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

Waking up in the morning, when Gu Ran was checking the skates, she found that the position was a bit off, so she went to their equipment guide to adjust it, and then went to the restaurant to have breakfast, and went a little late.

This hotel has received members of several representative teams, and three meals are still self-service.There were a lot of people when Gu Ran went, he had just picked up his meal and was looking for Gao Ziyi and the others to sit.

When passing by the row of tables by the window, I heard two people arguing.

One was about to order something with a dinner plate, and the person who was already sitting opposite said a word without politeness: "Get lost!"

Gu Ran guessed from the tracksuits on both of them, the standing one was He Yang, and the sitting one was Meng Yuqiao.

He Yang probably saw Meng Yuqiao sitting there alone, and wanted to sit down and talk to him, but he didn't know that the other party's attitude was so bad.

He Yang is also a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. He is nice and nice. When the other party comes up with the word "screw", he is also irritated: "Buffet, I can sit wherever I want, you tell me to get out, I Still sitting here."

Meng Yuqiao stopped him: "There is someone here."

"Where is someone, why didn't I see it."

Meng Yuqiao immediately pointed to Gu Ran who was coming from behind: "He."

"???"

Gu Ran held a glass of milk in her left hand and a plate in her right, standing there with a dazed expression.

He Yang said again: "I came first, there must be someone who comes first."

Meng Yuqiao glanced at him coldly, and directly pushed Gu Ran onto the chair: "There is no first-come-first-served here, so whoever I let sit down will sit down."

Although we are not on the same team, we have played so many games together, so we are considered acquaintances.

Although Gu Ran had some feuds with the other two young team members from Province R, he had no direct conflict with this He Yang, and he could nod and say hello when they met.

Now Meng Yuqiao pushed him in front of the table, but he didn't want to get involved in the grievances between the two, so he could only concentrate on eating.

He Yang sneered: "You are too domineering, this hotel is not owned by your family."

Meng Yuqiao raised her eyebrows: "Go to the enterprise business information query platform and search to see what the legal person's surname is for this hotel chain."

"Pfft..." Gu Ran was drinking milk and almost choked to death, "What kind of cool story is this???"

Meng Yuqiao handed him two tissue papers, and still stared at He Yang relentlessly.

When the two were in a stalemate, a team member from Province R called out to He Yang, who then found a step and left with a plate.

Meng Yuqiao was annoyed by looking at him too much, so she quickly sat down and continued eating.

Gu Ran didn't know him well, so she didn't know what to say while sitting face to face, so she just didn't say anything and concentrated on cooking.

Although he didn't say it, he was thinking in his heart, what kind of hatred did these two people have that made Meng Yuqiao so hostile towards He Yang.

If there was any conflict during the game, then why did He Yang put his stance so low? Could it be that he had seriously injured Meng Yuqiao.

But Gu Ran once asked his teammates, and everyone didn't know what happened between the two, so it must not be a conflict on the field.

Gu Ran raised her head and looked at Meng Yuqiao again. It was definitely not because he was thinking too much, but Meng Yuqiao's appearance, in an ordinary middle school, would definitely be a schoolgirl.

Could it be...they are rivals in love?

Gu Ran has never been in a relationship, nor has he watched romance novels or TV dramas. He has absolutely no knowledge in this area.

Meng Yuqiao looked out the window and suddenly asked him, "What kind of river is this?"

Gu Ran realized that she was looking for something to say, but she still answered truthfully: "The Yangtze River, or a tributary of the Yangtze River."

Meng Yuqiao asked again: "How long have you been practicing short track speed skating?"

This cannot be said to have nothing to do with the above question, it has nothing to do with it.

Gu Ran replied, "A year and a half."

Meng Yuqiao froze for a moment, her cold expression moved slightly, a little unexpected, but also as expected: "I see, you are a genius."

Gu Ran: "..."

Before Gu Ran could ask, Meng Yuqiao took the initiative to say, "I have practiced for three years."

Gu Ran was a bit surprised this time. If he remembers correctly, Meng Yuqiao should be 18 years old in the order book. He has only practiced for three years, which means that he only started practicing short track speed skating at the age of 15. ?

Gu Ran’s enlightenment coach Jiang Yan once said that for the sport of short track speed skating, 6-10 years old is the best for enlightenment. If you are older, the ankle joint will be shaped and it is not so easy to train.

Like Gu Ran, it is too late to start enlightenment at the age of 13, but he is born with superior conditions and has made rapid progress. He will soon reach the average level of players of this age, and even surpass them in a short period of time.

But is 15 too late?

Meng Yuqiao had almost finished eating, stood up and prepared to leave, and gave him the answer before leaving: "I am 'Luan Zhuan Bing'."

"Rotating Ice" is the same as "North Ice South Exhibition", which is also a means of promoting ice and snow sports after Beijing's successful bid to host the Winter Olympics.

With the continuous improvement of ice-making technology in indoor venues, skating, especially short-track speed skating, has greatly reduced venue restrictions. Therefore, the National Winter Control Center has begun to encourage young people who practice roller skating to switch to short-track speed skating.Every year, a rotating ice competition will be held, and some children with development potential will be selected to the professional team.

Gu Ran suddenly realized that although Meng Yuqiao had only practiced short track speed skating for three years, she had a solid foundation in roller skating before.

The venue for this competition is not a professional speed skating gym, but a temporarily remodeled gymnasium. The inside of the stadium is even colder than the outside of the stadium, and I dare not take off my coat while sitting in the auditorium.

As expected, it is not difficult to see from the results of the 1000-meter preliminaries that the unsuitability to the climate here has indeed affected the performance of many athletes.

But this kind of influence is also leisurely, not too exaggerated, and universal—everyone is more or less affected, so this influence is nothing.

In the 1000m preliminaries, Gu Ran ranked first in the group and successfully advanced.After the game, he deliberately stayed outside to watch the next group's game, because there was Chi Lang in the next group.

Chi Lang took first place in this group, and Gu Ran could tell at a glance that this kid had put in his strength.

He skated so easily that he even slowed down on the finish line.

In just one month, Gu Ran really wanted to admire his speed of progress.

Suddenly remembered that in the past, Chi Lang would send him WeChat messages every three days, nothing to do, just throw some weird emoticons and mock each other.

On weekends, Chi Lang would still pull him to play games. Although most of the time Gu Ran would reject him in the name of doing homework, he still persisted in the invitation every week.

Gu Ran recalled that this year, Yuechi Lang hardly sent him a message, let alone played games with him.

It turned out that Chi Dali was working hard secretly, and then went to the arena to surprise everyone.

Gu Ran sat in the waiting area on the sidelines and waited for him. When he saw him approaching, she stretched out her leg and tripped him.

Chi Lang glared at him angrily: "Small short legs, cut them off if you don't need them."

Gu Ran's legs are not short. Even when he was only 160 cm tall, the length of his legs was very good.

Now that he has grown his head, most of it is still on his legs. If there is no reference, just looking at him, he would think he is at least 170 centimeters. In fact, his current net height is less than 168 centimeters.

Xu Qing and the team doctor are also a little worried. When winter comes, the children don't like to grow tall.

Gu Ran stood up and stood beside him: "Although I'm not as tall as you, but..."

Chi Lang interrupted him: "But the legs are not as long as mine."

Gu Ran pushed him forward: "Almost, almost..."

Chi Lang turned his head to look at him, with a slightly smug expression on his face: "What's different about me this time?"

Gu Ran looked him up and down: "Have gained weight."

Chi Lang bent his elbows, and the biceps under the jumpsuit bulged out: "I'm getting stronger again."

"Yes, you are confident in the game, and if you dare to slow down in the end, you won't be afraid that the person behind you will overtake you."

Chi Lang didn't take it seriously: "Beyond me, I am No.2, and I can still enter the semi-finals."

Gu Ran asked curiously, "What stimulated you?"

The corner of Chi Lang's mouth raised obliquely: "Yes, I was stimulated by you."

"Me?" Gu Ran was more proud than him, "Have I become your control group again?"

Chi Lang raised his hand, thinking only of the coaching area in Province H: "That's our head coach, Director Liu, Liu Xu's father. You must be mentioned every day in training."

"Hurry up!" Gu Ran was overjoyed, "Tell me, I like to hear people praise me."

Chi Lang imitated the tone of his head coach: "Look at Gu Ran in J Province, and look at you, there are hundreds of people who can't find anyone who can compare with him."

Gu Ran commented with satisfaction: "That's not bad."

Chi Lang put his arms around his shoulders, leaned into his ear and smiled, "Liu Xu was even scolded to cry, saying that you are in province J, separated by hundreds of kilometers, you can cause a huge psychological shadow on him .”

"Hahahahaha!" Gu Ran was dying of laughter, "Shouldn't his psychological shadow be his brother?"

"His brother was also scolded, isn't this the last time he didn't skate you?"

Gu Ran smiled noncommittally: "It's not that he couldn't skate against me, he deliberately followed me, and it was too late when he finally tried to overtake me."

He patted Chi Lang on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Remember Chi Dali, short track speed skating has never been a sport that simply competes in speed, you have to use your brain."

Having said that, he frowned again: "Oh, I forgot, you didn't."

Chi Lang squeezed his fists loudly: "Gu Xiaoran, is your skin itchy again?"

Gu Ran said: "Hurry up and change the event, you can participate in the summer Olympic boxing competition in two years."

Chi Lang said, "I'll practice with you first."

Gu Ran quickly pushed him away: "The competition has begun, and there is Liu Xu in this group."

Liu Xu's progress is not insignificant. He was in the same group as He Yang, and he also won the second place in the group and entered the next round.

Not long after, the big screen displayed all the athletes' preliminaries, and they were divided into quarter-finals according to their results. Liu Xu happened to be in the same group as Gu Ran again.

Chi Lang raised his forehead: "My junior, I will be scolded and cry again when I go back."

Gu Ran laughed loudly: "I will not show mercy."

Although Liu Xu is not as strong as Gu Ran, he is actually one year older and taller than Gu Ran.

I don't know if it's because he is always scolded by his father and brother, but he doesn't look so confident.

The quarter-finals will be played in the afternoon. Gu Ran will be in the first lane, He Yang will be in the second lane, and Liu Xu will be in the third lane.

When standing in front of the starting line, Gu Ran deliberately turned to look at Liu Xu, but the other party didn't look at him.

As soon as the starting gun was fired, the referee's whistle sounded.Gu Ran thought it was an old tradition in their province R that He Yang would snatch him away.

However, it was Liu Xu who started the run.

He failed to get points in the first two races, it seems that he really wants to enter the semi-finals.

The race restarted. Although Gu Ran had the fastest reaction time at the start, he didn't use his full strength during the sprint phase.On the contrary, Liu Xu and He Yang next to him ran fiercely.

If they want to grab it, let them grab it. Gu Ran is not in a hurry, and follows in the third position.

The competition between Liu Xu and He Yang was fierce. Although He Yang ranked first, Liu Xu, who followed closely behind, always had ideas.

Gu Ran followed behind the two of them, and even had time to observe their technical characteristics.

To be honest, He Yang's skills are really average, far behind Meng Yuqiao's.

Suddenly, something flashed through his mind—since Meng Yuqiao only started short track speed skating three years ago, He Yang said that the two of them were good teammates.

Then, maybe He Yang is also a "rotating ice".

Now one is in R province and the other is in WE club.Could it be...

On the third lap of the race, Liu Xu finally surpassed He Yang through his unremitting efforts and ranked first.

At this time, Gu Ran began to step on the ice continuously to speed up.

His personal ability is higher than the other three people in the same group, that's not a star.He didn't need to think about any skills or timing at all, he relied on his own speed to overwhelm his opponent from the outer lane, first overtook He Yang from the straight lane, and then overtook Liu Xu from the curve.

When he slid past Liu Xu, he put his left hand behind his back, and even supported his goggles with his right hand.

Not only that, but he also glanced at Liu Xu out of the corner of his eye, and unsurprisingly, he saw the expression on the other side's face as if he had seen a ghost.

That's right, he was outlawed by Gu Ran again.

After the game, Liu Xu couldn't bear it anymore, so he came over and asked him, "How can I not be in the same group as you?"

Gu Ran put an arm around his shoulder: "Don't worry about the details, you made it to the semi-finals, be happy."

Gu Ran didn't know if Liu Xu was happy, but he was very happy anyway.

Regarding this competition, before starting, Xu Qing once had a private chat with him: "I hope you can take your eyes off the medals for a while."

"Huh?" Gu Ran was curious, "Isn't the competition just to win medals?"

Xu Qing shook his head: "This is the league. The ultimate goal of the league is to allow you young players to get enough points. When you have enough points, you don't have to care too much about the final result."

"You should pay more attention to the game itself, such as your or your opponent's technical performance, route planning, adaptability and control of the rhythm of the whole game."

Therefore, in this competition, Gu Ran didn't have any psychological burden. The goal he set for himself was neither entering the final nor winning a medal.

He didn't even care who he was in the same group with, or how his opponents would perform in the final.

He has only one goal for himself—compared with the last time, his grades have improved, and that's enough.

In the 500m semi-final the next day, he was in the same group as two players from Province L, that is, Ren Yongjie and No. 41.

However, to his surprise, the final result was not what he expected.