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

The players in Province R seem to particularly like to use this kind of trick on the field to influence the mentality of their opponents.

Gu Ran encountered a few times of running away, and half of them came from Province R. Maybe they were really anxious.

After the referee shouted "ready", all the contestants were already in the starting position.The starting gun sounded, and the five people rushed out almost at the same time. Liu Fei had the advantage in the number of passes, coupled with the strongest strength, it was logical to grab the first position.

Zheng Wenkang followed closely, and Gu Ran was behind him. That Yang Chenyu kept picking up speed in the outside lane, and soon overtook Gu Ran, almost parallel with Zheng Wenkang, and successfully overtook the second position when he was about to exit the corner.

Last night, when they were discussing tactics, the last thing they wanted to see happened - two people from Province H occupied the first and second places, and Zheng Wenkang and Gu Ran could only follow behind.

However, this is not the worst - He Yang from Province R also has his own ideas.

He was obviously not reconciled to being at the end all the time, trying to overtake Gu Ran, and rushed forward very hard.

But Gu Ran guarded his own line very well and gave Zheng Wenkang full protection.Let the seniors have no worries, and can concentrate on competing with Yang Chenyu in front of him for second place.

Generally speaking, a 1000-meter race is no worse than a 500-meter race. There are nine laps. The distance is there. Most athletes are relatively weak in the back, so in the next few laps, it is overtaking and anti-overtaking, as well as physical contact, collision, and fouls. frequently occur.

However, in this mediocre semi-final, from the very beginning, several athletes took the initiative.

In particular, provinces H and J came up with their own tactics, fighting in pairs, and the team members cooperated with each other.At present, it seems that the omission of H is better.

The farther to the back, the more anxious Zheng Wenkang became. Gu Ran was right behind him, fighting wits and courage with that He Yang at every turn. He had persisted for several laps. support.

On his side, he was also trying to surpass Yang Chenyu in front of him, but he failed to grasp several opportunities.

Mainly Liu Fei and Yang Chenyu, one is on the inside, the other is on the outside, one is on the outside, and the other is on the inside, the two of them blocked the route so it was difficult for him to get up.

After several rounds of attempts, instead of surpassing Yang Chenyu, he almost exhausted his energy.

Seeing that there were still two laps left in the race, Zheng Wenkang knew that if this dragged on, he would have to watch the two players from Province H enter the final.

If you can't complete the task assigned by Xu Qing, you will definitely be punished when you go back.

Not only will he be punished alone, but the younger brother will also be punished with him.

After all, they are fighting in a team, and team fighting is to cooperate with each other.

Although their strategy before the game was that Zheng Wenkang would go up to fight for the promotion spot, and Gu Ran would protect him from behind.

But the current situation on the court is beyond their control, and they must adapt to the situation and make a decision as soon as possible.

Now that his physical fitness can no longer support him to compete with Yang Chenyu, then he should boldly change his tactics.

Before the next bend was about to come, Zheng Wenkang hooked his hand behind his back, and made a gesture for Gu Ran to hurry up.

At this time, Gu Ran's attention was all behind him, and he was concentrating on fighting wits and courage with that He Yang.

He Yang wanted to surpass from heretics several times, but Gu Ran struggled to fight him with his body.

When the two of them passed a curve, the skates almost collided. Fortunately, Gu Ran reacted quickly enough, and immediately clamped the blades in succession, picked up his speed, and dodged away.

This is too dangerous. At such a fast speed, as long as there is a slight scrape between the skates, someone will definitely fall, and even two people will fall off the track together.

They were almost on the same parallel line. If such an accident really happened, it would depend on whether He Yang completed the overtaking before the accident could be punished.

Dodging this hastily, Gu Ran's body also lost its center of gravity. At this time, they were passing the straight road quickly, and the next curve was ahead, so he had to make quick adjustments.

He Yang was also affected, had to slow down, and fell again.

And at this moment, Gu Ran saw the gesture Zheng Wenkang gave him.Immediately flashed in his mind was the brother saying to him with a hippie smile: "Little brother, hurry up!"

Gu Ran didn't hesitate, and he didn't have time to hesitate. He reacted almost the moment he saw Zheng Wenkang's gesture.

When crossing the curve, Zheng Wenkang did not support the ice, but shifted to the outside, giving way to the inside, allowing Gu Ran to rush up smoothly.And he also took over Gu Ran's previous position, fell to fourth place, and began to protect Gu Ran.

Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of Xu Qing's mouth standing on the sidelines of the coach's bench.Very good, unexpected and reasonable, he was very satisfied.

With one and a half laps left in the race, Gu Ran hadn't picked up the speed in front of him, and now his physical fitness is fine, and he hasn't seriously declined.

He kept his eyes on Yang Chenyu in front of him, and he couldn't wait to attack him in the straight road.

That momentum is not like a 14-year-old, fledgling team member at all.On the contrary, Yang Chenyu, an experienced veteran of the competition, was caught off guard.

In a panic, Yang Chenyu almost stretched out his hand to block Gu Ran, but realized that it was a foul move, so he hurriedly retracted it.

Although Gu Ran's charge failed to overtake him, it also disrupted his rhythm.

At the next bend, Yang Chenyu himself deviated from the route, leaving a very good space for Gu Ran to surpass in the inner lane.

Gu Ran's ability to seize opportunities is stronger than Zheng Wenkang's. Even if Yang Chenyu and Liu Fei wanted to make amends immediately, it was already too late.

Gu Ran is slender, quick and flexible, and by the time the two of them reacted, they were already caught in the middle.

"Wow!!!" There was an exclamation from the audience. In fact, they were all athletes participating in this competition. Everyone could clearly see the tactical arrangements of the two sides.

"If I remember correctly, it was very difficult for No. 77 to finish third in the group in the 1000-meter semi-final last time."

"Today is going to the final."

"This progress is too fast!!!"

With the last lap left in the race, Gu Ran seemed dissatisfied with only taking second place in the group. He seemed to have other ideas.

So he sped up his speed again and chased after Liu Fei in front of him.

Liu Fei was very surprised by his unexpected move. At this time, someone else must have chosen to be safe and get No.2 to enter the finals.

This kid did not take the usual path, and even had ideas beyond him.

Liu Fei didn't follow the usual path either. His speed didn't increase but decreased, and it didn't decrease too much, and his speed decreased too much.He just waited for Gu Ran to overtake him, so as to create opportunities for Yang Chenyu who was behind.

It's obviously a trap, of course Gu Ran wouldn't be so stupid as to jump into it by himself, he didn't do anything, he just slid forward smoothly according to the route in his mind.

He doesn't care what Liu Fei wants to do, he only cares about Yang Chenyu behind him, and will never give him any chance to overtake.

Liu Fei had a new idea. Relying on his strength being stronger than Gu Ran, he asked Yang Chenyu to go up from the outer circle, and he was in charge of blocking the position between the inner and outer lanes.

The finish line is coming soon, and there are still so many unknown changes on the field, and the audience is very nervous watching.

"Dangerous!"

"Liu Fei is still rich in experience."

"How will Gu Ran choose?"

Gu Ran's choice was simple - start and sprint!It was about to reach the last bend, no matter what Liu Fei wanted to do, as long as he dared to deviate from his own route, Gu Ran would dare to rush straight up.

It is not certain who will squeeze whom out in the end?

Naturally, Liu Fei didn't dare to take this risk. The two sides fought in their minds for a long time, trying to predict the other party's prediction. In the end, nothing happened, and the two passed the finish line smoothly.

Zheng Wenkang, who was exhausted and had been struggling to support himself, finally let go of the breath he had been holding when he saw that No. 2 had advanced. He let He Yang rush past him, and he was willing to take the fifth place.

Anyway, everyone is going to Group B, and the third and fifth groups in the group only have a difference in the number of passes.

After a period of slow skating, Gu Ran came to the sidelines after the referee's exit whistle sounded.

Just as he was about to leave the ice rink, someone patted his helmet again.Gu Ran took off the goggles and turned her head.Sure enough, there was that Liu Fei behind him, staring at him with a smile: "Little guy, you are making great progress. In a few months, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with you."

Gu Ran raised her chin to look at him: "Next time you take pictures of my helmet..."

Liu Fei spread his hands: "What do you want?"

Gu Ran said straightforwardly: "I took off the helmet."

"Hahahahahaha!" Liu Fei was about to die of laughter, "You are cuter than my stupid brother."

Gu Ran was too lazy to talk to him, and didn't want to block the passage, so she hurried away.

Liu Fei's smiling voice came from behind: "Come on in the finals, little guy, I'm optimistic about you."

"Thank you!"

Gu Ran and Zheng Wenkang came to the coach command area together, and from afar, Director Wang gave them a thumbs up: "Good performance, Gu Ran!"

Xu Qing on the side smiled amiably at them.

Gu Ran put an arm around Zheng Wenkang's shoulder: "Thanks to brother for protecting me"

His senior brother himself was a little embarrassed and didn't dare to meet Xu Qing's eyes.

Xu Qing didn't look at Gu Ran, and kept staring at Zheng Wenkang with a smile: "Student Zheng, do I usually treat you too well?"

Zheng Wenkang cried out for injustice: "President Xu... Guidance, I tried my best, I really did my best."

Xu Qing obviously didn't believe his nonsense, and Gu Ran didn't know who he was helping: "Yes, he tried his best, I will testify!"

Xu Qing still stared at Zheng Wenkang, smiling more and more menacingly: "I'll give you one last chance, 500 meters, if you don't get a medal, we will settle the debt slowly when we go back."

Zheng Wenkang shivered involuntarily, and suddenly felt that the ice skating hall was colder than the weather outside.

In fact, he was very flustered. He knew that Mr. Xu was in charge of this person, and he never talked too much. He violated Xu Qing's taboo.

There is still a while before the 500-meter semi-final, Xu Qing asked them to return to the team to rest first.

Gu Ran and Zheng Wenkang returned to the stands together, and out of the corner of their eyes, they suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure in the highest row of the stands, opening the curtain and going out.

Gu Ran put down her things, took her down jacket and went outside.

Opening the curtain, the temperature outside has reached about ten degrees below zero, much colder than the ice skating rink.

Gu Ran is not afraid of the cold, the down jacket is open, and she is only wearing a T-shirt inside.

However, there was someone who was less afraid of the cold than him. That person was sitting on the steps outside the gate of the ice skating hall, wearing a spring and autumn thin coat in the snow and ice.

Gu Ran ran to sit next to him, and put an arm around Chi Lang's shoulder: "Ye Wang, Dad will buy you a skin, limited to legends, it's too expensive."

He called himself father when he came up, and Chi Lang would have answered back in normal times, but today he didn't say a word.

There is no sunshine, no sea, only dead trees and snow, it looks much more bleak than a month ago.

Gu Ran thought that Chi Lang's mood was probably much more lost than when he was standing alone outside the skating hall a month ago.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Gu Ran sighed: "How did you comfort me last time?"

He suddenly remembered that Chi Lang had used a very inappropriate word at that time, so he said: "It's an honor for you to lose, you almost eliminated my senior brother."

Chi Lang still didn't say a word, Gu Ran said: "Don't worry, there is more than one point."

"..."

"Are you cold?" Gu Ran stood up and grabbed his arm, "No, you can't be so cold, there will be a game later, let's go in and talk about it."

Chi Lang pulled out his hand: "Go in, leave me alone."

Gu Ran turned to grab the back collar of his coat: "Follow me in."

Chi Lang was a little impatient, turned his head, frowned, and wanted to say something.

Before he could speak, Gu Ran stared back: "I'll say it again, come in with me!"

"..."

Chi Lang had no choice but to stand up obediently, and followed him back to the skating rink.

The last few rows of the venue were vacant, so Gu Ran pulled Chi Lang and found two nearby seats to sit down.

The men's adult 1000m semi-finals are going on on the field. Among them is a player from H province, who belongs to the national team.

The two watched the game quietly, and then Chi Lang said, "Why haven't I made any progress?"

"Who said you haven't improved?" Gu Ran turned her head to look at him, "Every time I see you, I feel that you have improved a lot."

"I was fifth last time, and I got the best result, but it was only fifth."

Chi Lang rubbed his face. He was a little stiff from the cold just now, but now he is slowly recovering: "Do you know how fierce the competition is here?"

Gu Ran nodded: "I see, there are more than 90 people, and nearly half of the medals are won by one family."

Chi Lang also said: "In this kind of team, there is a principle, the survival of the fittest, if you don't advance, you will fall back. Every year, people who fail to meet the standard leave, and every year new players from the lower city team come in. If I am a little bit slack, Then the next person to leave is me."

"When I go out to participate in competitions every year, the team first competes in a qualifying competition. Those who are still ranked this year may not necessarily have the opportunity to participate in national competitions next year."

The degree of introversion was indeed beyond Gu Ran's imagination, but not everyone in Province H is very powerful, and there are also small players with average strength like Liu Xu.

Gu Ran put an arm around his shoulder: "Brother, there are so many people in your team, no matter how introverted you are, I only value you."

"You are the opponent I value and the teammate I believe. Don't let me down."

These words are quite meaningful. With the brain of Chi Lang, a straight steel man, he didn't turn the corner for a while: "What teammate? Do you want to come to our team to communicate?"

Gu Ran couldn't bear it anymore, and punched him on the shoulder: "You idiot!"

After scolding him, he stood up and left, leaving Chi Lang sitting there with a puzzled expression on his face: "Where did I offend you?"

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