I'm still dancing today

Xia Kaikai returned to China on the third day after getting married.

He still has two competitions in December, one is the "Hua Guo Championship" at the beginning of the month, and the other is the "World Championship" in January. Now is not the time to relax.

But this time when I went back, Mu Yuan was not able to go with me. December is very important to the people in European and American countries. During this period, there will be a lot of gatherings and entertainments. Mu Yuan has been in China for more than half a year. through December.

When they parted, Mu Yuan was very unhappy, but he didn't say anything to leave Xia Kaikai behind. He just turned the wedding ring on his ring finger and watched Xia Kaikai walk into the security check passage until his back disappeared.

After turning around again, he finally changed from being in love to a Mr. President with a strong career, and said to Darcy: "I have to finish all the work in this month, and four hours of sleep is enough for me." , I don't want to waste even one more second, can it be done?"

Xia Kaikai has returned home.

I went back alone.

Zhou Yueshan and Wen Jian left after the match, while he stayed and waited for the notice of marriage.

The delay was another week.

As soon as he returned, he entered into a tense training state. It is not time to relax now. The world's number one ranking is just a competition between him and other opponents, and he knows very well that he and Zhou Yueshan still have great potential worth exploring. Next is the stage of surpassing oneself, very lonely, must endure loneliness, training, training, day and night training, focusing on that piece of ice.

The only difference is that he has an extra wedding ring on his hand.

The news of Xia Kaikai's marriage has not completely subsided. Xia Kaikai and Zhou Yueshan won two gold medals in domestic and foreign championships respectively. It can be seen that no one can stop them in the "Grand Prix Finals" a month later Won the last gold medal.

Therefore, before the end of the season, Xia Kaikai was invited by the national team.

Meeting.

A strategic deployment meeting for the next season, which is the Olympic season.

The chairman and vice chairman of the Ice Association, relevant leaders of the General Administration of Sports, as well as the coaches of the national figure skating team, as well as Su Yu, a representative of star athletes, and Xia Kaikai, a representative of the club, all attended the meeting.

The meeting has a lot of content, but it can be summed up in 3 points.

[-]. Next season will be the Olympic Games. Important games must be treated with caution, so planning must be done from the beginning of the season.

[-]. The Olympic qualification of the figure skating team has changed. This season, the point system will no longer be adopted. Athletes only need to qualify for the competition through the "trial competition".The purpose of doing so is for the Olympic figure skating team competition.

[-]. Try to hit the medals in the team competition. Regarding the rules of the figure skating team competition, it is now necessary to formulate a more targeted plan to ensure that the goal is achieved.

Head coach Zhang Ni said at the meeting.

"Sports is a career full of challenges, sailing against the current. When the team competition first appeared 12 years ago, we were not even qualified to enter the team competition. With the unremitting efforts of all athletes and coaches, we finally won the last Winter Olympics. Participated in the competition of this event, but everyone knows the final result, our athletes did not qualify for the free skating, it is a pity."

"But the Olympic Games only come once in four years. Do we give up knowing that the pressure is high and it is impossible to win? Of course not. I believe that our athletes and our coaching team all have a heart to face difficulties."

"So we had a meeting today to discuss where should we focus in the new season? Should we compete for medals in team competitions on the basis of stabilizing individual medals? Or should we focus on team competitions?"

Yes.

The team competition is the focus of this meeting.

First of all, athletes who can participate in the team competition are only eligible if they have participated in the individual Olympic Games.

Currently, the Huaguo figure skating team can provide the following Olympic quotas.

Men's singles three.

One for women's singles.

Pair skate two.

And three ice dances.

Contestants in the team competition can only be selected from these nine people.Men’s singles and ice dance still have room for maneuver. Women’s singles is the only one, and it is the only one. It is necessary to participate in the women’s singles competition and prepare for team skating.Practicing two sets of programs in one season is not insignificant.

And there is another problem here... Although the Huaguo figure skating event has risen, it is only the rise of stars in the men's singles and ice dance. The level of the second echelon is very different, which leads to the most anticipated , that is, Su Yu and Xia Kaikai, two athletes/groups, can practice team skating on the basis of training individual programs.After all... Based on the world rankings of the second echelon athletes, it is basically foreseeable that once the heavy responsibility of the competition is handed over to them, Huaguo's team competition will not be held.

Zhang Ni is still saying: "So to be on the safe side, I think Su Yu, Xia Kaikai and Zhou Yueshan must practice two sets of programs. Because they are the guarantee for us to get points in the team competition, so even if it is very hard, please do it in the group competition. Grit your teeth and stick to it this season."

"As for Yan Bingbing, Wu Yi, Jiang Congnan, and Shen Zhong in the second echelon, we can learn from Mi Guo. It is enough to focus on training a short program. When the first echelon cannot complete the task, we only need a short program. It can increase the points, even if there is an accident in the free skating, we can still win the guaranteed six points."

When it comes to the competition system of the team competition, it is actually relatively simple.

First of all, the team competition is compared before the individual event.

The short program can also be regarded as the preliminaries, with a total of ten teams participating.These ten places come from the overall performance of the entire Olympic cycle, that is, the inspection of the overall level of the national team three years before the Olympic Games.

Hua Guo has performed extremely well in the past three years, so there must be a quota, which goes without saying.

Then, according to the rules of the competition, the players of each individual event will compete. According to the ranking, No.1 is awarded 10 points, No.2 is assigned 9 points, and so on, and the last place only has 1 point.

Four events and four short programs are completed in one day, and the top five countries with the total score will enter the free skating.

Hua Guo only ranked No.6 in the last Olympic season and failed to enter the final stage of free skating.

But this year, due to the emergence of Xia Kaikai and Zhou Yueshan, ice dancing, the weakest event, has risen, and it is no problem to enter free skating.

So now comes the problem.

What is the goal of the Ice Concord and General Administration?When you say you want to prepare for the team competition, do you plan to enter the top three or hit No.1?

This difference is too big, and the energy put in is completely two levels.

So Xia Kaikai was waiting for Zhang Ni to continue talking, but Zhang Ni kept talking and didn't get to the point, so Xia Kaikai turned to look at Su Yu.

Su Yu frowned.

Finally, after Zhang Ni's speech came to an end, Su Yu took the lead to ask: "Mr. Zhang, what is the goal? What is your goal for team skating? What is the number? Let's talk about it."

Zhang Ni sighed and said: "We also want to make a decision, but it also depends on your state. If team skating will affect your individual results, we will not force you to skate in team competitions."

Su Yu said: "It's better to clarify the goal. If you leave room, you will leave room for yourself. If people have a way out, they will be lazy and don't know what to do."

Having said that, Su Yu paused.

Both Zhang Ni and Xia Kaikai thought he was talking about themselves.

However, who would have thought that in the next second, Su Yu changed the subject and said, "It is very likely that KK and I will not only keep individual medals, but also be able to guarantee the ranking in team skating. I can do it, how about you, KK?"

Xia Kaikai didn't expect that he would ask himself, first he turned to look at Zhou Yueshan and Wen Jian, and after getting their consent, he said, "I should make sure that there is no problem with the top three."

Su Yu asked him, "Where is No.1?"

Xia Kaikai shook his head: "No one can guarantee it, can you guarantee it?"

Su Yu nodded, looking at Xia Kaikai stubbornly with his dark eyes, and said firmly, "I can."

The personalities of Xia Kaikai and Su Yu are very different. Su Yu is withdrawn, Xia Kaikai is gregarious, Su Yu is basically self-centered, while Xia Kaikai has a great sense of group. Although both of them are scripted by successful people, they both have Very strong self-confidence, but Su Yu's extreme solipsism also allows him to have a very high degree of control over himself. He said that he can win the two No.1s in individual events and groups, and he can basically win.However, because Xia Kaikai has concerns, he never talks too much. He likes to give himself a little leeway... Although he thinks that the No. 1 problem in the group should not be a big problem, he will never nod.

After Su Yu said "I can", he looked at Xia Kaikai. Before Xia Kaikai's answer, Su Yu frowned, looked around, and said, "In this case, I will give up team skating."

There was some commotion in the venue.

This is about the differential treatment of star athletes like Xia Kaikai and Su Yu in the national team.

It is necessary to participate in both individual competitions and team competitions. Four programs in a season are definitely not as refined as two programs, so if there is no need to skate in the team competition, Su Yu will definitely give priority to the gold medal in the single event instead of Spend energy on team competitions.

Therefore, he wants the coaching team to understand that goals must be set at the beginning of the season, and those who should work hard must work hard.

This is the voice of star athletes.

If he speaks, others must listen.

Chairman Qian said: "Su Yu, you are..."

Su Yu said calmly: "If Xia Kaikai can't get No.1, is there still a need for us to compete? I believe everyone has already made a judgment in their hearts. After two pairs skating competitions, the score is about 15 points. As for the women's singles, I suspect that I won't even get 10 points. The total score of the championship last season was 68 points, and No.3 was 61 points. Even if I got 20 points, KK and them only had 15 points, and the final total score was only 60 points. This score can’t even win a bronze medal, but it may affect the individual competition, so what is the need for comparison.”

Xia Kaikai held his forehead and smiled.

This Su Yu is forcing him to issue a military order.

But turning around, Su Yu said again: "There is also women's singles, 10 points are high, and the maximum may only be 8 points. The short program is eight or nine in ten countries, that is, 2~3 points, entering five teams After the free skating, the last place in the stroke will win 6 points. If this is the case, it will not work.”

The women's singles coach who was pissed off blushed, pursed her lips and said, "...the level of the women's singles has been like this over the years, and we will work hard."

Su Yu asked: "How to work hard? Try to lie down and win? So I want to know whether our team's goal is to focus on individual competitions or team skating. Is it satisfied as long as we enter the finals, or do we want to win a medal or even a gold medal? Our attitudes are different. So don’t be ambiguous, do it if you can, and don’t do it if you can’t, it’s very simple, isn’t it?”

Zhang Ni nodded after listening, and said: "I understand, what Su Yu said is also right. Liu Jiao, you guys have a look at whether it is an individual event or a team this season. Choose one of the two. The pressure of individual competition is still the same. It’s a big deal. For various reasons, the team skating team may not have the best players in that country, so it’s not impossible to move up the rankings in the short program. But how to choose, you have to discuss. "

The women's singles coach said with a sullen face, "The team is not only about our women's singles, what about other individual events? Can you get your ideal score?"

Very well, the ball was kicked back.

Feeling the eyes of many people coming together, Xia Kaikai raised his hand, the wedding ring on his left ring finger was shining under the light, and smiled: "Coach Lu, Coach Sha, can I tell you something?"

Lu Zhengqi and Sha Heng nodded.

Xia Kaikai said: "I still agree with Su Yu. If the other two teams have no intention of going further and only rely on us, I'm afraid I can only say sorry. I don't have enough energy. You'd better arrange someone else for the team competition."

Women's singles coach: "..."

This time.

Men's singles, women's singles and ice dance have all spoken, and pairs skating cannot be silent.

Zhang Ni, as the pair skating coach, said: "Huo Xuening is a bit old this year, and I don't know if the level of the next Olympics will decline, so this may be their last Olympics. Their goal this time is to protect the silver medal." Fighting for gold, team skating will really distract them."

"See? This is the team competition. When we are not strong enough, we can only calculate and find the optimal solution, which also means that our echelon team is not enough."

"But just yesterday, I talked with Huo Xuening. Huo Xuening said that she did not win the gold medal. This is her biggest regret, but she also has ambitions for the team competition. She said that she would guarantee the program for the team competition. The score is to rush to the third place."

"It's as simple as that on my side. Huo Xuening and Jiang Yangbo, give priority to the team competition, break into the top three, and guarantee 16 points, is that okay?"

Su Yu said: "I, 19 points."

"Not 20 points?" Chairman Qian asked him.

Su Yu said: "Leave a little room. I must win the gold medal in this year's individual event. I plan to retire after the Olympics."

Awkward.

Su Yu is going to retire?

But think about it carefully, Su Yu is also 23 years old this year, 24 next year, and 28 next Olympic season. The shelf life of men's singles players is too short, and he really can't skate anymore.

Does time go by so fast?

In a blink of an eye, the figure skating team's first ace was about to retire.

This kind of discussion continued for a while, Xia Kaikai was also discussing with Zhou Yueshan and Wen Jian, and finally Xia Kaikai said: "Let's get 16 points, let's leave room. This is the first time we participate in the Olympic Games, and the state is not stable."

At this time, many people are already counting points in their hearts.

Pair skating promised to focus on team skating, and promised a score of 16 points, which means that the final scores of the two programs must be within three.

Since Ice Dance is participating in the Olympics for the first time, it may indeed be affected. The score of 16 is relatively conservative, but fortunately, it is not too low.

Su Yu in the men's singles only left himself 1 point, and he was still full of domineering.

In this way... the women's singles must score more than 11 points.

In the free skating final of the team competition, only the top five finishers, even if they slip to the final No.5, there is still a guarantee of 6 points.In other words, to score another 5 points in the women's singles, they must rank No.6 in the short program.

Huaguo's women's singles has always hovered around the tenth place. In the history of individual competitions, they have never entered the championship group, that is, the top six have competed. This is too difficult for others.

The women's singles coach was watched by everyone, sweating profusely for a while, and he really didn't dare to agree.

In the end, Zhang Ni said: "Don't forget, the team competition may not necessarily be the team's strongest athlete. As long as you catch the short program well this season, there is still hope."

The women's singles coach frowned: "Other teams have left room, why force us to make promises that are difficult to keep."

As soon as his voice fell here, Su Yu had already stood up, with a hint of boredom in his eyes on his indifferent face, and said, "That's all right, I will give up the team competition."

In a word, the women's singles coach was out of breath and still trying to struggle: "Is Ice Dance at the level of the top three? They can obviously be better."

Xia Kaikai smiled, put his hands on the table, and looked sideways at the women's singles coach slightly, with a cold light in his narrow eyes: "So you don't plan to work hard if you know someone is standing in front of you, right? , Su Yu and I have a choice, and we abstained from the team competition."

"Xiao Liu, you really should set higher goals for yourself, after all, it's not hopeless." Someone couldn't help but persuade.

"Xia Kai, Su Yu, let's sit down and discuss it." Some people persuaded them to make peace.

"Actually, you don't think Xia Kai is holding back a little too much, it seems that Lao Liu is almost forced to take a kitchen knife." This is on the side of the women's singles.

"Women's singles has become more and more chaotic over the years. It's good to be forced. If the pressure is greater, there may be surprises." This is in agreement with Xia Kaikai and Su Yu.

The meeting room was humming and chaotic. Seeing that the situation had been so stiff, Xia Kaikai said something, "Su Yu, do you want to win the gold medal in the team competition?"

The surrounding voices disappeared at once, and everyone was looking at Su Yu.

Su Yu frowned, and finally nodded.

Xia Kaikai laughed, as if talking, and as if talking to himself: "You will be 24 years old next year, and you will be 28 years old in the next Olympic Games. It is unknown whether you can participate or not."

"I won't participate." Su Yu answered clearly.

Xia Kaikai nodded: "Yes, in this Olympics, with you and me, the pair skating is also at the top three level, and it is the most likely to win the gold medal in the team competition, but the current level of the women's singles is not good enough. If you don't get 11 points, you can't win the championship, right."

Su Yu nodded.

Xia Kaikai sighed and looked around: "Leaders and coaches, have you heard? It's either a gold medal or a competition. Let's do this. Let me set a goal of 19 points. Coach Liu, can you guarantee that the women's singles score will be 11 points?" Points? As long as you promise, the gold medal must be ours."

Hearing the ultimate goal of the two world champion athletes in the team competition, and the fact that they are bound to win the gold medal, everyone sitting here felt a kind of enthusiasm rushing to their heads, and their hearts were agitated.

Yes.

This is the most likely time to win the team championship in the history of Huaguo.

Whether it is possible to have such a lineup in the future, no one can guarantee.But why hold back when hope is at hand?

At this moment, those gazes were as real as they looked at Coach Liu of the women's singles, waiting for his final answer.

They had no doubt that as long as Coach Liu flinched a little, these two powerful athletes would immediately get up and leave without another chance.

Gold medals are different from bronze medals.

Women's singles coach Liu was watched by countless pairs of eyes, opened his mouth, gritted his teeth for the last time, slapped the table fiercely, and said: "I hope the bureau and the association can help me, I need a good program, especially In the short program, if you want to get 11 points, it depends on it."

This is, finally letting go.

Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief.

The goal is set.

It was the champion of the team competition that no one dared to imagine at the beginning.

Su Yu forced each individual event to make guarantees, and Xia Kaikai showed his hole cards to give everyone hope. The two men were ambitious, and the conservative score at the beginning was simply to pave the way for the final championship promise.

Right.

The two world-renowned figure skaters, the figure skating master who swept all the championship medals in the annual season, how can he be regarded as No.3?

If you don't compare, you don't compare, you will win the gold medal!

After the meeting was over, Xia Kaikai and Su Yu walked away without noticing that many people stayed in the meeting room.Some of these people surrounded Zhang Ni and whispered something, and some surrounded Coach Liu of the women's singles.

"This opportunity is rare, you must seize it."

"If they have a chance to score two full 20 points, the probability of winning the gold medal is really high. You just need to work harder."

"This lineup may not be available next year, and it may be my last chance before retirement. I really want to see the children standing on the top of the podium together."

Liu Jiaoan was surrounded and did not speak, but the reluctance to be persecuted was also missing on his face.

Calm down and think carefully, this is really a rare opportunity.He has led the women's singles for so many years, and his best result is a No.3 in four continents. In a gold-rich competition like the World Championships, he has never even touched the edge of the podium.If you can really win a gold medal in the Olympics, this life will be worth it.

I believe that Xiaowen can also agree with the choice she made.

What a rare opportunity...