of back and forth running, and forced him to sign and draw a note, and waited for the injury to recover. , Start repaying the debt!

Under the eaves, he had to bow his head. As a team member, Gu Ran had to accept the unequal treaty proposed by Manager Xu.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, he made it to the finals.

In the evening, the team doctor re-applied a medical bandage to Gu Ran. Even though he applied ice packs in time when he was injured, he was still a little swollen.Move the right arm a little, and there will be a painful swelling and pain.

But Gu Ran sat there and didn't make a sound.Director Wang asked him: "Is tomorrow's final better?"

"Of course!" Gu Ran blurted out, then glanced at Xu Qing next to her, her voice lowered, "Isn't this all in the finals? There should be a beginning and an end, right, Director Xu."

Xu Qing could see it, this kid looked small, fair and clean, with delicate features, like a little girl.But he is very stubborn in his heart, and he is especially ruthless towards himself. He is very careful, and most people can't persuade him.

"If he wants to compare, let him compare."

Gu Ran patted her chest and assured him: "Be careful, don't let the injury get worse!"

After dealing with the shoulder injury, he and Xu Qing watched today's game video together.

Gu Ran slowed down the speed of the video, and pointed it to Xu Qing: "That's right here, that No. 89 pushed me, and almost at the same time, the No. 42 dodged from the side."

Xu Qing snorted expressionlessly: "It's fast enough to hide."

Gu Ran added: "However, the No. 35 in Province L couldn't escape. When I fell, he was pulled by my leg and fell off the track."

Xu Qing looked at him: "What do you want to say?"

Gu Ran rewound the video back to the moment of starting, adjusted the speed of the video to 0.5 times, and played it three times repeatedly: "Look, if number 42 is really so responsive, can he be the slowest one to start? "

"You mean, they planned it in advance."

Gu Ran added: "And they cooperated very well."

"Hmm..." Xu Qing pondered, "But judging from the video, it's really hard to say whether he was swinging his arm normally, or pushing you on purpose. You have to know, this kind of thing..."

"I know," Gu Ran interrupted him, "This kind of thing happens from time to time in short-track speed skating competitions. They are the hosts, just like playing football. There is a home whistle or something, I can understand."

Xu Qing looked into his eyes, the boy's eyes at the moment didn't seem to be comprehensible.

Sure enough, Gu Ran pointed to the names of the two team members from Province R on the report card, and even smiled a little when she spoke: "Chen Xiang and Zhou Xiaoyi, I remember them."

Xu Qing was sitting next to him, and he could see his focused side face when he turned his head, then reached out and rubbed his head: "Silly boy, remember what they are doing, after a few months, you can look back , they are not worth mentioning."

"Remember, they may be your teammates, but they will never be your opponents."

"Your opponent is not here."