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

Ice fans who have followed this sport all the year round have seen hope for the future from a group of children with an average age of [-] or [-].

This night, the number of online users in the short track speed skating section of the Frozen Forum was unprecedentedly high, and new members registered continuously.

The posts discussed on the board were one after another, from the ages and figures of several athletes, from physical fitness to personal technical characteristics, and past competition results, specially made icons for analysis.

Chi Lang is strong and strong, and he is a violent and rough guy.Although the technology is rough, but the strength is enough.

Gao Ziyi has good stamina and solid basic skills, but his explosive power and ability to sustain a quick start are not as good.

Meng Yuqiao has outstanding skills and strong explosive power, but her stamina is not good, so she can only skate short distances, which is seriously biased.

Gu Ran has excellent body flexibility and balance, delicate technique, well-developed lower body muscles, strong explosive power, and straight buttocks, which is conducive to standing.With a slender figure and high flexibility, the key is that he is also smart and has a high skater quotient, and he can always make the most correct route choices on the court.

I don't know if I don't look at it, but I'm startled when I see it, isn't this a proper hexagonal warrior?Does he have any glaring weaknesses?

Of course, he also has shortcomings. His stamina is not very good, so he has not signed up for 1500 meters in the official competition until now.

After carefully checking the relevant information of Gu Ran on various official websites, people were surprised to find that it took him only three short years from the beginning of learning short track speed skating to becoming the champion of the world championships.

Participated in the National Short Track Speed ​​Skating Championships for the first time, champions of men's 500m and 1000m, 2000m mixed relay and men's 5000m relay

It was the first time to participate in the World Youth Short Track Speed ​​Skating Championships, winning the men's 500m and 1000m, the men's all-around, the 2000m mixed relay, and the men's 3000m relay, breaking the competition record four times.

It was the first time to participate in the Short Track Speed ​​Skating World Cup, winning the men's 500m and 1000m, the 2000m mixed relay and the men's 5000m relay.

It was the first time to participate in the World Short Track Speed ​​Skating Championships, and won the men's 500m champion, the 1000m runner-up, the men's all-around champion, the 2000m mixed relay, and the men's 5000m relay champion.

The only thing he is short of now is the Winter Olympic champion and world record.However, as long as he devotes himself to training, it will be a matter of time before he gets these two honors.

Then, another ice fan sent out a lot of high-definition pictures in one breath: "He is still very good-looking, the kind that can be debuted directly on a talent show."

"He was in the same school as me in his first year of high school. Everyone in the province of J knows what level our school is. Let me tell you a horror story. He didn't have much class in the first semester of high school. eighth."

"The class time in the next semester will add up to three months, and you will be directly admitted to the top three in the whole year."

"If he wasn't a sports student and sat in the classroom studying like us every day, it should be very easy to be the first in the grade."

Netizens were stunned after watching it, and expressed curiosity: "Which window did God close for him?"

"God built him a 360° panoramic glass house."

"I'm curious, what other hidden skills does he have that we haven't discovered?"

As a result, some people questioned: "Looking at his interview, his words are quite rude. Will this kind of genius look like idiots to others, and he must not be very popular."

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted a lot of rebuttals from netizens.Everyone didn't argue with him verbally, but directly posted pictures.

Gao Ziyi and Gu Ran were inseparable, Meng Yuqiao scratched Gu Ran's chin on the sidelines of the game, Liu Fei patted Gu Ran's helmet, senior sisters of the women's team pinched Gu Ran's face, Chi Lang and Gu Ran had the most physical interactions, sometimes hooking shoulders and backs , sometimes hug each other, sometimes fight each other.

"Is this called having a bad relationship with teammates? That's the way it is with brothers, let alone senior brothers."

"Not only that, the two coaches are also very kind to Gu Ran." Then there are a lot of pictures of Cheng Sen and Xu Qing hugging and celebrating with Xiao Ran.

"There are also these foreign athletes who are photographed chatting intimately with the Canadian player every time they compete, and the Americans who often come to congratulate Xiaoran after the game, even Yin Chanyu from the Korean team will shake hands with Xiaoran. "

"Who says he's not popular?"

Ice fans are discussing in full swing on the forum, and people who eat melons are purely watching the fun on social platforms.

#客滑太做说# This entry once soared to the first place in the hot search, with tens of millions of views.

Swiping through from top to bottom, the official account did not show that interview, but only showed clips of the competition and award ceremony.

Only the marketing account is keen on doing things, repeating that interview over and over again to gain popularity.

Below is the view of netizens:

"Gu Ran is awesome!!!"

"Interview with a ghost."

"Strong and handsome, and dare to say it."

"I like such athletes so much!"

"Weld Gu Ran to death in the interview booth."

"..."

Those who don't understand, like short track speed skating or not, are all carnival.Of course, this is a good thing. Short-track speed skating has become popular, and everyone has begun to try this sport.Although its rules are too complicated, it is difficult to tell whether a foul is not a foul, but this kind of fierce confrontation and frequent accidents seem to be really enjoyable.

Of course, with the heat, someone will take the rhythm.Like last time, Gu Ran's phrase "garbage should stay in the trash can" also caused discomfort to a few people.

"This statement only represents the views of the athletes themselves, not the country."

"I have never seen South Korea win the Winter Olympics gold medal like him."

"This is a question of quality. Athletes still read too little."

"..."

Then, suddenly, many of Gu Ran's classmates from elementary school to high school appeared on the Internet, and they slapped the keyboard man in the face who said "athletes read less and have low quality" with facts.

"I was in the same grade as him in elementary school, but in different classes. In my impression, in the six years of elementary school, he never passed the second grade exam. He has won all the awards you can think of for good students."

"We are in the same class in junior high school. Let's put it this way, his grades don't require the college entrance examination, and there are a lot of good schools scrambling to get it. The head teacher often says that he is Qingbei Miaozi."

"What a coincidence, we are in the same class now (in fact, we only spent a few days in class together), and he ranked first in the final exam last semester, more than 2 points higher than No.30."

"Although our school is not a key high school, but his grades, if he maintains his grades until the college entrance examination, there should be no university that he can't get into."

"..."

All of Gu Ran's social platform accounts are uniformly certified by the team. Except for some pictures and videos related to the game, he never shares his private life.

After returning to Beijing from the UK, just after getting off the plane, I clicked on Weibo, and my phone almost froze.Comments and private messages are simply unreadable. The number of fans has grown from tens of thousands before to more than 20 now.

In addition to Weibo, accounts on other social platforms are also constantly gaining followers, and the data looks as unreal as if they were bought.

Not only him, Gao Ziyi, Meng Yuqiao, Chi Lang... everyone's Weibo fans are increasing rapidly.

On the bus back to the apartment, Chi Lang stared at the phone and smirked: "Is this the happiness brought by traffic? It's really cool!"

"Hey hey, can I bring the goods after I retire?"

Meng Yuqiao was messed up with jet lag, and she was still sleepy, her eyes were closed: "Excellent."

Liu Fei asked him: "You're only 18 years old and you're thinking about retiring?"

Chi Lang said: "Prepare for a rainy day."

Gu Ran gave him a blank look from behind: "Illiterate."

Chi Lang turned around, leaned on the back of the seat and asked him: "Gu Xiaoran, just one World Championship will make your popularity soar, but if you win another three or five gold medals in the Winter Olympics, you will not be directly promoted to the top class. That’s right, let’s retire and debut.”

Gu Ran asked him: "Why should I retire?"

"Give us a chance."

"No!"

Yu Jie reminded: "Don't reply to netizens' private messages, comments and Weibo, pay attention to discipline."

The team members said they knew about it, so they just watched the excitement. After all, they were taught by the two coaches every day, and they were very happy to see so many people praising themselves on the Internet.

After returning to Beijing, Cheng Sen gave the players a few more days off because there would be no competition.

The whole team took advantage of this time to go home, only two people stayed.One is Gao Ziyi, and the other is Gu Ran.

Just in time, Jiang Yan called Gu Ran again at this time, asking him to come over for dinner tomorrow.

Gu Ran glanced at Gao Ziyi, and now there were only the two of them left on the second floor: "Master, otherwise, I won't go."

Jiang Yan asked, "Why?"

"Brother and I were the only ones in the team who didn't go home. I left, and he was the only one."

Jiang Yan thought he had encountered something serious, but it turned out that the little guy was reluctant to leave his senior brother behind: "Then come together, I just said it last time."

Gu Ran asked for Gao Ziyi's opinion before agreeing.

Cheng Sen left the first night, Xu Qing returned to Province C, Gao Ziyi and Gu Ran took the subway the next day.

Gao Ziyi asked him: "Why didn't Xiaoran go home during the holiday?"

Gu Ran shrugged: "I have class on Monday, I don't have much time to go to school, and I have to waste a few days going back, forget it!"

The whole team knows how self-disciplined he is. Every day is either training or reading and doing homework. The only time for leisure and entertainment is to play games with Chi Lang on Friday and Saturday nights.

Gu Ran asked again: "Senior brother doesn't have much time to go home throughout the year, right? This holiday is quite long, longer than the Spring Festival. Why didn't senior brother go back?"

Gao Ziyi smiled: "Forget it, it's too much tossing back and forth. You can rest in Beijing, and it's even more tiring to go home."

Until now, Gu Ran is not very clear about their family's situation, only knows that he will send money to the family every month, and then call his sister, telling her to study hard and not slack off.

Sometimes he would use Gu Ran to motivate his younger sister, saying that his teammates went to school while training, and their grades were particularly good.I want my sister to overcome difficulties and study hard.

With Xu Qing not around today, Cheng Sen seemed a lot quieter, while Gao Ziyi was always quiet and a bit reserved.So, Gu Ran was alone with his master and his mother, talking for a whole day.

During the period, while Jiang Yan was busy in the kitchen, Cheng Lan went to the balcony to take care of the flowers and plants.Gu Ran took a plate of pineapples and sat next to Cheng Sen: "Director Cheng, eat some fruit."

Cheng Sen took a toothpick and put it in his mouth, his teeth were almost sore: "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Gu Ran put the plate on the coffee table, and said, "I want to tell you about Lin Jiaxi."

Cheng Sen narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "Why do you care so much about a Canadian player?"

Gu Ran disagreed: "Although he is a Canadian player now, if we naturalize him, isn't he a Chinese player?"

"Besides, he was originally Chinese."

Cheng Sen corrected him: "He is Canadian."

Gu Ran said firmly: "If he has a sense of identity with his Chinese blood, then he is Chinese."

"Director Cheng, you said before that as long as he can get the top three in the World Championships, you will consider naturalizing him to the Chinese team. Now that he has won the silver medal and defeated Yin Canyu, should this matter also be put on the agenda?"

Cheng Sen half-closed his eyes and asked, "Where did you see him?"

Gu Ran gave him a breakdown of Lin Jiaxi's strengths, "He has good skills and is very motivated. You can see his progress every time he competes, and he has good endurance. I think he is a talent."

"Also," Gu Ran smiled, "I like his youthful aura. I think he will have a good time with us when he comes to the Chinese team."

Cheng Sen looked at Gao Ziyi on the other side: "What do you think?"

Gao Ziyi was stunned, he didn't expect Cheng Sen to ask his opinion.But since Gu Ran strongly recommends Lin Jiaxi, it means that this kid does have something special, and Gao Ziyi believes in Gu Ran's vision.

He has played against Lin Jiaxi several times, and has his own evaluation of him: "Generally speaking, he is a very good athlete with great potential, but he still lacks confidence on the field."

Gu Ran nodded in agreement: "I think it has something to do with the environment he is in now. To be honest, his teammates are not friendly to him, and he should be living in a very depressed way."

Cheng Sen sighed: "There's no way around it. Just think about it, if you have a teammate, a mixed-race teammate, and he suddenly tells you that he plans to go back to another country to represent that country in the competition, what will your attitude be. "

Gu Ran thought for a while: "Then I'm definitely not feeling well, but I respect his choice, it's his freedom."

"However, when it comes to the arena, everyone is in charge, and I will definitely not let him go."

These words were both objective and domineering, emotionally unacceptable, intellectually respecting the opponent's choice, and going all out on the field.

Cheng Sen liked his answer so much. To be precise, for Gu Ran, this child satisfied him in every aspect. Even if he was a little naughty, he still looked cute.

"Okay, we really need to hurry up on this matter. The National Skating Federation has a time limit for naturalized athletes to participate in the Winter Olympics."

Cheng Sen agreed, and went to discuss with Song Zhixin when he went to work on Monday.

Therefore, this matter was put on the agenda by Cheng Sen. Soon, Lin Jiaxi should be able to report to the national team smoothly. After working so hard for so long, Gu Ran can also feel relieved.

Went to the master's house for a day's meal, and on the weekend of the second day, Gu Ran stayed in her room to study obediently.

Before doing his homework, he opened the notes sent by Wei Yuening during the competition.I found a mistake or two in it.

A top student like Wei Yuening who scored 710 points in the final exam, even if he performed abnormally, sometimes made mistakes.

Gu Ran glanced at the time, it was exactly nine o'clock in the morning.The other party has always had a regular schedule, so he probably won't sleep in late.

So, he sent a video call to Wei Yuening.

Unexpectedly, when the call was connected, Wei Yuening was not wearing glasses, and looked sleepy.

Gu Ran usually made video calls with him, even though he was at home, but his state looked similar to what Gu Ran remembered when he was in school, with meticulous clothes and demeanor.

It's really rare to see something like this today.

Wei Yuening sat up from the bed: "Wait for a few minutes, I'll go wash my face."

With that said, he put down his phone and walked away.

Ten minutes later, Wei Yuening came back.Dressed neatly, with glasses on, sitting in front of the desk, he resumed his status as a top student, as bookish as ever.

Gu Ran smiled and said, "You also have time to sleep in."

Wei Yuening took the exercise book casually: "I didn't get enough sleep this week."

Gu Ran asked casually, "Did you suffer from insomnia?"

"No."

Gu Ran pointed out the two mistakes he found to Wei Yuening: "This must be a clerical error, right? The numbers before and after are inconsistent."

Wei Yuening frowned: "Maybe I was distracted and didn't pay attention."

"Huh?" Gu Ran seemed to have heard some great news, "Schoolmasters sometimes get distracted?"

"Didn't sleep well."

Gu Ran didn't sleep well again, Gu Ran was quite curious: "What are you doing at night, lighting up the lamp to read at night?"

Wei Yuening didn't show off at all: "Watch your game."

"Really?" As soon as he talked about watching his game, Gu Ran became energetic, "Whether I'm handsome or not, have you been conquered by my majestic and heroic appearance on the ice rink?"

"Yes." Wei Yuening smiled, and re-photographed the contents of the notebook for him, "It has been changed, take a look."

Gu Ran doesn't want to do the questions right now, so she just wants to ask Xueba if he has any unique perspectives in watching the game: "Any ideas?"

Wei Yuening thought for a while: "Friction, Newton's third law, momentum, low aerodynamics... what do you want to hear?"

Gu Ran asked: "Have you watched my game, which one do you think is the most exciting?"

Wei Yuening blurted out: "1000m final."

He chose a match where Gu Ran did not win the championship.Gu Ran was also a little surprised: "Please use physics knowledge to explain."

"It has nothing to do with physics. It is worth learning to simply appreciate the will and quality you showed in that game."

"I'll go!" Gu Ran sighed, "There are so many people on the Internet who praise me, I like your sentence the most."

"I know you pretty well." After speaking, Wei Yuening switched the screen to the exercises, "Come on, start doing the exercises."

Although Gu Ran didn't go home this holiday, Xu Mei didn't see her son for almost two months, and she really missed him.

It happened that Gu Changfeng was coming to Beijing for a business trip again, so she came with him.

Gu Ran went down to eat at noon, and was not surprised to see her parents at the entrance of the corridor.He called home, and his mother kept telling him to go back.

When he said he couldn't go back, his mother was silent for a moment and didn't say much, Gu Ran guessed that she would definitely come over.

Xu Mei caught sight of her son, went over and patted his head: "Baby, I've grown taller again."

Gu Ran couldn't go out in her sportswear, so she went upstairs and changed.Every time my mother sees the environment of the apartment, she feels a little emotional.

As soon as his son was born, he was the treasure held by the whole family in the palm of his hand, with food and shelter, and what was not the best.

The environment in the apartment building is very different from that at home, and her son never complained on the phone.

Gu Ran first took out his medal to show off to his parents: "Look, I am now a serious world champion."

Gu Changfeng smiled and said, "We watched all your games."

Gu Ran asked: "Is your blood boiling?"

"Your mother didn't dare to look at you when you fell, and later said that your skates were broken. Your mother was afraid that you would be injured, so she almost booked a flight to the UK overnight."

Gu Ran hugged her mother's shoulder: "Don't worry, nothing happened."

Xu Mei just held his face and smiled softly.

How can I feel relieved? I haven't felt relieved even a day.I miss him every day, and when I see him fall on TV, my heart aches.

In the afternoon, Gu Changfeng had work, so Gu Ran walked around with his mother.

Xu Meifei said that his clothes were too short to buy him new ones, and Gu Ran didn't usually go out, so how could he have the opportunity to wear these clothes.

But his mother wanted to buy it, and he couldn't stop it.

The mother and son walked around the mall, and were recognized in a sports brand store!