It's better to fall in love with an old enemy

The World Championships in Washington is a novel experience for Xiyuan Temple.His performance last season was actually very good. The technical movements of the two programs can be completed very stably, and there are much fewer major mistakes than other players.It's just that at that time, Xiyuan Temple was really unpleasant in terms of program content, which made him a little confused and doubtful of life throughout the season.

But this season is different. The tranquility and sadness of the cello piece in the short program is at his fingertips. The strong traditional Japanese symbols in the free skating "Wan San Ge" can't find another player who can do it effortlessly. Can bear this elegant temperament.

The topic of discussion among fans in every game will definitely appear——

"Hey, is there any problem with the ice this time?"

This may just be casual talk in the hearts of fans, but the players who are facing the competition really care about the quality of the ice surface.Ice is their battlefield.How the conditions of the battlefield can directly affect what level they can play.Of course, this is not a [-]% judgment standard.There is such a person in every game.

When the quality of the ice surface was not optimal, other players would slam and slam on the ground, but he could rely on his own strength to prove that the ice was not a problem.

In this World Championships, the "Ice Surface Quality Appraiser" is none other than Saiyuanji Zeming.

Xiyuan Temple was looking up and squinting at the row of follow spot lights in the center of the arena. Their last group of players was waiting to enter the arena.For the first time, he felt the energy conveyed by the audience in the entire stadium before the game even started.If the atmosphere in the stadium was lukewarm in the previous games, like a cup of boiled water that has begun to cool down, then the World Championships is like a pot of water that is about to boil.It's just that not everyone can break this boiling point.

Xiyuan Temple retracted his gaze, lowered his head and fell back to his toes.He will play fourth in a while, but he is already a little nervous now.He was muttering something in a low voice, cheering himself up so that he could calm down.

Dylan wanted the third player to play. He was standing in front of Xiyuan Temple, and his keen hearing could not be blocked by the noisy venue.Dylan heard that Xiyuan Temple seemed to be talking to himself, and he was very curious and turned his head behind him to listen carefully, but he didn't understand.He knew that Xiyuan Temple must be nervous.Next, his action was faster than his brain again, executing his subconscious mind first.

Dylan turned sideways, stretched his right hand in the direction of Xiyuan Temple, pulled it to his fingertips, squeezed it a few times, and quickly withdrew his hand.It was through a glove, but Dylan knew he had crossed the line again.No matter from the perspective of disturbing the preparation state of the players, or from the perspective of personal boundaries, he really shouldn't do this.

But he's done.

Thinking about Xiyuan Temple's black face even if he touched the sideline before, Mr. Dylan White, who is big enough to hold several aircraft carriers, is a little uneasy at the moment.

Xiyuansi, who was pulled into his hand inexplicably, was taken aback, but he didn't say anything unexpectedly, he just stretched out his hand and pushed back Dylan who was still looking back at him, so that he could take a good look at the front.

"You're not angry?" Dylan exclaimed.

"It's nothing to be angry about." Xiyuan Temple said lightly.

"What were you talking about just now? Is it a magical spell that can relieve tension?" Dylan uttered a hundred thousand whys like a three-year-old child.

Xiyuan Temple looked back at him with the eyes of a fool: "Why do you want to know everything?"

"I'm curious, if it's really effective, you can teach me." Dylan's upper body was still being pulled forward by Xiyuan Temple, and he forced his head to ask, "Just tell me... ...."

"I'm reciting poems! Reciting poems! Our country's poems! Don't ask, shut up!" Xiyuan Temple went straight to cover Dylan's ears, and turned his head back to the front, looking straight ahead.

The announcement starts to announce that the players have entered the arena.Xiyuan Temple breathed a sigh of relief, and followed into the arena.With such a gag just now, the originally tense mood relaxed a little.

The feeling of this World Championship is different from the previous competitions, even compared with last season's World Championship, the feeling is different.However, at least the opponents on the same field are still those people, and some people may be more friendly than I thought.When Dilan was introduced on the radio, Xiyuan Temple also looked at the person next to him, thinking so in his heart.

After a brief introduction to the players, they started the 6-minute practice before the official competition.Xiyuan Temple only tried a quadruple jump with an ice point, a quadruple jump with a blade jump, and an Axel triple to confirm the ice feeling when jumping.He then roughly walked through the route track of the program by stepping on his footwork, and found a good positioning point for a week of trial jumps.

After 6 minutes, other players leave the field, leaving only the first player on the field to carry out final mobilization with the coach on the sidelines.

"How do you feel?" Coach Ono asked him while handing him his coat.

"It's better than when I first came to the ice, but the blade jump is still a bit difficult."

"It doesn't matter. In our short program, the only A jump is the edge jump. If this jump can be stabilized, there is no problem."

Xiyuan Temple nodded, and sat on the chair resting in the backstage with the coach.

In fact, he already had a rough estimate of the situation of this competition in his heart.For the two contestants who intend to produce 4A in the show, the success rate of this jump in this competition may not be as good as their previous competitions.Although Song Liu and Weil jumped out of 4A several times in the competition, they are far from being able to complete 4A under any circumstances.Unless they modify the jump configuration on the spot, after all, each of them must know how the ice surface feels, otherwise their short program scores will definitely plummet.

If these two really dive, then only Xiaocheng and Dylan are left as their opponents.The darlings of the two referees, facing the two of them can only rely on improvisation.

Xiyuan Temple couldn't see the real-time game and the scores of the live players in the background, but he could more or less hear the reactions of the audience.He sat on a yoga mat doing his final stretches, listening to the voices of the audience up front.

A "wow" in the auditorium has two meanings, either it is clean or it fell.

If it is Clean, the audience's "wow" will last longer, and it will be mixed with applause.

If it falls, the audience will "wow" and there will be no more.

The focus of Xiyuan Temple is to listen to Xiaocheng Neiye.The program music can also be heard in the background. He is very familiar with Xiaocheng's program and can judge where his jumping point is.Xiaocheng is used to putting jumps first, and this 4Lz3Lo jump is his big weapon. If he succeeds, he will get a huge score, if he falls, he will be over.

Xiyuan Temple was listening, and the jumping bar of the music arrived, and the audience's response was neither enthusiastic nor depressed.In other words, Xiaocheng didn't fall down in this jump, but the quality should not be very good, otherwise the audience would not have such a mediocre reaction.

Xiyuan Temple guessed that his problem was most likely caused by the subsequent loop jump and blade jump.

He didn't listen any more after that.None of the players in this period could claim the top spot. Everyone's scores were tight, and if a technical move was wrong, they lost their competitiveness.

After Xiaocheng is Dylan, no need to listen to the voice of the audience pitifully no matter how well Dylan performs.

You can see Xiyuan Temple with your own eyes.

Dylan really prefers the classics, and the short programs and free skates he took out for the competition rarely used those small tunes or pop music.His short program this season is also an excerpt from a classic work.He chose the part of Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables".

Unlike his lazy cancer problem of wearing a suit to the end in the grand symphony, Dylan is faithful to the original work in another set of Costen.Of course, Dylan himself will hereby declare every time that his suit covers are also carefully cut and made!It's just that no one has ever paid him any attention.

This is the first time that Xiyuan Temple stood on the sidelines to watch Dylan's game at close range. Before that, their order could never be in time to watch the show.Dylan's Costen is deliberately ragged and shabby, and his unkempt slightly long blond hair also adds points to his role as Jean Valjean.

Dylan's program is moderately difficult.A reporter once asked him, which one do you prefer for technical points and program content points?His answer is that he will choose a technical composition that is more conducive to the perfect presentation of the content of the program.That is to say, while ensuring technical points, reduce the possibility of mistakes as much as possible, so as to maintain the integrity of the program content.

It is not acceptable for Dylan to affect the perception of the entire program because of a major mistake.

He is an artistic player.

Xiyuan Temple realized this seriously.

At this moment, it seems that Jean Valjean is really struggling in the slums on the ice rink in tattered clothes. Dylan's enthusiasm and sunshine are well hidden by himself.When the first small climax of the aria came, Dylan made a three-turn on his feet, touched the ice with his right foot, took off, and completed a Philips quadrilateral single jump.

The middle group got up after squatting and spinning, and he performed an Axel triple axel almost in an instant. Unfortunately, the time axis in the air was a bit crooked, and he made a mistake when he landed on the ice. The long sound of music.

His jump was suppressed by him in the second half.When people sang "Do you hear the peoplesing" in unison in this section of the short program clip with a desperate desire to break free from the shackles, Dylan's 4T3T was completed very beautifully. easy.

Xiyuan Temple was waiting on the sidelines and saw Dylan White slide out of the Twizzle twirl step after this set of jumps and directly entered the grading footwork. In "Les Miserables", the desire for life of the lower class people seems to be fused into the footwork that Dylan runs for them on the ice rink. He is like a fighter, active, courageous, and forward. .

Xiyuan Temple's emotions were also brought up by him, and he wished to stand on the ice rink with him immediately.

Coach Ono saw that his apprentice was about to get excited again, and immediately reminded him: "What you are going to skate in a while is not a disco tune, calm down. You are competing now, not watching a performance."

After being reminded by the coach, Xiyuan Temple quickly calmed down.

Dylan's show has also ended. He expressed his thanks in the center of the ice rink, and saluted the audience around him with sweat dripping from his face.His hair was messier after this program, and he looked more like Jean Valjean.

The dolls of the audience also flew towards the ice rink without hesitation, and the number was considerable.

Dylan left for the KC area, and Xiyuansi waited for the little ice boys to pick up the dolls before warming up on the ice.

Xiyuan Temple heard Dylan's score.Currently the highest score, undisputed.He confirmed the state of the jump again, and he did a quadruple jump. The audience who were still immersed in Dylan's "Les Miserables" were immediately dragged back to reality by Xiyuan Temple, and they gave him a burst of shock in a very cooperative manner. call.

Dylan, who hadn't had time to leave from the waiting area, was also attracted by Xiyuan Temple's Tianxiu operation. He stared at the person who had adjusted his mood and calmed down to stand in the center of the field, and suddenly turned to Coach Lancer who was by his side. suggested.

"Can we see him before leaving?"

The author has something to say:

Before the game, some players sang lip-syncing, some meditated and let themselves go, and some danced around on the spot.Our scholarly family is different, we recite poems!

PS: In a real game, the next contestant should not have the opportunity to see the complete program of the previous contestant. Here is a private setting, so that we little beauties have the opportunity to directly see the appearance of the Bai Ergou competition .