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

So, the next two laps passed without incident.

Gao Ziyi was still in the first place, and Jin Xuzhe racked his brains to overtake him, but he didn't.

So, at the last corner of lap No. 11, Gu Ran suddenly had a strong premonition—the person behind him was about to move.

At this moment, he took the lead in making a decision, began to kick on the ice to pick up speed, and immediately cut to the outer lane.

Zheng Minyu in the back was even stunned for a moment, and didn't even realize it. Is this a coincidence, or that person has the ability to predict.

If not, then it can only mean that the Chinese player in front has accurately judged his intention.

This is really an interesting thing.

He is 16 years old this year, participating in the World Youth Championship for the first time, and he is considered a rookie who has just debuted.

The coach said that he already has a world-class level and is excellent in all aspects. In addition, for the first time in the competition, other players do not know him, so he can be caught by surprise on the field.

And he, before the game, had a good understanding of the opponents he was interested in, including this Chinese athlete named Gu Ran.

Gu Ran doesn't have such rich inner activities as him.

He now has to make a choice, whether to surpass Gao Ziyi in one go and rank first, or just behind Gao Ziyi and secure his position for him.

However, his opponent did not give him time and opportunity to hesitate, but helped him make a choice.

Gu Ran only felt a gust of wind blowing around him, and the person who was originally behind him had already rushed up.

This person's ability to accelerate in the middle of the game is so strong! ! !

At that moment, Gu Ran only had this sentence in his mind.

He didn't have time to think about it, and instinctively chased after that figure, and after just one bend, he and Zheng Minyu came to the top two positions one after the other.

The other players didn't even realize what was going on. The two guys who were still at the end of the crane [-] laps before, came to the front in the blink of an eye.

Gao Ziyi reacted quickly and blocked Jin Xuzhe with his body, preventing him from going up to cause trouble for Gu Ran.

Although Gu Ran was consciously maintaining his physical strength in the first eleven laps of the race, everyone's speed was very fast. If he wanted not to fall behind, he had to maintain a certain skating speed.

In addition, he is not a player who is good at endurance, and now his physical fitness has declined significantly.

However, a brand new and powerful opponent was right in front of him, how could he easily admit defeat?

He has never competed with Yin Canyu in the 1500 meters, so I don't know what level he is in this event.However, this Zheng Minyu in front of him will definitely not be simple in the future.

The point is that he is the same age as himself, and he is also 16 years old this year.

According to Gu Ran's judgment, within a year, this Zheng Minyu's level must be higher than his predecessors.

There was only one lap left in the race, countless thoughts flashed through Gu Ran's mind, and in the end they all disappeared. There was only one thought left in his mind - to catch up, to catch up!

At the penultimate corner, he wanted to take advantage of the moment when he exited the corner to continue to overtake from the outer lane.

However, the other party also saw through his intentions, and he stepped forward in two or three steps, while the other party also continued to step on the ice alternately. The key point is that the route was well closed, and there was no room for him to surpass.

Gu Ran didn't give up, and came back at the next corner.This is the last corner of the race, the opponent is no longer stuck in the route, but is preparing for the final sprint.

The shouts in the stands were deafening, they shouted the same name in unison, and the rhythm became faster and faster.

Even if Gu Ran couldn't understand Korean, she knew it was Zheng Minyu's name.

Such a huge home court does give people a strong sense of oppression. Small players with poor psychological quality may relax at the last moment and give up the championship.

But Chinese teenagers who want to be strong all their lives don't take this kind of trick. The more arrogant the Korean audience is, the more they feel that they have already won the gold medal, and the more he wants to slap them in the face and shatter their dreams.

When going out of the corner, because Zheng Minyu was no longer stuck in his position, Gu Ran had almost reached the position shoulder to shoulder with him.

At the last moment, what everyone is comparing is whose legs are longer.Gu Ran is now over 1.8 meters tall, and her long legs are not just for display.He had shown Shen Jia a split horse, and if necessary, he could use it on the field.

This time he crossed the line, he really didn't care about anything, and stretched his legs forward desperately.

The shouts of the audience stopped abruptly, and the entire ice skating hall fell silent in an instant.

The celebration scene that everyone was looking forward to did not appear. Instead, the Chinese raised their hands high to celebrate the victory.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, even showing a look of bewilderment or doubt.

In fact, at the last second, they only saw two people gliding side by side. As for who crossed the line first, it was really difficult to tell with the naked eye.

However, the moment the game ended, the Chinese raised their hands?Is he celebrating No.2, or did he really win the championship?

Fortunately, the referee didn't intend to watch the replay, and the final score was displayed directly on the big screen. No.1, Chinese team, Gu Ran, 2:19.

No.2, Korean team, Zheng Minyu, 2 minutes 19 seconds 236.

The gap of 0.07 seconds caused the Koreans to lose the championship at the last moment.

Zheng Minyu's expression was tense, and he stared at the results on the big screen without blinking.

His eyes were wide open, as if he couldn't believe what he saw.

He has won all the 1500-meter gold medals in domestic competitions, big and small. Not only the head coach of the national team appreciates him, but even his idol Yin Canyu praises him for his extraordinary talent.

The World Youth Championship was just a platform for him to make his debut. He imagined countless times to win the championship as a genius boy and break the tournament record.Overnight, all media in South Korea reported his gold medal, and all short track speed skating lovers began to talk about his name.

However, in the end he only got a silver medal.

He lost, and he lost so unwillingly.

He immediately began to reflect that he should start up earlier and leave the Chinese far behind, so that he would not steal the limelight.

Gu Ran tilted his head and looked at the Korean, which was very interesting. There was a tooth mark on his lower lip, which was bitten out by himself.His eyes were wide open, as if he was about to cry in the next second.

To be honest, even though he is Korean, his desire to win is quite admirable.

At this time, Gao Ziyi pulled Gu Ran from behind: "What are you looking at?"

Gu Ran smiled, turned around and gave her brother a hug.Gao Ziyi gently patted his helmet twice: "I won the championship in the 1500-meter race for the first time, congratulations!"

Gu Ran smiled happily: "Thank you, brother!"

Gao Ziyi chuckled lightly: "Thank you for what?"

Gu Ran said, "Thank you brother for protecting me."

Gao Ziyi bumped his helmet with his helmet: "I said earlier, even if you slip in front, I will protect you."

Gu Ran hugged him and refused to let go, hanging on him like a fool: "Brother is so kind, so kind!"

"Okay, okay, let's go out first." Gao Ziyi pushed his shoulder again, "If you don't leave, the referee is going to come and chase people away."

This is the last game tonight, the referee will not come over to chase people away.But then there is the award ceremony, and they have to hurry to change clothes.

As soon as Gu Ran walked to the coach's bench, Chi Lang grabbed his shoulders and said, "It's amazing, I won the championship in the 1500-meter race for the first time."

Gu Ran took another look at her grades: "This grade is not as good as when I was training."

Gao Ziyi said: "This ice surface is not in good condition, and the results are likely to be unstable."

Someone next to him said, "Indeed, many people fell down."

It was getting late, and the award ceremony was about to begin. The coach urged them to change clothes.

Gu Ran took a quick shower, changed her clothes and came out after a shower.Gao Ziyi was slower than him, so he stood in the corridor outside the dressing room and waited.

At this time, someone came over from the other end of the corridor.

At the other end is the women's locker room, and the ones coming must be members of the women's team from some country.

Gu Ran just glanced at WeChat, there was news about Lin Jiaxi, who was watching the live broadcast of the game, and immediately sent him a message to congratulate him when he saw him winning the championship.

Gu Ran just typed "Thank you", pressed the send button, and when she looked up, there was someone standing in front of her.

Gu Ran was startled, and subconsciously wanted to back away.But there is a wall behind him, and there is no way to retreat.

Standing in front of him was a girl, a very beautiful girl, her brows were stretched a lot compared to the last time he saw her, and she was even more charming.

However, Gu Ran always had half of her face that was swollen after being slapped by someone in Gu Ran's mind, and she could even remember those finger prints clearly.

Like him, Cui Zhien is at the dominant level in the women's 500m event at the World Youth Championships.

When it came to the youth team, those so-called seniors from last year were not worth mentioning in front of her now, and they didn't dare to overwhelm her again.

She looked at Gu Ran, and Gu Ran also stared at her.The two stared at each other without saying a word.

When Gao Ziyi came out of the dressing room, he saw such a scene.

Cui Zhien probably saw someone coming, so he quickly took something from his backpack and stuffed it into Gu Ran's hand.

Gu Ran didn't even see what it was, so she quickly waved her hand, expressing that she didn't want it.

Cui Zhien couldn't help but put something into his hand, said thank you in English, turned and ran away.

"???"

Gao Ziyi asked Gu Ran curiously: "Why does she thank you?"

Gu Ran also looked blank: "I don't know."

Gao Ziyi suddenly smiled inexplicably: "We can't let Chi Lang know about this."

Gu Ran asked: "Why?"

Gao Ziyi smiled and said: "In two days, the whole team will know that the beautiful Korean girl gave you a gift."

"..."

Thinking about it carefully, this is indeed something Chi Lang can do.

Gu Ran glanced at the things in his hand, only to realize that it turned out to be a cartoon lunch box, small and delicate, through the translucent lunch box, he could see two... rice balls wrapped in seaweed? ? ?

Gu Ran glanced at the time, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening.He snorted: "Isn't she a part-time delivery man?"

The two walked out, and halfway through, Gu Ran suddenly remembered: "I know why she brought me supper?"

Gao Ziyi asked casually, "Why?"

Gu Ran said: "One time during a game, she was slapped by a teammate and she hid herself crying. I bumped into her, and I gave him a pack of napkins."

Gao Ziyi smiled and said, "Perhaps, she simply likes you?"

Gu Ran twitched the corners of her mouth, and smiled on the surface: "But I don't like her."

"Is she not good? She is very strong and good-looking."

"Indeed," Gu Ran nodded, and said seriously, "But my mother said, you can't fall in love early!"

Gao Ziyi was almost dying of laughter, and rubbed his hair: "I almost forgot, our little brother is a baby boy."

Gu Ran said: "It must be!"

When they returned to the scene, the women's team awards ceremony was about to begin.

Chi Lang saw the thing in his hand at a glance, and asked suspiciously: "What is this?"

Gu Ran waved the lunch box in front of his eyes: "I ordered a takeaway."

Chi Lang looked shocked: "What takeaway, was it delivered here?"

Gu Ran said, "None of your business."

Soon it was time for the two of them to take the stage to receive the awards. Gu Ran won two gold medals in one breath and raised the national flag twice.

The Korean ice fans in the stands probably didn't want to see him, and Gu Ran felt that there were a lot fewer people suddenly.

However, the more they couldn't afford to lose, the more Gu Ran could feel the sense of accomplishment after winning the championship.

It wasn't that there were no audiences in the stands. Gu Ran walked all the way, and heard many female audiences laughing and whispering.

Although he couldn't understand Korean, it was not difficult to see from their eyes and expressions that they were talking about him.

After the awards ceremony was over, that Cui Zhien ran straight towards him again.

Gu Ran wanted to hide, but Miss Cui saw him right away.Holding up the phone to ask him to read the words on it, Chi Lang leaned his head over to take a look.

The girl used a translation software to tell him not to forget to return the lunch box.

Just in time, Gu Ran handed over the lunch box: "I'll pay you back now."

The girl still had a smile on her face when she ran over just now, she immediately sank when she saw his actions, and buried her head in the translation software to type a line: "Is it okay to make friends?"

The girl was very sincere, which made Gu Ran quite embarrassed.

He really didn't want to make friends with a Korean, even though the Korean didn't do anything excessive to the girls of the Chinese team during the game.

However, in Gu Ran's heart, there is such a clear distinction.Since she is Korean, they are rivals on the court, and there is no need to be friends off the court.

To save myself from feeling guilty towards her when I hate other Korean players.

Gu Ran didn't answer, but pushed the lunch box firmly.

The author has something to say: Gu Xiaoran: No way, it's just so straightforward!