17 years on ice [figure skating]

◎His memories and scars on his body are not allowed to be forgotten. ◎

-[Lu Xi participated in the Four Continents Competition? 】

-【Does he have quadruples now? 】

-[He is the only one of the four continents. It feels like both DC and gzx will maintain their strength for next year's Olympics, so give him four continents to warm up.It would be too pitiful if there had been no competition. 】

-[Go upstairs, Xiaoxi doesn't need your pity. 】

-[Then you put a video of him jumping around? From 19 to now, the best result is 3Lz, right? 】

After Lu Xi announced his participation in the Four Continents Competition, it immediately became the hottest topic on the ice fan forum. Facts have proved that without the navy that Bao Zhongjie found, he is still the most topical player on the forum, not one of them.

It may be that he has been away from the arena for too long, and the topic level has been sluggish for too long, and now Lucy's concentration is retaliating on the Internet.

At a glance, post bars, microblogs, forums, and the front pages are all screenshots of the promotional image of the men's singles list, all of which are "Lu Xi".

Everyone was discussing Lu Xi's status, guessing whether he was making up the numbers or really going to come back.

Everyone expects the latter, but the view is biased towards the former.

As for which one it is—

"Xiaoxi, are you sure you want to go to the Four Continents Competition?" Chen Qidi asked countless times.

"Sure." Lu Xi lowered his waist up and down on the crossbar in the dance classroom, "I have all dances lined up."

"It can be saved until next year." Chen Qi said hesitantly, "The main reason is that your current state...is not very stable, and the team doctor still thinks it may be risky after evaluating it."

Lu Xi straightened up, looked at Chen Qi thoughtfully for a while, and said, "If it was absolutely impossible, you wouldn't be here to persuade me, would you?"

Chen Qi: "..."

Chen Qi: "Yes."

If it doesn't work at all, the team will stop Lu Xi as desperately as possible, instead of asking Chen Qi to persuade him.

"So I want to go." Lucy said, "Because next year is the Olympics, and I'm an athlete."

For any athlete, no matter what event or nationality, the Olympic Games must be the highest pursuit.

The quadrennial stage, the opportunity to be seen by sports audiences all over the world—whether it is the audience of this event or not, the opportunity to represent the motherland, and the supremacy of the Olympics itself in the sports industry, all make the "Olympic Games" A holy place for athletes.

Not to mention the Olympic Games held in the motherland.

If the comminuted fracture hadn't happened last year, Lu Xi, who just turned 2022 in 21, would be one of the most powerful gold medal contenders in men's singles. He won the World Championships before he was 18, and he is competitive at the genius level. , but no matter which faction of ice fans it is now, when it comes to the gold medal contenders for next year's Winter Olympics, they will sigh with regret and put Lucy's name out of the shortlist.

But Lucy himself did not give up.

As long as he can defeat Gao Zhuoxiao, he must at least go to the Winter Olympics. As long as he can defeat one more person, he must improve his ranking. This is Lu Xi's policy.

It all starts with this year's Four Continents.

Chen Qi really wanted to persuade Lu Xi not to go. He was worried about Lu Xi's body, and he was also afraid that if he did not perform well, his mentality would be even more unbalanced. It would be a big deal if he changed from a champion candidate to a mediocre dozen hit.

But Chen Qi knew better that after Lu Xi made such a statement, no one could persuade him.

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So before the start of the Four Continents Competition, Lu Xi was dragged by Chen Qi to burn incense.

In the temple with the most incense in the city, it is said that on the most spiritual day, there are so many people burning incense and praying for blessings that Lucy is almost squeezed into pieces.

"No, isn't this a bit superstitious?" Lu Xi said puzzledly when Chen Qi kowtowed in front of the incense burner, "I'm an atheist."

"Shut up and kneel down." Chen Qi showed a rare domineering coaching demeanor, "I will burn incense every time before your game from now on."

Lucy:"……"

Lu Xi obediently knelt down in front of the futon.

At that time, he was not quite convinced, but Chen Qi held three incense sticks and worshiped devoutly in front of the Buddha statue, still chanting words.Lucy heard clearly what he said:

"Let us Xiaoxi be healthy and healthy, I beg the Buddha."

"Let Xiaoxi not get hurt, be happy."

"Amitabha, thank you Buddha, thank you Bodhisattva."

After hearing this, Lu Xi stared at Chen Qi in a daze for a while, then obediently bowed down in front of the Buddha statue.

-

half a month later.

The United States, Angeles City, the opening of the Four Continents.

In this year's Four Continents Competition, although outstanding players such as Asano Subaru and Kim Byung-kwon participated in the competition, all the limelight was taken away by one player, that is, the former world champion, Lucy, who had been away from the top competition for nearly two years due to injury.

From the moment he arrived in Angel City, Lu Xi followed a lot of microphones almost everywhere he went. Everyone wanted to interview him, some were curious, some cared, and some wanted to watch the excitement.

Lucy declined any interviews.

Later, Chen Qi arranged two accompanying bodyguards for Lu Xi (pretending to be the team doctor), and when he saw the microphone coming, he pulled it away.

Two days later, the men's singles competition officially started. Because Lu Xi had no points for a year, his world ranking dropped a lot, and he could only play in the third group.

After the player came on the field, he began to change his shoes and huddled in the team locker room. Chen Qi, Deng Chang, Cui Xiao and the others guarded him, as well as Zhou Yuanxi, reporter Zhou.

As a mature sports reporter, Reporter Zhou is very familiar with the tricks of reporters, so he successfully identified a bunch of unscrupulous reporters who pretended to be ice fans and wanted to talk to Lucy. Now Reporter Zhou is guarding the door of the locker room. In case there is a camera sneaking up.

Lucy has changed into Costen. He hasn't worn the new set this year, and he feels a little emotional when he puts it on.This time the suit was a black base with a striking trim of dark blue, as blue as sea water, as blue as tears.

The makeup artist is doing makeup for Lucy. Lucy seldom puts on such heavy makeup. Because it's the comeback match, he wants to make it more grand.

Then there was a change of ice skates. When I came here, I was wearing very thick wool socks, but after changing the ice skates, Lu Xi used to wear only one kind of socks. During the process of taking off and changing socks, you can clearly see that there is a scar left on the outside of his right ankle. The scars are the marks left after he removed the steel nails last month.

The steel nail stayed in the body for a year and a half. Originally, Lucy wanted to wait until the end of the Winter Olympics to take it out. During this period of time, his body remained in a relatively stable state, but the doctor said that would be bad for his health, so he took it out this season. .

Deng Chang leaned over and gently pressed the scar with his fingers. Lu Xi had returned to his slender figure at the peak, and even because of the recent hard training, his body fat percentage had reached the lowest point ever, and even the muscles and bones of his ankles were stretched. All stand out clearly.

The scar was between the tendons and bones, and it felt like a thorn.

Deng Chang was a little relieved.

More distressed.

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While waiting, Lu Xi didn't say anything and was very quiet. He hadn't sat in this place for a while, looking at his phone and wondering what he was thinking. Deng Chang leaned over and found that he was watching his previous mixed cut.

In the past two years, Lu Xi has never dared to look at his previous mixed cuts.

After a while, the third group of players appeared.Because of Lu Xi's existence, the whole group received attention and warm cheers that they would never have received normally.Soon under everyone's anticipation and nervous gaze, Lucy took the stage.

-

This is Lucy's first appearance on the field after his second fracture.

It's hard for him to describe his current mood, excited, a little bit, but he can't put it into words.He's back at last, but he shouldn't have left in the first place.

For an athlete of his age, the grind of two consecutive career restarts was almost devastating.

On the ice rink, Lu Xi wore a performance costume with a black background, with a sea-blue decoration diagonally drawn from his left shoulder to his right hip.He put on makeup today, with broken diamonds dotted under his eyes, and the beauty of indistinguishable teardrops.He seemed to be thinner than before the injury, but his eyes were brighter and firmer than usual, with a fragile beauty that could be blown apart by a gust of wind.

This short program is not so much for the referee and the audience as he is for himself.

He had it all and lost it all in a flash, from the genius, to the desperate teenager who thought he would never skate again, to the clumsy average athlete who tried to jump again and again.He still remembers saying "I want to be the world's number one men's singles" when he was 16 years old. He used to be so close to this goal, but now it seems very far away.

Lu Xi even felt dazed sometimes. Is he really the men's singles player who won the world championship and collected all quadruple jumps?Why is 3A so difficult now?

According to the arranger teacher, this piece of music is too realistic and inappropriate.But Lucy insisted.

His memories and the scars on his body do not allow him to forget, so there must be something to remember all of these in skating where he pours all his enthusiasm.

Lucy stopped in the arena, posing for the beginning of the show.Standing upright with his right foot on the back of his left foot, he crossed his hands and embraced his shoulders. The light and shadow fell on his face, like a long scar cutting the present and the past.

Lucy looked down at the ice, and the broken diamonds were like glistening teardrops.

On the domestic sports channel, the female commentator's voice sounded:

"Contestant Lu Xi, the former gold medalist of the World Championships, after experiencing a comminuted fracture, after a long recovery period, he overcame both physical and psychological obstacles. He finally returned to the Four Continents. No matter how he performed, he showed The sportsmanship and love for figure skating are worthy of our admiration. Next, let us enjoy Lu Xi's new program together."

"Short program track, PorUnaCabeza, Chinese translation "One Step Away"."