17 years on ice [figure skating]

◎I thought about it briefly. ◎

Bao Zhongjie, Lin Yingsu and the others were dumbfounded.

With an expression of a winner, Chen Qi crossed his legs and leaned on the stool, shrugging his shoulders, which meant:

You see, what I said.

"Xiao Xi, you should have thought it through." Bao Zhongjie said with a serious expression, "You usually have a low success rate in the hook four. If something goes wrong on the court, this year's World Championships may be lost."

"Then I want to try it too." Lucy said, "Anyway, sooner or later, the difficulty will be up, why can't it be this time?"

"You are already under great pressure from public opinion. If you make further mistakes..." Bao Zhongjie hesitated to speak, leaving countless room for imagination.

"Baotou, let Xiaoxi do it for him if he wants to." Chen Qi said, "I've said it at your own risk, so let him do it. Anyway, there is Deng Chang."

Although Chen Qi spoke harshly, he actually turned to Lu Xi.

The tone hurt Lu Xi's words, which made Bao Zhongjie feel comfortable, and finally let Lu Xi report the 4Lz smoothly.

Lu Xi came down and asked Deng Chang: "Is it too reckless for me to report this 4Lz?"

"Do what you want, you are so young." Deng Chang said.

Lucy was delighted to hear him say this: "It sounds like you are very old."

At that time, the two of them were walking towards the cafeteria. When the sun went down, a beautiful spot of light was reflected on Deng Chang's shoulders.Deng Chang narrowed his eyes and looked at the sunset and said, "I have always envied your aggressiveness."

"Huh?" Lucy was taken aback.

"You gave me a lot of courage." Deng Chang said again.

Lucy blushed, and pushed him on the shoulder: "Why are you talking about this, I'm ashamed of being so ignorant."

Deng Chang smiled and said nothing.

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After the athletes' movements are reported, they will be announced on the official website of the ISU (International Skating Union) before the start of the competition.

Early in the morning, a true love ice fan posted the difficult movements reported by each player on the post bar and forum. The two most eye-catching people were Lao Wa and Lu Xi.

-[Lao Wa has reached the full difficulty level this time, so he really wants this gold medal. 】

-【After all, playing at home, don't really plan to retire, it's a swan song. 】

-[Lu Xi reported 4Lz?Am I wrong? 】

- [If it is done, Lu Xi will be the third player to perform all quadruple jumps in one competition, the first two being Lao Wa and Orihara. 】

-[Lu Xi's 4Lz success rate is not high, is it possible to win a bronze medal in the grand prix?Can you learn from Deng Chang? 】

- [Our cubs love to fight and rush like this, thank you for your concern. 】

Before the start of the competition, the contestants would not spend any time on social media, at least neither Lu Xi nor Deng Chang.

Except for the account operation recording some training screens and sending them to the video account, before the World Championships, they had no further news.

Not to mention ice fans, even players from other countries have no chance to meet Lucy.

Asano Subaru wanted to talk to Lucy, but he couldn't find anyone for two days.

There was a little boy who entered the World Championships for the first time. He liked Lu Xi very much and wanted to ask him for an autograph, but he couldn't get it. The depressed people all fainted.

Because the eating and training times of players from different countries were staggered, and Lu Xi stayed in the hotel room all the time outside of eating and training.

Either take a break, or practice dancing, or do some land jumping exercises or something.

Everyone can see the pressure on Lucy from the new difficulty.

Although he usually put on a sullen face and pretended to be cold, he talked a lot in front of Deng Chang, and he didn't even talk to Deng Chang much these days.

Every day, the coaching staff sees two contestants, one on the left and the other on the right, pressing their legs uniformly on the yoga mat.

The days before the competition passed quickly, and it was the day of the short program in a blink of an eye.

This time, Lucy appeared in the penultimate group of the short program. The first place in the penultimate group was drawn by lottery. The other contestants in the group fainted from crying, because Lucy is a player who can compete for medals. He was the first to enter. The people behind will definitely be under pressure.

Lucy jumped very well in this short program, with a final score of 105.2. This score has remained in the first place until the last place in the group stage, when Valchenko appeared.

When I saw Varichenko Lucy, I thought, maybe he is really planning to retire.

Because Lao Wa even changed his performance costumes, and even changed into a brand new hairstyle.

Usually, players will not change their appearance in a season, because a set of Kosten also costs a lot of money.

Previously, Lao Wa’s short program outfit was a white shirt and black trousers, but at the Moscow station, he changed into a wine red satin shirt, black trousers, and his hair was done back, perfectly showing his deep and elegant facial features.

If the previous Lao Wa looked like a gentleman attending a party, this wine red shirt is more aura when worn on his body. He is like the handsome and elegant owner of the manor, welcoming the guests with a smile.

In this short program, Lao Wa performed perfectly again, scoring 109.92 points, breaking the world record he just set in the Grand Prix by 0.01 points, and ranked first after the short program.

Considering that Moscow is Laowa's home court, and the rumors of retirement that have become a tacit understanding in everyone's minds, it is hard not to doubt that this result was intentional by the referee team.

The referee's scoring will be slightly biased towards the home players. This is an unspoken rule that everyone has tacitly stated. In addition, Lao Wa, who is already the number one in the world, is not a big problem.

After the short program was over, the ranking list was displayed on the big screen. Except for Lao Wa, the rankings were very tight.

1. Varichenko, 109.92;

2. Lucy, 105.2;

3. Folding the original thousand miles, 105.09;

4. Giles, 104.88;

5. Deng Chang, 104.5;

6. Cadoc, 103.1;

7. Subaru Asano, 102.9;

……

It can be seen that the difference between the second and the seventh is only less than 2.5 points. This is a gap in jump execution points, and the rankings will be completely disrupted every minute.

Even the difference between No.1 Laowa and No.7 Asano Subaru is only 7 points. This year everyone's short program is very good, and none of the players in the first echelon is out of order.

Now all the coaching staff are nervous, because whether it is Russia, Japan or the United States, they are all aiming at the World Championships medals.

But with such a close point difference, no one can guarantee a medal except for Lao Wa.

The only team that is more relaxed is the Chinese team. Lu Xi and Deng Chang have both debuted for less than two years. Everyone has not yet realized that "we are a strong team". Seeing two familiar faces appearing in the last group, the coaching staff can already Excited for a long time.

Even if he had a premonition that Lao Wa was going to retire, Lu Xi didn't have anything to think about his mood.All his attention was focused on himself, and he didn't even pay attention to Deng Chang's training situation at all.

The 20Lz with a 4% success rate was reported because he wanted to challenge himself no matter what, but Lucy is not a reckless person. Since he has applied, he must at least do his best to push the success rate to the limit.

Lu Xi refused all interviews, and spent the last day repeatedly doing jumping exercises in the gym. There was only an aisle between them and Deng Chang, but they couldn't see each other, and they didn't run over to see each other.

But I have thought about Deng Chang.

I don't know how he danced, and such thoughts crossed my mind several times during Lu Xi's rest.

But still did not go to see.After thinking for a moment, Lu Xi's attention returned to the center of gravity of the hook.

From noon to evening, the sky seemed to be unchanged.

All I could hear was the stretching of the elastic band again and again, and the booming sound of the young man when he jumped and landed.

It wasn't until Chen Qi came over to call for someone that Lu Xi wiped his sweat and walked out of the aisle, and Deng Chang came out from the other side, with a simple hair tie on his forehead to save the sweat from his bangs from getting into his eyes.

He just walked out naturally, the strange thing is that Deng Chang's eyes were not on Chen Qi at the door but on Lu Xi at the first time.What's even more strange is that Lu Xi ignored Chen Qi at the door and went to see Deng Chang immediately.

When the eyes met, Deng Chang seemed to be stunned for a moment, then he stretched out his hand, and Lu Xi stretched out his hand knowingly.

The two shook their palms in a wrist-wrestling gesture, and then knocked each other's shoulders, which is a commonly used encouraging gesture in competitive sports.

The most competitive free skating competition of the World Championships in history began in such an atmosphere.