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

When leaving the corner, Huang Zaixian cut to the outside lane without hesitation, pedaling hard alternately while also increasing the range of his arm swing.

The track is so wide, and everyone knows that the closer to the inner circle, the smaller the radius and the shorter the distance.Huang Zaixian tried his best to squeeze in, even slapping Gu Ran's crotch and buttocks, regardless of Gu Ran's position.

He swung his arm exaggeratedly, and it just hit Gu Ran's injured buttocks. The pain made him take a deep breath, and he tried not to slow down, but increased his speed.

No matter how hard Huang Zaixian worked hard secretly, he was always a little short, just a little short.This made him very unwilling, and when he swung his arm, he would bump into Gu Ran intentionally or unintentionally, and once even hit Gu Ran's injured buttocks directly.

Although this series of movements seemed to be normal body swings, they were actually restless and kind.

But no matter what, Gu Ran will never do what he wants.No matter how many small movements he makes, no matter how many times his hands are retreating and squeezing, Gu Ran just refuses to slow down.

Gu Ran kept her eyes fixed on the front, with her left hand behind her back and her right hand protecting her side.

Although he will not take the initiative to push others, but when Huang Zaixian pushes him, in order to maintain his balance and get rid of obstacles, he will push the opponent away without hesitation.

The referee must also follow the principle of a first-mover penalty. Whoever makes the first move will foul, and no matter what happens, he will not be punished.

Gu Ran knew that under such circumstances, if he let go of his holding back even a little bit, his opponent would cross the line before him.

What they are competing for now is not strength, but who is more fierce and who is more unwilling to admit defeat.The one who is a little timid is the loser, from the spirit to the game itself, a complete loser.

The moment he crossed the finish line, Gu Ran couldn't help but waved his fist. Although the advantage was slight, he still didn't escape his eyes. Even if he was only one knife point ahead, he was the first!

In this duel of wills, he was not defeated by Hwang Jae-hyun's tricks, but persisted to the end!

In fact, Chi Lang didn't see clearly who was faster, Gu Ran or the Korean, at the moment of crossing the line, but he knew when he saw Gu Ran punching that they won.

Chi Dali yelled and rushed towards Gu Ran. Although Gu Ran had slowed down, he hadn't slowed down completely. Just like that, he rushed over and hugged him. The two of them drifted on the ice for a while, almost together fall.

Gu Ran hit his shoulder with a fist, and scolded while laughing: "Are you sick?"

Chi Lang held his head and rubbed it vigorously: "Yes, do you have any medicine?"

The two of them laughed and quarreled, probably because Huang Zaixian was in the way, he turned his head and gave them a vicious look.

Gu Ran stood with his back to him, didn't see him staring, only saw that Chi Lang was smiling like a silly son of a landlord's family, suddenly his expression became serious, and he glared angrily: "What are you looking at, look at your eyes again!" Dig it out and feed it to the dogs."

Chi Lang's shape and appearance can seamlessly switch between the silly big guy and the bad boy at any time.Seeing his sudden change of face, Gu Ran knew that he was definitely not targeting her, so when she turned her head, Huang Zaixian had already walked away cursing.

Gu Ran and Chi Lang cursed in unison: "You idiot!"

The two of them get together every day and pinch each other, but at this time it is a united front, unanimously facing the outside world.

"Alas..." Gu Ran let out a long sigh of relief, bent down, and put her hands on her knees.

Meng Yuqiao and Gao Ziyi also slid beside them, and the latter patted his back and asked, "What's wrong?"

Gu Ran smiled and shook her head: "I'm a little tired."

Can he not be tired?Every lap I tried my best, especially in the last two laps, I had to slide at full speed while dealing with Huang Jae-hyun's harassment.The moment he crossed the line, his face flushed red.

Gao Ziyi took his hand and led him to slide to the sidelines: "By the way, how is your injury?"

It’s okay not to mention it, but as soon as he mentioned his injury, Gu Ran touched his butt: "It hurts! Just now, the Korean guy slid against me, and he would hit me every now and then when he swung his arm. I don't know if it was intentional or not." Yes, the referee must have ignored it."

At this moment, the final results were announced on the big screen.Indeed, as Gu Ran expected, there was no penalty.But the Chinese team took the first place, the South Korean team was second, and the US team was third.

Cheng Sen looked at the result, but he didn't seem very happy.He immediately turned around and walked towards the referee's seat: "I'm going to appeal!"

"Hey..." Before Xu Qing could stop him, Cheng Sen had already left, "Can you do this? It's definitely not going to work."

Indeed, Cheng Sen's complaint was a complaint, but the referee believed that the dispute he raised was normal physical contact and did not constitute a foul.

Cheng Sen had a lot of opinions on this result, and he kept complaining to the technical consultant of the International Skating Federation.There are too many emotional words in his speech, which makes it a bit difficult to translate. I don't know whether it should be translated or not.

However, the technical consultant of the ISU short track speed skating project still calmed his emotions with a good attitude, saying that at present, all member states have more or less opinions on the current rules, and the ISU is also trying to improve and perfect.

When Cheng Sen heard it, it seemed that he was not the only one who had an opinion, everyone had an opinion.Take him and wait to see what steps the ISU will take next to refine and improve the rules.

After the whole team changed their clothes, they waited for the awards ceremony. Although they had won two silver medals, the most important event was the men's 5000-meter relay. Gu Ran finally got his wish. tower.

After the awards ceremony, Yu Jie asked Gu Ran to come over for an interview.Gu Ran didn't want to go. Last time, because of his words, there was already an uproar in the public. Although there was a wave of fans, there were quite a few people who criticized him.

This time his grades were not good, he felt that no matter what he said, he would be pulled out and ridiculed, so he simply didn't say it was the best.

"No." Yu Jie pulled him and refused to let him go, "This is the team's rule."

Gu Ran withdrew her hand: "Let the captain go."

The current captain is Luo Mengyao who skates 1500 meters in the women's team. She is the oldest, has been in the national team for the longest time, and has the deepest qualifications. She also performed well in this competition. She won a gold medal in the 1500 meters, and the women's 3000 meters relay won a silver medal with her teammates. .

Yu Jie said: "The reporter asked you to go by name. You are a meme, and the topic is high."

When she said this, Gu Ran dodged and hid behind Gao Ziyi: "Then I won't go."

Yu Jie was so anxious to grab him, but Gao Ziyi stood in front of her and she couldn't grab him: "Why don't you go?"

Gu Ran poked her head out from behind Gao Ziyi: "I didn't win the gold medal."

Yu Jie pointed to the gold medal on his neck: "What is this if it's not a gold medal?"

Gu Ran said: "How can one gold medal be enough? When I went there, he must have asked me if it wasn't four dollars last week. Why is there only one gold medal this time? Then how should I answer, because this time the Koreans don't fight each other, I can't skate against them? "

Having said that, he touched his butt again, and said pitifully, "I'm still hurt, how about next time..."

Yu Jie was almost pissed off by him, knowing that he was making excuses, but there was nothing she could do about him.So, I had no choice but to give up and waved my hand: "Okay, okay, I'll let you go this time, and have a good rest."

Gu Ran smiled sweetly at her: "Thank you, Sister Yu, Sister Yu is the most beautiful!" He turned around and ran away.

Gao Ziyi looked at his back with a doting smile on his face, the little junior was always so lively and cute.

Yu Jie looked around, but couldn't find Luo Mengyao.The others also walked away in twos and threes, and there was only Gao Ziyi in front of them.Like grabbing a strong man, he pulled him away: "Smiling so happily, then you can go for him."

"Ah?" Before Gao Ziyi realized what was going on, he had already been dragged away by Yu Jie.

Gu Ran escaped, and returned to Cheng Sen and Xu Qing's side in two or three steps.Before he could speak, there was a large group of people shouting his name in the stands, including men, women and children, all of whom were Chinese holding national flags in their hands.

Gu Ran also waved to them with a smile, threw up the few souvenirs he had just received, and gave them to some children.

"Xiaoran! Xiaoran, Xiaoran, Xiaoran!"

Someone next to him called his name, and as soon as Gu Ran turned around, he saw Lin Jiaxi, who was raising his hands above his head, as if he was afraid that he could not see, he jumped up and waved twice.

Gu Ran quickly walked towards him, only to see that there were no other Canadian members beside him.

Lin Jiaxi simply jumped down from the steps, and threw herself into his arms again: "I wanted to find you just now when the relay race was over, but..."

He paused here, but Gu Ran also understood what he meant.Canada won No.4 in today's relay race. Just after the race, Lin Jiaxi ran to congratulate the Chinese team. Then his life in the team will be difficult in the future.

Lin Jiaxi immediately changed the subject with a smile: "That Korean kept making small moves, and I was sweating for you, but your performance in the end was great. If it was someone else, in order to avoid collisions, I probably slowed down to let him. "

Gu Ran raised her eyebrows: "Let's let this time, next time he will be more arrogant, can I get used to him?"

Lin Jiaxi persuaded him by leaning on his shoulders: "I appreciate your unyielding spirit. My teammates and I were so nervous in the 500-meter final yesterday." He looked around, then leaned closer to Gu Ran's ear and whispered Said, "My teammates are nervous about Curtis, I'm nervous about you, they don't know, hehe!"

Gu Ran couldn't help but patted his head. This kid's hair was limp, just like his personality.

It has to be said that Gu Ran likes him more and more now.I can't help but think that it would be great if he could come to the Chinese team.

So, Gu Ran asked him a question: "Have you ever thought about..."

Lin Jiaxi blinked her big eyes: "What are you thinking?"

Gu Ran bit her lower lip and said, "Play for another team."

Lin Jiaxi said: "Where do you want to go, to be your teammate?"

Gu Ran nodded: "Yes."

"I want to too!" Lin Jiaxi hugged him again, "I'm working hard."

"Working hard?" Gu Ran repeated his words, not quite understanding what kind of hard work he was referring to.

"That's right..." Before Lin Jiaxi finished speaking, someone called him at the top of his voice, Lin Jiaxi could only say goodbye to Gu Ran first: "I'm leaving! Let's chat on WeChat!"

All six matches of the World Cup this season have come to an end. Although the results of the Chinese team in the first four matches were not satisfactory, the last two matches were not bad, especially in Montreal. Gu Ran won four gold medals for the first time in an international competition. The coaches are staring at him, especially the Korean team.

Cheng Sen said: "You are a fledgling and caught them off guard. Next season, they will study your style thoroughly, and you will not go so smoothly."

Gu Ran didn't take it seriously: "It's not half a year, the me at that time and the me now are another matter."

Cheng Sen smiled noncommittally: "I hope."

After returning to Beijing, Cheng Sen still gave the team members two days off, but they could not leave Beijing. Everyone could rest in the athletes' apartment or go shopping indoors in Beijing, but they had to return to the team at the stipulated time.

It's only late February, it's the winter vacation, and the school won't start until March [-]st.Gu Ran just took advantage of these few days to finish her winter vacation homework, and then preview her homework for the next semester.

Wei Yuening sent him the notes of various subjects and a bunch of test papers, all of which are for the next semester. It seems that he has not been idle this winter vacation.

After Gu Ran was done, she took a picture with her mobile phone and sent it to him: "Please review, Teacher Wei."

Wei Yuening was not too polite, and asked him to download an app, and Gu Ran could watch him correct the test papers through a video call, while summarizing and summarizing the knowledge points for himself, and would explain in detail when he encountered a wrong question.

Before you knew it, it was time for dinner, and Wei Yuening just finished explaining the last question to Gu Ran: "Let's stop here today. If you have any questions, you can ask me anytime."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "There are only a few days left in the winter vacation, so I've delayed you for a day, so I don't have the nerve to bother you."

Wei Yuening said: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I usually read books and brush up questions, so I just study it again and consolidate it."

Gu Ran asked curiously, "You don't have any other hobbies?"

"Yes," Wei Yuening said, "I usually like to develop some simple applications."

"I'll go, it's so powerful!" This is a field that Gu Ran has never dabbled in, but is very interested in, "Can you tell me about it?"

"certainly……"

At this time, Gao Ziyi knocked on the door and came in: "Xiao Ran, go down for dinner."

Wei Yuening smiled and said, "You go to eat first, and I'll talk to you when I'm free."

"Okay! Let's talk next time." Gu Ran turned off the video and went downstairs with Gao Ziyi, "Let's go, brother."

Gao Ziyi asked him curiously, "Was that your classmate just now?"

"Well, to be precise, it was my deskmate when I was in No. 1 Middle School. We are No.[-] in grade, a proper student master. He often sends me some notes and test questions, and also answers my questions."

Since joining the national team, Gao Ziyi hasn't gone to school, and he doesn't know anything about Gu Ran's studies: "Is your current school not good?"

Gu Ran said: "It's average, not as good as before. The most important thing is that I still have to go back to Province J to take the exam for the college entrance examination. Our place and Beijing are not the same test papers."

Gao Ziyi nodded: "Then you are a very nice classmate."

"Yeah!" Gu Ran laughed, "I hope I can still be a classmate with him in university, but I don't know if I can pass the exam."

"You're so smart, there must be no problem."

When the two of them were talking, they happened to walk into the dining room, and suddenly a figure jumped out from the side, and immediately jumped on Gu Ran: "Xiao Ran!"

Gu Ran took a closer look: "Jia Jia!"

This person is Shen Jia who is figure skating next door: "I heard that you won a lot of gold medals in this competition!"

Gu Ran smiled: "It's not a lot, it's only five yuan."

"Versailles!"

Gu Ran asked: "I remember that you also just came back from a foreign competition, how are you doing, how many gold medals have you won?"

Shen Jia turned around and left: "I won't tell you anymore, I'll go get dinner."

Gu Ran followed up unwillingly: "Tell me, how many?"

He asked knowingly, and Shen Jia was so annoyed: "I only participated in the singles skating, how many can I have?"

Gu Ran said, "That's one."

Shen Jia pouted angrily: "I took the third place."

Gu Ran patted his head: "That's not bad, try harder next time, the champion will be yours sooner or later."

After the three of them finished their meal, they sat down at a nearby table.Shen Jia did not give up and said: "Based on your condition, if you come to practice figure skating a few years ago, you might really have a chance to win the championship."

Gu Ran was very happy, and deliberately teased him: "Is it still too late?"

Shen Jia said: "Didn't our coach Zhang say that? As long as you are willing to endure hardships, it's not too late."

Before Gu Ran could speak, Gao Ziyi on the other side smiled and said, "Don't fool him, when he has practiced your movements well, he should retire."

At this time, Chi Lang sat down with a plate: "Let's go out for a stroll tomorrow, it feels like I haven't had a holiday for a long time."

Gu Ran shook her head: "No, I want to study."

Chi Lang gnawed on a duck leg: "I know you are a top student, why don't you not start school now? Don't be in a hurry for these two days."

Gu Ran said: "There will be the World Championships next month. If you have time now, it's good to learn a little more."

Chi Lang was very speechless to him: "You are the best time management master I have ever seen."

Gu Ran sighed faintly: "The competition in society is fierce now, and all walks of life are seriously involved. Even early education has been involved. A disadvantaged group like me dare not not work hard."

"Huh?" Chi Lang looked at him in confusion: "You are already a world champion, but you are also a disadvantaged group."

Gu Ran took a sip of the soup slowly: "What's the matter with the world champions, don't you read the news? Many world champions will have problems making a living after retiring, so they have to set up street stalls and go to the bathhouse to give people a bath."

Chi Lang looked him up and down: "Then you don't have to worry, it should be quite profitable to scrub people like you when you grow up, just what kind of club is it?"

Gu Ran asked him: "Can your mind be healthier?"

Chi Lang gave him a malicious look: "I almost forgot, you are underage."

Gu Ran could not wait to put the soup bowl on his head: "Get lost!"

Seeing that the two of them were about to fight again, Gao Ziyi quickly persuaded the fight: "Okay, okay, let's eat first!"

At this moment, Gu Ran's cell phone rang, and it was Jiang Yan who called: "Come to eat at home tomorrow."

"Tomorrow..." Gu Ran was in a bit of a dilemma. First, he really wanted to hurry up and read a book. Second, he still wanted to see Cheng Sen when he didn't want to rest.

Jiang Yan couldn't help but say, "Yes, tomorrow. I've bought all the dishes, just the braised pork ribs, steamed sea bass, braised beans with eggplant, fried shrimp, pot-wrapped meat, and stewed chicken and mushrooms that you liked last time..."

Gu Ran glanced at the duck legs on the dinner plate, and suddenly felt that it was not delicious: "Okay! I will go there early tomorrow morning."