17 years on ice [figure skating]

◎The next contestant to appear is Deng Chang. ◎

Not long after, the grand prix free skating and the men's singles competition officially started.

The ice surface is a natural spotlight, and the audience's sights will naturally gather here.

The first to appear was Gilles, who ranked fifth after the short program.

There is a saying in ice fan forums about Jayers that "the third place in the world is because of too many thoughts." He said that he is the third in the world, but in terms of actual performance, he is far behind Chisato Orihara and Varichenko. A small but definite difference.

To put it simply, in the past Olympic cycle, the championship was basically won by Orihara and Laowa in turn, and Geers' third place was won by various second and third places.

Ice fans always see only one side of the player, and there are also many biases. For example, some people really think that Lucy is arrogant, which is not right.

But it is quite appropriate to say that Geers "thinks too much". This person has so many thoughts on his face that he can't wait to walk out of his pocket, so naturally he can't focus on training itself. In the past two years Grades are still going down.But when it comes to talent and strength, Giles still has both, because even so, his ranking is still barely stuck at No. [-] in the world.

This time, Giles is wearing a pure black Costen with a little feather-like decoration on the shoulder sleeves. His free skating track is "Swan Lake".

In fact, from an aesthetic point of view, it would be better to add a few more feathers, but points will be deducted if the feathers fall during the sliding stage, so I can only make this simple decoration.

"Swan Lake" is one of the most commonly used accompaniments for figure skating. Because of its light and soft tonality, more light and agile female players will choose it. However, Jayers also skipped the little swan in this free skating. The theme is directly "Black Swan".

"His free skate is pretty good," Lucy said.

After watching the four continents and the Grand Prix, he gave such an evaluation objectively.

Then I thought to myself very harshly, after all, to a certain extent, Black Swan's painting style is similar to that of Giles, and he can be regarded as acting in his true colors.

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When the music starts, Giles uses his left foot as the axis, and at the same time lowers his waist, opens his hands like wings, and rotates his body for a circle.

The specialty of Jayers lies in flexibility. Male athletes will have a sharp drop in soft opening as they get older, but Jayers' flexibility still maintains a very strong level. The Yan-style balanced leg opening can reach more than 120 degrees , and even do bowed turns.

Therefore, he usually chooses songs in a feminine style to maximize the advantages of his physical condition.

The first jump was 3A followed by 3T, landing on the ice lightly.

The second jump of 4F landed perfectly on the ice.

At the beginning of Giles' third jump, Lucy was in no mood to watch, because the free skating lasted for more than four minutes, plus two or three minutes for scoring, which was a full play, and there were still 3 minutes left.

After 7 minutes, the next player will appear.

The next player to appear is Deng Chang.

In the waiting area, Deng Chang is pressing his legs sideways. He is squatting deeply, his right leg is stretched out to the right, his heel is on the ground, and he is touching the ground with the tip of the knife sheath, while his left foot is touching the ground with the tip of the knife, and his center of gravity is completely on the ground. These two points are very difficult movements.

Deng Chang had already changed into his competition uniform, and he had already put on his makeup. However, male contestants usually don't wear makeup, they just do their hairstyle and adjust their skin tone if necessary, but Deng Chang and Lu Xi didn't need this.

When Lu Xi stood on the sidelines and looked at him, he also subconsciously did a few small warm-up movements such as raising his legs high. He couldn't stop thinking about warming up anytime and anywhere, which felt like an occupational disease of athletes.

Because it is a very high-level competition like the Grand Prix, there are also cameras in the backcourt to capture the game fragments, which will be used as commemorative discs or documentaries in the future, and the cameraman just came to capture such a scene.

Deng Chang was pressing his leg sideways, and Lu Xi was standing next to him, one foot was on the ground, the other was on the tiptoe, pressing his wrist and moving his neck. Both of them were looking at each other, but they didn't speak. This is a very rare scene.

Because they are all wearing competition uniforms, and the figure skating competition uniforms are very slim, so Deng Chang's long legs, Lu Xi's small waist and slender neck are quite eye-catching. The photographer even adjusted the camera position to ensure that I can take better pictures.

When the game of Gilles was about to end, Chen Qi came over and broke the silence. Deng Chang stood up, and before leaving, Lu Xi reached out to him. Deng Chang understood and gave him a high-five.

Wearing gloves on both sides, Lucy inexplicably felt something hard on Deng Chang's palm.

There is a rope loop at the cuff of the contestant’s Kosten that can be put on the finger to prevent the sleeve from sliding down due to too much movement during the game and affect the appearance. Wear gloves after the finger is caught.

Lu Xi thought to himself that the rope ring should be the reason for it. After all, it was impossible for Deng Chang to bring any hidden weapon on the ice, so he didn't think about it.

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Going to the side of the ice rink, seeing Jayers' annoyed face, Lucy asked the next person to find out that it was supposed to be a perfect program, but Jayers made a mistake in the Dalian Hell Jump at the end, and in the end he only got the With 192.1 points, the total score of 285 is basically out of the competition in the Grand Prix.

The second one to appear is Deng Chang.

The song selected for Deng Chang's free skating this year is "Moonlight". The rhythm of the music is quite slow, but in fact this is a very intense program.

The three emotional changes in the performance are addiction-chasing-longing that cannot be obtained. At that time, Lu Xi was surprised when he heard the explanation of choreographer Jiang Han.

He wondered if Deng Chang's wooden character could really perform such a complicated show?

You know, it's much easier to express your emotions than to express your emotions to others, let alone such emotions that vary greatly and are very strong.

Surprisingly, Deng Chang did a particularly good job, and his artistic score has been high this season.

But because of developmental problems, the difficulty of jumping was forced to be lowered, so I couldn't get the top score.

In the middle of the ice, Deng Chang set up his starting position and was ready to start the competition.

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"Moonlight Sonata" is a very famous piano piece. The slowly flowing music is like a poem, and Deng Chang's person on the ice is like a ray of moonlight flowing.

Players who are close to or more than 1.8 meters tall can easily feel heavy on the ice because they are too big, and they are not suitable for too light performances, but this law does not apply to Deng Chang.

He is still relatively slender overall, and belongs to the type that does not show his stature. He is usually at a disadvantage, but he is very coordinated on the ice.

The starting hand is 3A, and most players will put 3A in the first two jumps. When Deng Chang took off, Lu Xi knew it was there, and the familiar light jumping feeling returned.

Since he was ten years old, Lu Xi has liked to watch Deng Chang's jumps. It feels high, floating and far away, as if people are really flying. In fact, there are many top jumping masters in actual combat, but Lu Xi likes Deng Chang's taste.

It sounds silly to say that a person's jumping movements are fresh and juvenile, but Deng Chang really gave Lu Xi this feeling.

Including the look in the eyes before take-off, the clear clavicle when the center of gravity is pressed down, and the slender fingers with well-defined knuckles that others can't see on TV because the camera won't show it.

A few days ago, I felt that Deng Chang was nervous. From the state of jumping, I could see that this time he was not nervous again for some reason.

"Moonlight" expresses the love that the performers fall in love with when they look at the moonlight, and the hard work of getting what they want. Deng Chang's posture on the ice is very beautiful.

He stretched out his arms in a gesture of opening and closing, as if to embrace the moonlight, and then carefully retracted his arms, as if he didn't dare to show his thoughts to anyone.

There were two jumps interspersed in the process, and the quality of the completion was so high that Lucy was even shocked.Is this the same Deng Chang who couldn't find his status yesterday?

Before entering the second section, Deng Chang increased his sliding speed to the maximum, turned his body neatly, and lowered his center of gravity.

The last jump in the first half was the most difficult 4F he mastered. He touched the ice with his left foot and took off again, 4F+3T.

When the second jump landed, Lu Xi's eyes widened suddenly. Deng Chang obviously wanted to jump again, which was the most difficult jump he had mastered so far.

4F+3T+3T.

Because the landing on the ice was not very stable, Deng Chang landed on the second jump and braked the ice with the teeth of a knife. While stabilizing his figure, the landing speed was infinitely close to zero. If the speed is too low, the success rate of take-off will decrease, but Deng Chang did not Without hesitation, he touched the ice again with his left foot and took off.

Lucy held his breath subconsciously, twisting his hands together as if praying.