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

Gu Ran stayed home for three days, but his parents were overjoyed.Gu Changfeng greeted his son again, wanting to buy for him.Xu Mei prepared delicious food for him in different ways every day, and she always followed Xu Qing's request, and she didn't dare to give him risky food at all.

But the son didn't know what happened, except for the first day, he happily hugged his parents, then went back to his room, and spent the whole night doing the homework assigned by the school.

From the next day, he got up at six o'clock in the morning, and Xu Mei was taken aback: "Why don't you sleep a little longer at home during the holiday?"

Gu Ran said, "I've already slept an extra hour."

"Then sleep a little longer."

Gu Ran waved her hand: "The biological clock has been formed, and I can't fall asleep."

"Then..." Xu Mei said, "Shall I ask Auntie to prepare breakfast for you?"

Gu Ran zipped up her coat and went to the door to change her shoes: "I'm going out for a run."

"Running?" Xu Mei stopped him, "Aren't you on vacation now, why are you still running?"

Gu Ran opened the door and walked out: "Running every day, it's uncomfortable not to run."

He also wears earphones to memorize words while running, training and learning at the same time.

In fact, I still think about other things in my mind, about the competition, about the future training, about the direction of my efforts, many, many...

His mother immediately greeted him when he got home, saying that she was going to take him out to buy some seasonal clothes.

Gu Ran refused: "Mom, I don't want to go out, and I don't lack clothes."

"..." Xu Mei had no choice but to ask her aunt to bring out the breakfast, "Then eat it."

After breakfast, Gu Ran started various physical training exercises again. Xu Mei finally looked forward to her son's return home, so she sat aside and watched him.

In the afternoon, Gu Ran started to read again, making up for the homework left behind due to training camps and competitions.

Just like that, after three days of extra practice, study and thinking, he didn't remember until he returned to the team that he didn't write a single word of the game summary arranged by Xu Qing.

It's not that I forgot, but I just don't know how to write it.He has a lot of thoughts in his heart, but he doesn't know how to express them.

He can also follow the format and hand in a neat article to deal with Xu Qing.

But he didn't want to do that.

After dinner, he came to the playground alone.The sky has gradually darkened, and the sun has also set on the horizon, with only a ray of afterglow floating in the sky.

Gu Ran came to the front of the parallel bars, and with both hands, pulled herself up with a pull-up.

He sat on one side of the bar with his buttocks, stretched his legs into the other side from below, hooked his toes on the parallel bars, put his hands on his head, leaned back, and did 30 difficult sit-ups in one breath.

After finishing, he was sweating profusely again. He lifted up his T-shirt and wiped it, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a black shadow on the plastic floor.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and there was only a weak street lamp by the side of the playground, and the light could not illuminate the corner where he was at all.

He didn't know what object, or animal, or person that black shadow was.

Gu Ran originally focused on the position where the thighs were connected to the buttocks, and maintained the delicate balance of the body by hooking the ankles to the parallel bars on the other side.

He suddenly found that there might be an unknown object next to him, and he was so scared that he almost fell to the ground with his head head down.

A hand stretched out and held him firmly on the back, and a familiar voice rang in his ears: "Am I so scary?"

Gu Ran was really frightened, her heart was pounding, and if she fell, it would be a severe concussion if she wasn't in a vegetable state.

With such a smart head, how could he stand such a toss.

He quickly sat down, grabbed the parallel bars with one hand, and calmed his heartbeat with the other: "Director Xu, it's a pity that you don't go to make ghost movies."

Xu Qing snorted and walked around to the other side. With a push of his arms, his buttocks fell to Gu Ran's side.

"When I retired, some directors really asked me if I wanted to be a guest star in his movie?"

Gu Ran said: "Congratulations, you made your debut!"

Xu Qing said again: "Unfortunately, I didn't go."

"why?"

Xu Qing shrugged: "Probably because the heroine is not my type."

"..."

Gu Ranxin said that you are just going to play a guest role, which is equivalent to a group performance. Do you have a rivalry with the heroine?

Seeing that he didn't speak, Xu Qing started another topic: "I just went to your dormitory to collect homework."

When mentioning the homework, Gu Ran gave a "thump" in his heart: "Are they all due?"

Xu Qing asked back: "Do they dare not hand it over?"

Gu Ran asked again: "What will happen if you don't pay?"

Xu Qing's voice floated in the air, seeming a little cheerful: "That depends on my mood."

"If you are in a bad mood, you will be fined fifty laps. If you are in a good mood, you will be fined a hundred laps."

Gu Ran smiled helplessly: "Why are you different from others?"

Xu Qing put a hand on his shoulder: "Look, the youngest child in the family is always favored by parents. I am the same, and I love you the little apprentice the most. I will give you a chance, and now you will give me a verbal I will punish you according to the standard of being in a bad mood."

Gu Ran couldn't help laughing: "Guide Xu, I've never seen such a brazen person like you."

"Thank you." Xu Qing patted his shoulder twice again, "Let's get started."

Gu Ran bit her lower lip, pondered for a long time, and said, "I was wrong."

This beginning surprised Xu Qing: "How do you say?"

"You are right, the ideal result in training does not mean that you can also perform in the competition."

"Before I, he was confident and overestimated himself."

"I always thought that whether it was studying or short-track speed skating, I could handle it with ease. I heard too many people praise me for being smart, and I took it seriously. I really thought I was a genius."

"In the past few days, I have watched many games at home, domestic and foreign, Winter Olympics, World Championships, World Cup..."

"There are so many geniuses, what am I?"

Xu Qing interjected: "There is no need to underestimate yourself, you are indeed more talented than most people I have met."

Gu Ran lowered her head and smiled: "In the 500-meter semi-finals, when Meng Yuqiao easily passed me on the straight, my mind went blank, and the confidence I had built up from the U-series races shattered."

Xu Qing suddenly brought him to her side, and the two of them bumped into each other's shoulders. Xu Qing smiled and said, "You are very lucky."

Gu Ran was taken aback, he analyzed his mental journey after losing the game for a long time here.The coach was not moved by it at all, but said such a sentence out of the blue.

"why?"

Xu Qing recalled: "Probably after the second round of the U-series competition, Cheng Sen mentioned you to me. He said that you are good in everything, but you have a fatal flaw."

"what???"

Gu Ran didn't expect that Cheng Sen had noticed him so early, and even discussed him with Xu Qing.

He immediately sat up straight, and asked impatiently, "What's the shortcoming, how deadly is it?"

Xu Qing, on the other hand, was not in a hurry to answer his question, but went on to say: "He said that this shortcoming may end your career."

Gu Ran was so anxious that she bumped her head on his shoulder: "Can you stop teasing me? Please give me a good look at what shortcoming it is."

Gu Ran secretly sighed: "I'll see if I can still be saved."

These words made Xu Qing burst out laughing: "What's the rush? Cheng Sen said this, not me. What he said must be right?"

Gu Ran was overjoyed, Xu Qing, who must have been with him for more than half a year, knew him better than Cheng Sen.perhaps……

Immediately afterwards, Xu Qing added another sentence: "What he said still makes sense."

"!!!"

Gu Ran turned around and was about to jump off the parallel bars: "Isn't it just a hundred laps? I'll just skate!"

Xu Qing quickly pulled him back and pressed him on the parallel bars: "Listen to me."

Gu Ran intends to give him another chance: "You tell me."

"Cheng Sen said, you look like a child who has never experienced setbacks since childhood. This is not a good thing for an athlete."

"Your talent can make or break you in the game."

"No one can win forever, not even geniuses. But once you climb to a high position with smooth wind and water, and then fall down, you will be smashed to pieces."

"That's the real collapse of belief, a devastating blow to an outstanding athlete. There are not no athletes who can stand up again and finally reach the top, but there are very few."

"Most people will lose out because of this, or stay away from the competition, and never have a chance to reach the top of the Olympic Games."

Hearing this, Gu Ran felt a sense of enlightenment, her mind was buzzing, and her fingertips were trembling.

Xu Qing sighed: "So, I just said that you are very lucky. You tasted the taste of failure when the starting point was not so high."

"You are very smart and know how to reflect on yourself. I believe this setback will not defeat you, but will make you more determined in your goals."

"Talent determines the upper limit, determines how high you can reach in this sport."

"But before that, you have to understand the value of hard work."

Gu Ran closed her eyes, then nodded heavily, her voice was very low and deep, even a little hoarse: "I remember."

Xu Qing pinched the back of his neck habitually: "These are Cheng Sen's opinions. Their family is engaged in short track speed skating. Their mother was an excellent short track speed skater, and their father He is a coach, and he has a family background, so his views are relatively conservative."

"Now..." At this point, he paused again, intentionally creating suspense, "Do you want to listen to my thoughts?"

Gu Ran was amused, but also gritted her teeth: "Tell me quickly."

Xu Qing still maintains a posture with one hand on his shoulder, not like a coach, but as close as a buddy: "No matter what kind of sports, there are always winners and losers. As long as you stand on the field, you must go forward indomitably." To hit the gold medal, you must also be prepared to fail."

"Losing in any situation at any time is part of the game."

"As an athlete, you have to get used to it, but you can't succumb to it. Only you can experience and grasp the degree of this."

"I hope you will always remember that no matter when and where, don't be overjoyed when you win, and don't be discouraged when you lose."

Gu Ran immediately followed up with the second half of the sentence: "Those who have a thunderstorm in their chest and a face like a flat lake can worship the general."

"Very good!" Xu Qing turned over and got off the parallel bars, and he went straight to the outside of the playground, "I'm in a great mood now. After the training is over tomorrow, there will be no less than a hundred laps."

"!!!"

Gu Ran raised her forehead, so the two of them had a lonely chat just now.

The second day was mainly recovery training, on the ground in the morning and on the ice in the afternoon. After the end, according to the usual practice, each person performed [-] starting exercises. Finally, everyone gathered. Xu Qing summed up a few words, and everyone went to the locker room to change clothes.

However, Gu Ran stayed alone and started his [-]-circle slide.

In fact, it doesn't take long for a hundred laps, and half an hour of slow sliding is enough.

The purpose is to allow athletes to make every movement a standard and experience the essentials by themselves.

Xu Qing didn't leave in a hurry, and just stood aside, following the figure on the field with his eyes.

When Gu Ran first came, after all, the training time was too short, and the foundation was not solid.Xu Qing stayed for him to train alone every day. At the beginning, he practiced basics, horoscope training, spiral training, and circle center training.I tied the cloth belt myself to cooperate with him in traction exercises.

If Gu Ran didn't do what he wanted, he immediately asked people to stop and did this action thirty or fifty times.

While Gu Ran said that he was picking bacteria from the egg, he made all his requests seriously.

If he can't do it well, he will do it for himself several times without being urged.

At that time, Xu Qing firmly believed that this child was a malleable talent, not only because of his talent, but also because of his hard work, and his determination to do everything to the extreme.

Gu Ran finished skating a hundred laps, and she was sweating again, so she wiped it off casually.Turning around, I saw Xu Qing standing on the sidelines.

He slid over and asked, "Director Xu, will you continue to be on duty today?"

Xu Qing said: "The coach's apartment is also on the ice training base, and he can watch you at any time."

Gu Ran curled her lips in disdain: "I'm not a prisoner."

Xu Qing was too lazy to chat with him: "Change clothes, eat!"

From this day on, Xu Qing found that Gu Ran was training harder than usual.

In physical training, if others do a hundred squats, he can add another hundred for himself.

When others lift a set of barbells, he lifts two sets, or even three sets.Even the fitness coach persuaded him: "Haste makes waste, take your time, take your time..."

After eating every day, others have to take a break and play with their mobile phones, but Gu Ran immediately went back to the dormitory and started reading, going through all the content of today's class, and then doing homework.

He does his homework very quickly, and it only takes four to 10 minutes for a test paper, and he goes through it quickly after finishing it.If there are any knowledge points that I haven't fully grasped, I will read the book again.

If he had to go to school the next day, he would put his homework in his schoolbag.If he can't go, he will take a picture of the homework and send it to the teacher.

Every time the head teacher mentioned him, his heart ached. It wasn't that there were no other sports students in their school. Others were just fooling around. Only he was really serious about finding time to study.

Gu Ran's efforts were not in vain, and his grades were improving day by day.

In the 500 meters, the previous average score was maintained at around 42.1 seconds, and occasionally slipped into 41 seconds.

Now it can be stabilized at around 41.8 seconds.

You must know that it is very difficult for athletes at this stage to improve. Even if it is 0.1 seconds, it takes a lot of time and energy.

And he can improve his grades so quickly in a short period of time, which really makes people marvel at his extraordinary talent and put in more effort than others.

Time flies, and after two weeks of training, they are about to start the second round of the China Cup Short Track Speed ​​Skating Elite League.

The city of this competition is in the north, and it is in the northeast.The weather in November is approaching, and there is already heavy snowfall over there, which is very suitable for the ice and snow project.

Because of Gu Ran's poor performance in the last competition, the total points ranking is not good.

The total points ranking directly affects the qualifications for the National Short Track Speed ​​Skating Championships in the second year.

In the next three races, he must go all out and achieve better results in order to qualify for the competition.

Gao Ziyi saw that he was pushing himself so hard, so he couldn't help but tell him a piece of news.