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

According to the transcript displayed on the big screen:

No. 1L Province No. 167 Ren Yongjie 41 seconds 522.

No.2H Provincial No. 124 Liu Fei 41 seconds 620.

No.3J Province No. 77 Gu Ran 41 seconds 781.

No.4H Province No. 75 Chi Lang 41 seconds 800.

No. 5WE Club No. 427 Meng Yuqiao 41 seconds 813.

"!!!"

The difference between the three of them is only 0.03 seconds, that is, the distance of a skate tip, which is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. Only professional timers accurate to one thousandth of a second can capture it.

Gu Ran always thought that Meng Yuqiao would be fourth, and Chi Lang would be the last one.

Unexpectedly, Chi Lang was only 0.019 seconds slower than him.

What is the concept of 0.019 seconds? Turn on the stopwatch of the mobile phone, and tap the start button twice quickly and continuously, not only this time.

In other words, if Chi Lang pedaled harder, he might surpass Gu Ran and take the third place.

At this time, the video of the game just now started to play back on the big screen, which happened to be the last moment for several people to cross the line.

Ren Yongjie and Liu Fei skated in front of them, which was as easy as training and testing.

Behind them, Gu Ran was on the innermost side, next to Meng Yuqiao rushed up at the last moment, and at the same time, on the outermost side, Chi Lang rushed up together.

He was really physically fit, and at the last moment he was able to step on the ice vigorously and quickly to increase his speed. In the end, he narrowly beat Meng Yuqiao and took fourth place.

Gu Ran turned her head and looked at Chi Lang strangely: "Chi Dali, I really want to treat you differently."

Chi Lang raised his eyebrows: "Why, am I bad?"

"That's not bad, it's just a little rough."

"Cut!" Chi Lang snorted disdainfully, "This is the 500-meter race, if it is 501 meters, I will win you."

Gu Ran almost died laughing, the 501-meter race, thanks to him being able to figure it out.

"If you can't do it, you can't do it. If I give you an extra meter, you can't do it either." Gu Ran looked at him provocatively, "If you want to win Dad, it's a dream!"

"It's Dad who sees that you are exhausted and let me be a big boy."

"get out!"

The two of them were joking with each other, and suddenly saw Meng Yuqiao standing not far away. The other party was looking up at the big screen, his expression was still clear and cold, and there was no emotion.

If Gu Ran remembered correctly, Meng Yuqiao's time when she won the championship last month was around 41 seconds, which was 5 seconds slower this time.

The 0.3 seconds were probably related to Gu Ran's relentless pursuit, or maybe his condition today was not very good.

The specific reason is only known to him, and it is difficult for others to guess.

But with his strength, his performance did not increase but decreased, which is indeed worth reflecting on.

The results came out, and Gu Ran picked up her skates and went back to the stands to rest and prepare for the final relay race.

Not long after, the women's 3000-meter relay final is about to start on the field, and the men's team is also preparing for inspection.

Gu Ran was really drained this time, the battery had dropped to 5.00%, and it had to shut down automatically when it was used again.

But there is no way, there is still one game, and the remaining 5.00% must be used up.

Just as he stood up and was so tired that he could hardly even lift the skates but wanted to follow Gao Ziyi down, Director Wang suddenly trotted up from below.

"Wait, wait, wait, you guys wait a moment!"

Several people stood in the aisle, looking at each other.Judging by his panting appearance, he should have trotted up from the sidelines.It's the last game soon, I don't know if there is something important to say now.

Director Wang looked at them, and waved to the place where the team members gathered: "Zhang Yang, come here."

Zhang Yang is Gu Ran's teammate, the one who slid into the final of the 1500-meter race just now.

The coach greeted him, and he quickly dropped his things and ran over.

Director Wang said again: "Take the things!"

Zhang Yang bent down again to get his equipment.

Gu Ran came to her senses: "Is this...a replacement?"

"Yes!" Director Wang nodded, and said tactfully, "Director Xu said to let Zhang Yang replace you."

Zheng Wenkang asked, "Why?"

Director Wang explained: "It's like this. You fought too hard in the two games today. Director Xu told you to rest, so let Zhang Yang go in the relay race."

Gu Ran was still screaming tired just now, but now that he really wants to take him down, Gu Ran is still a little unhappy, "No, no, I can do it, no problem."

Said that Gu Ran was about to go down, Director Wang hurriedly stopped him: "Listen to me, this is what Director Xu meant. Look, you also made it to the semi-finals. We won the medal, and you also have a part in it." part, don't worry."

Gu Ran always felt awkward: "I'm not worried about this. This is my business. I can't let my teammates do it for me because of my physical problems."

"How can you say that?" Director Wang immediately corrected him, "We are a team, and the relay race is a team sport. The rules allow us to make personnel adjustments before the race. What you have to do is obey and trust your teammates. "

He patted Gu Ran's shoulder again: "Besides, this is what Director Xu meant."

The inspection has already started, and Gu Ran is not good because he delays his teammates too much time.As Director Wang said, he should obey the arrangement of the coaching staff.So he nodded, looked at his teammates, and You Qi patted Zhang Yang's arm: "Everyone, come on!"

Zhang Yang has also practiced the relay with everyone, and the tactics of Province J have always been simple and clear, not that complicated.

Even if Zheng Wenkang, the main stick, slipped one less time, Gao Ziyi would be responsible for the extra part, and Zhang Yang only needed to complete his part well.

The competition went fairly smoothly, the championship still belonged to province H, province R was second, they were third, and province L was fourth.

Gu Ran sat in the stands thinking about when they would win the relay championship.

Looking at the four team members from Province R, they are all mediocre in strength.He did not get a gold medal in each individual event, but only won a bronze medal in the 1500-meter race.Compared with the performance of their women's team, it is far worse.

However, they took second place in the relay race.

This has to talk about their dazzling tactics-differentiated handover.

They handed over once in one and a half laps, they skating, and suddenly it became a handover in two laps.

Province H, which is leading the slide ahead, is not affected, while Provinces L and J, which are similar to him, will be miserable.

Gu Ran saw several times that a team member from Province L stepped onto the track ahead of the time to hand over the baton. If this hindered the game, the referee would definitely have to punish him.

And Zhang Yang was almost fooled by them. Fortunately, Gao Ziyi was always calm and stopped him in time.

Gu Ran has experienced their rhythmic ability since the U-series game. In the elite league, their tactics are more mature and clear, and everyone can execute them very well.

That is to say, in terms of hard power, it is indeed inferior to Province H, otherwise it can compete with them for the championship.

Thinking of this, Gu Ran suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Although the individual strength of the athletes from other provinces is not as good as that of Province H, in fact, there is not that big gap between them and Province H. If they study the tactics well, maybe they really hope to shake their gold medal.

I think so, but how to implement the specific requirements has to be discussed in the long run.

After the youth group competition, it is the adult group.

The relay race of the adult group seems to be more smooth and pure. Originally, it mainly focuses on training for the Winter Olympics. The rules they adopt in the relay race are to form teams across provinces.

And the group that is far ahead on the field is the four national team athletes who will represent China in the Olympic Games next year.

After all the competitions, there will be an award ceremony for the team awards.The leader said a few more words, and everyone can pack up and go home.

Compared to the last time, Gu Ran only won two relay medals. This time, Gu Ran won three silvers and one bronze. The speed of improvement is comparable to riding a rocket.

Although it was such a cold day, there were not many spectators who came to watch the game. Apart from the participating athletes of each representative team, they were also members of the local sports school or club practicing short track speed skating.

But everyone's performance is definitely full of memory points, and after the game is over, they will be mentioned frequently.

Even the coaches and team leaders of some representative teams were full of praise for him, and used him as a control group for their own players.Open your mouth and shut your mouth, look at others, and then look at you.

After all, not every 14-year-old boy, when competing with athletes who are 3-4 years older than himself, not only does not have the slightest stage fright, but has the courage to let go of his hands and feet to compete with them.

His strength, his mentality and his will to never give up in difficult times left a deep impression on everyone, including his opponents.

Gu Ran was really exhausted, tired and hungry, wrapped in a down jacket as soon as she got in the car, and fell asleep leaning against the window glass.

After returning to the hotel, he ate some lunch and went back to the room. He fell asleep on the bed and slept unconsciously. Even Gao Ziyi helped him pack his luggage.

On the plane back, put down the back of the seat and continue to sleep.

Xu Qing sat in front of him, turned his head to look at him several times, and found that he didn't even change his posture after falling asleep.A little worried, he reached out to touch his forehead, and the temperature was still normal, so he sat down again.

Director Wang next to him smiled and said, "The little guy is exhausted and is charging."

This time, Gu Ran slept so soundly, as if she was knocked out with a stick.He didn't even notice that Gao Ziyi adjusted the seat back for him when the plane landed.

When he got off the plane, he was still in a daze, not knowing where he was.

Zheng Wenkang grabbed his shoulders and shook him vigorously: "Gu Xiaoran, wake up!!!"

Gu Ran looked at him with half-closed eyes: "Who am I, where am I, and what am I going to do?"

"You are my long-lost brother." Zheng Wenkang pointed to Xu Qing's back at the front: "It was him who made our Wang Group go bankrupt overnight."

Gu Ran was shocked: "It's already cold?"

Zheng Wenkang pulled Gu Ran and said sadly, "We must take revenge, brother."

Xu Qing didn't know what they were doing behind the scenes, so he turned his head and glanced at them: "Hurry up!"

Zheng Wenkang quickly dragged the box and followed obsequiously: "Here we come!"

Gu Ran rolled her eyes frantically behind him.

According to the usual practice, after the game, they have two days off. It happened to be the weekend, so Gu Ran realized that he called home.

Gu Changfeng and Xu Mei braved the wind and snow to drive to the airport to pick up their son. The moment they saw Gu Ran, the couple greeted them at the same time.

Gu Changfeng took his son's backpack and suitcase, Xu Mei saw that he was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt with his down jacket open, and bent down to zip it up for him: "It's cold outside, don't catch a cold."

Although the other teammates also had their parents to pick them up, they didn't have this kind of treatment. They all turned their heads to look at him.

Gu Ran grew up held in the palm of his mother's hand since she was a child, and she didn't feel embarrassed at all.

Wu Kaize said to Gao Ziyi in a low voice: "Look, our little junior is still a boy."

Gao Ziyi smiled from the bottom of his heart, "How nice."

If parents came to pick them up, Xu Qing let them go. If there were no parents, he followed him back to the ice training base.

The airport is located between the provincial capital and city C, so it's relatively close to drive home.Xu Mei and Gu Changfeng obviously felt that their son was much more talkative than last time when he came back this time.

In fact, seeing that Gu Ran was in a bad mood at the time, Gu Changfeng called Xu Qing behind his back to get a general idea of ​​the situation.

I learned that my son was in a bad mood because of his unsatisfactory grades, and he didn't mention the competition.Gu Ran didn't say anything, they didn't even ask more questions, but tried their best to meet his request, so they didn't bother him if he wanted to be alone, and gave him full freedom of personal space.

This time it was different, Gu Ran was obviously in a much better mood than the last time she went home, talking and laughing along the way, and even took the initiative to tell them about the game.

Gu Ran is in a good mood, his parents are in a good mood, and the family spent the weekend happily.

On Sunday afternoon, Gu Ran was going back to the provincial team.Xu Mei took his hand, very unhappy: "Growing so big, when will you leave my side for more than a week except to go to a summer camp? Now it's good, come back once, say it's two days, but in fact it's only one day .”

Gu Ran knew that his mother couldn't bear him.So I made a suggestion: "Why don't you...you have another one while you are young?"

Xu Mei immediately patted the back of his hand: "What nonsense?"

Gu Changfeng kept fiddling with his son's medal, joking with him: "Mr. Gu, if I have another one, only half of your billions of dollars will be left."

Gu Ran followed his words and said, "Half is enough."

"Oh, you can spare your parents, we have enough to worry about raising you."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "I'm so good, why do you worry?"

Gu Changfeng gave him a meaningful look: "As long as you go out to compete, your mother won't be able to sleep."

"what happened?"

"When you see athletes fall in short-track speed skating competitions on TV, you will always think of you."

Gu Ran rushed over and hugged her mother: "Don't worry, I will definitely protect myself, it's fine. Our sport looks dangerous, but the safety measures are still very comprehensive."

Xu Mei nodded: "Okay, as long as you like it, mom will support you. If you don't like it, mom will support you too."

Back to the ice training base just in time for dinner, Xu Qing is also there, he is on duty today.

While everyone was eating, Manager Xu announced something: "I'll be going to the gym for a while, and I'll have a short meeting for everyone."

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what he was going to have in this short meeting, but their intuition told them that it would not be a good thing.

Because Mr. Xu always had a faint smile on his face, when he was not smiling, everyone thought it was okay, but when he smiled, there must be no good.

Sure enough, when everyone came to the gym, Xu Qing got straight to the point, and the first sentence was: "I am very dissatisfied with this competition."

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