I'm still dancing today

Liu Xiaowen is wearing a rose red embroidered Costen, with white arms and shoulders, which gradually change from the chest to the skirt, like blooming colorful flowers, dancing with the wind.

The skirts are very short, reaching only to the base of the thighs. This is the requirement of the World Skating Association. Except for female skaters in ice dancing, female skaters in other sports are not allowed to wear long skirts. This will affect their performance on the one hand, and on the other hand, will affect the referee's scoring.

Liu Xiaowen is not tall, only about 1.6 meters [-]. She is very thin and has a rather childish face. In the eyes of some people, she seems to be only fourteen or five years old.

But in fact, Liu Xiaowen is already 23 years old.

Just like the golden age of men's singles is very short, the golden age of women's singles is not long. At the age of 23, Liu Xiaowen has already touched the tail of women's singles. She is basically determined to retire after the Olympic Games.

It has been four years since she became a women's single sister. From 19 to 23 years old, she represented Huaguo in overseas competitions, and her results have not been good. The best result in history was won in "Four Continents" when she was 19 years old. A bronze medal.She performed very well in that competition, all the technical moves were miraculously completed, and at that time the players from the US and F countries did not sign up for the competition, which made her lucky to win the first world medal in her life.

However, after that, the more she skated, the less confident she was, and the worse her performance became, the ranking moved around tenth, and she couldn't even compete in the championship group.

Say she's not anxious?

Anxiety of course.

Did she not practice hard?

Of course I worked hard day and night.

However, limited by her talent, she was still unable to achieve better results, and even because of repeated blows to her self-confidence, she would always make mistakes that should not be made on the field.

This time the team competition, if not because there is no other choice, Liu Xiaowen would not want to participate.

Even during the domestic trials, she once had the idea of ​​giving up her Olympic spot...just because she didn't want to bear such a big pressure.

But she came anyway.

This time for the Olympics, she came here for the team competition. She focused on training for the team competition throughout the Olympic season. It was not her turn to give up her Olympic spot. She had to come if she didn't come to the team competition this time.

When Liu Xiaowen was warming up on the ice, her nervous body was shaking.

She frantically guessed, how many places could she slide to?

The best situation is to slide to No.5. As long as she can win against the two players from Country R and Canada and guarantee to score six points, her mission will be completed.Six points in the short program plus six points in the free skating guarantee, 12 points, is her task.But in fact it is really difficult... Since she participated in the competition, she was lucky enough to win against the opponents from the Canadian country, but she had never won against the R country.

At the last moment, she glanced up at the big screen.

The female contestant from country R scored 67.59 points in the short program.

This score... As long as she works hard, she should be able to slide to it.

His best short program score even slipped to over 70 points.

No problem, if you perform well, you will definitely be able to surpass her.

Liu Xiaowen calmed herself down, clenched her fists with both hands and let her nails penetrate deeply into her palms.

This time she used so much strength that she could even feel the moment when her nails penetrated into the flesh.

The pain instantly spread to her whole body, which woke up her somewhat confused brain that was starved of oxygen.

Standing in the middle of the ice, she took two deep breaths, settled her posture, and nodded.

Ready to start.

Let's play some music.

The music is ringing.

It is "Spring Language".

This is a violin piece, the content is very simple, it is to describe the beauty of spring when flowers bloom.

warm air.

bright sun.

There are also fluttering butterflies and bees.

It is the beauty of pure artistic conception.

Therefore, the whole song is very stretched and the rhythm is relatively slow. Even when arranging, the difficulty is not too high. She only needs to complete the whole program normally, and the full score of the program should be around 72 points.

72... She needs to exceed 68 points.

It should be fine.

Just slide calmly.

Ensure that each technical action is completed, you can get 72 points.

Enter No.5.

Her job is done.

Correct.

clam down.

do not worry.

relaxed.

Skip this show.

The music of the violin sounded, and Liu Xiaowen slid out on the ice. After completing a simple set of steps, she took a deep breath and jumped.

The first jump is Axel!

The most difficult jump is performed when the physical strength is the most abundant, and the chance of success will always be higher.

Axel's three and a half weeks is also the most difficult jump in Liu Xiaowen's program.The success rate of her training is about 90.00%, and the success rate in the field is reduced to 70.00%.

The moment she jumped up, she thought.

No problem, isn't there a 70.00% success rate?

I shouldn't be so unlucky.

As long as you calm down and strictly control from take-off to spin to landing, you will definitely complete this jump.

However, in the next moment, Liu Xiaowen realized something was wrong.

Her strength has been used up!

Because she has practiced too many times, she knows whether this movement can be done the moment she takes off. Now she knows that if she uses too much strength, something will happen when she lands.

However, before she could adjust her body to meet the landing, her skates had already touched the ice surface in a blink of an eye.

not good!

The body is loose!

The strength of the ankle is not enough.

Waddled!

really.

In the next second, the skates landed on the ice, and immediately lost control.

"Crack!" sound.

Liu Xiaowen fell to the ground.

It's not painful.

The women's singles athlete dances and falls every day. She is used to falling and knows how to protect herself when she falls.

But her body was not in pain, but her heart was.

This jump made a mistake and directly lost 2 points.

The full score of 72 points has become 70 points. She only has an advantage of two points, and there is still such a long time... Who can guarantee that she will not make mistakes again!

There are only two points... What if I make a mistake later?I'm bound to make a mistake... NO!I can't go wrong!I can definitely... But, this is a competition, who can guarantee 100% success?

This fall finally shattered Liu Xiaowen's little confidence.

She also made a mistake to help the ice in the Philips triple axel behind her. Even the joint spin was too slow due to insufficient kicking force before entering, which would also be deducted points.

Small mistakes again and again deducted the points that Liu Xiaowen had calculated in her heart little by little, until she fell below 68 points, and she was completely messed up.

The heart is not calm, the head is not clear.

And figure skating is an event that requires absolute calm.

There are more and more mistakes.

Liu Xiaowen slid to the end in a daze, her self-confidence was completely gone, she was in a trance, and she couldn't even hear the music clearly.

"Ugh……"

In the auditorium, Huaguo's ice fans sighed.

Although she didn't expect a good ranking in the women's singles at the beginning, Liu Xiaowen's performance was indeed disappointing. She made too many mistakes, and she didn't know where to start.

Perhaps, after falling from the first jump, Liu Xiaowen could not stand up from that ice again.

The athletes on the Huaguo delegation also looked solemn, even Su Yu frowned, and Zhang Ni couldn't sit comfortably in her seat. She walked to the side of the guardrail to watch Liu Xiaowen's game, trying to give her some strength.

Unfortunately it didn't work.

The 2-minute short program time was fleeting. After Liu Xiaowen's program ended, there was only sparse applause at the scene.

Liu Xiaowen tried her best to open her bright red eyes, and in the almost cold and violent reaction, she took the curtain call and left the stage in a daze.

Zhang Ni stood at the entrance and exit and waited for her. She opened her arms early and waited. Liu Xiaowen, who was able to hold on on the ice, finally couldn't bear it at the last moment, her eyes were red, like a wronged and sad child He threw himself into Zhang Ni's arms.

Zhang Ni hugged her tightly, whispered softly in her ear, and comforted her softly.

Liu Xiaowen nestled in Zhang Ni's arms and hadn't moved for a long time. She grabbed Zhang Ni's clothes tightly, and there were glaring white spots on the joints.Her body was shaking, and even from a distance, she could hear her sobbing and choking.

The members of the Hua Guo team sighed. Although they could not help complaining in their hearts, they finally endured it.

The women's singles was their shortcoming, and Liu Xiaowen, who had poor grades, had to be the first to play, and it was impossible to bear such a huge pressure.

It seemed that the ending had already been decided at the moment when the competition item was revealed from the draw box and held up high.

Zhou Yueshan said, "Did we lose?"

Xia Kaikai had already sorted out his emotions. He looked up at the scoreboard on the big screen, analyzed it quickly in his heart, and finally said calmly, "It's still early."

Zhou Yueshan said: "Xiaowen made too many mistakes here."

Xia Kaikai comforted her, fearing that she would lose confidence, and explained: "Let's watch all the events after the competition. Don't think too much. The competition has just begun. Failure in one event is nothing."

Zhou Yueshan was obviously stronger and more confident than Xia Kaikai. She didn't let herself fall into a negative state of suspicion and complaint, and stood up and said, "Then I'll go and see her."

Before Xia Kaikai could answer, Zhou Yueshan had already left, and Huo Xuening and Jiang Congnan stood up with her.The girls went up to comfort their crying teammate, hugged her, and gave her strength. Everyone hugged together, wiped away their tears, tidied their hair, and whispered softly between sisters, making Liu Xiaowen want to see her smile .

What a beautiful picture.

This is team competition.

Even if someone makes mistakes, even if the beginning is not ideal, they are still a team.

It is far from the time to be frustrated now, there are still so many games to come, and their opponents are not all so strong, they can still continue to attack!Hit the gold medal!Shock honor!

Liu Xiaowen was surrounded by her sisters and sat on the scoring table. She was very nervous, she knew that she was not good at skating, and she was so guilty that she wished she could disappear and never see anyone again after being locked in the room.

But she can't leave, even if she fails, this is her battlefield.

Even if she is pointed at by others and is in a mess, she will go to the end.

She mustered up her courage and waited for the score to appear.

Until she ushered in the knife she had been waiting for for a long time, the sharp knife swung down, and the pain as if broken tendons and bones came as expected, she tremblingly got up from the scoring table, her face was as pale as paper, and then faced the waiting The teammates next to him said, "I'm sorry."

Zhou Yueshan said, "It's okay, you did your best."

Huo Xuening said: "Don't think about it, if we play in the first group, the pressure will be great."

Zhang Ni said: "It's over, let's have a good rest."

Jiang Congnan said, "Xiaowen, come on, zip up your clothes, we're going back."

Liu Xiaowen bit her lip and nodded, holding back her tears, and nodded.

It was inconvenient for the male contestants to come forward, but when Liu Xiaowen came back from the scoring table, they still got up to greet him, or patted her on the back lightly, giving her comfort and understanding.

Liu Xiaowen kept her head down and kept saying, "I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

"It's ok."

"Okay, let's go over there and rest."

"do not Cry."

When Liu Xiaowen finally hid in the crowd and minimized her presence, the others finally turned their attention to the big screen scoreboard.

Where Liu Xiaowen couldn't see, everyone's expressions became extraordinarily solemn.

Standings ranking.

First: Country E.

Second: the United States.

Third: Country F.

Fourth: Country Y.

Fifth: Country R.

Sixth: Canada.

Seventh: Hua Guo, Liu Xiaowen.

There were seven matches in total, and the Hua Guo team was in the last place.

Liu Xiaowen's final score is 6 point less than that of No.1 Canada. She is currently ranked No.7 and can only get four points.

However, this is not the final result. After them, there are three countries that did not participate in the competition, namely country D, country Smecta and country Israel.

Moreover, the women's singles in country D is not bad. Their women's singles sisters rank relatively high in the world, at least higher than Liu Xiaowen's.

really.

Eight minutes later, Vanessa Dora of Country D played. The world's fifth-ranked women's singles player did not disappoint her latest ranking at the World Championships this year.

The new program of this short program for team skating is called "Angel".

Wearing a set of white show silver stripes and dotted with white fluff, Vanessa, like a real angel, completed a smooth and gorgeous women's singles performance on the ice.She gave up the high-difficulty jumps that she is good at in individual events, ensuring the smooth flow and high appreciation of "Angel". With a little technical error, he successfully skated to No.5, surpassing the female players from country R and Canada, and ranked ahead of Liu Xiaowen.

Those who were surpassed by her moved down one rank.

The hearts of the members of the Hua Guo team sank, but no one went to see Liu Xiaowen, fearing that it would irritate her.

Liu Xiaowen gritted her teeth even more, her fingernails pierced her palms with blood, and the sticky blood spread in her palms. In the sharp pain, she could almost smell the smell of blood.

She was in pain, so painful that she even wanted to die. She wanted to do something, but she didn't know how to make it up. She could only hurt herself hard in places where others could not see, reminding herself how incompetent and poor she was.

at last.

More than ten minutes later, the women's singles players from the remaining three countries came on stage and completed their programs.

The short program of women's singles was all finished, and the ranking changed again.

Standings ranking.

No.1: Country E.

(Women's Singles: 10 points)

No.2: The United States.

(Women's Singles: 9 points)

No.3: Country F.

(Women's Singles: 8 points)

No. 4: Country Y.

(Women's Singles: 7 points)

No.5: Country D.

(Women's Singles: 6 points)

No.6: Country R.

(Women's Singles: 5 points)

No.7: Canada.

(Women's Singles: 4 points)

No.8: Huaguo.

(Women's Singles: 3 points)

No.9: Smecta country.

(Women's Singles: 2 points)

No.10: The nations of Israel.

(Women's singles: 1 point.)