Return to the top of the road to champions

February 2006, 2, Beijing time, at two o'clock in the afternoon.

No. The men's 20m short track speed skating final of the 500th Turin Winter Olympics will officially start in 10 minutes. In the backstage of the athletes, a few unfamiliar faces appeared in the positions belonging to the Chinese team.

One needle at a time kept hitting Wan Xiaodong's knee and Achilles tendon. Zhao Guiqin, who finally finished 10 minutes before the game, stood up and looked at Wan Xiaodong seriously, "Xiaodong, I have done everything I can do." , Whether this decision is right or wrong, I don’t know, but Xiaodong, do you really stop thinking about it?”

Zhao Guiqin, who couldn't help asking again, knew that his hard work was for nothing when he saw Wan Xiaodong with a bright smile. Although he felt sorry for this young man who was still a child, Zhao Guiqin couldn't stop him.

Sighing silently, Zhao Guiqin sighed again when his eyes turned to Tao Wei.

When the hour hand points to two o'clock and the minute hand points to thirty, the men's short track speed skating 500-meter final enters the preparation period. Before going on the field, Wan Xiaodong, who glanced back at Shi Yang, Tao Wei and others behind him, smiled and gestured to a few people With a gesture of victory, he walked out of the backstage.

This time, in the finals of the eight-person group, not only Hamlin, but also South Korean stars Ahn Hyun-soo, Lee Ho-seok, Canada's Tebbutt, and America's Apollo. Attracted everyone's attention.

It can be said that today's short track speed skating stars are all gathered together, not to mention the Almighty King Hamlin, Ahn Hyun-soo, even Li Haoxi is also a strong opponent for Wan Xiaodong. Who will be the king of the 500-meter short track in the future? The most powerful one is Lee Ho-seok from South Korea.

It was still the first track. Under the surround sound, Wan Xiaodong smiled and stretched out his arms to circle around. After signaling to the audience, Wan Xiaodong put down his arms and shook them.

Hamlin on the second track, Ahn Hyun-soo from South Korea on the third track, Lee Ho-seok from South Korea on the sixth track, and Apollo from the United States on the eighth track.

Eight players, except the United States, China, and Italy, each with one player advancing to the final, and the remaining five players, three from the Korean team and two from the Canadian team.

Koreans are accustomed to using flanking tactics. In this way, Wan Xiaodong, who is fighting alone, will be South Korea's main siege opponent. Before the match, Shi Yang and Chen Fei had solemnly told Wan Xiaodong.

Wan Xiaodong, who just laughed, nodded his head but remained silent. In fact, at this point, what Wan Xiaodong said was nonsense. Wan Xiaodong knew it well, and Chen Feishi Yang also knew it. A successful full stop, fighting, is Wan Xiaodong's only choice.

But what is fighting is to block the rest of his life and bet everything on himself. The silent Wan Xiaodong has already told everyone his choice with his own actions.

At 35:[-], under the slogan, Wan Xiaodong stood in front of the track, bent over and knelt, and stared at the track in front of him with twinkling eyes.

After a short period of silence, there was a bang gunshot, and the smoke had not cleared. Wan Xiaodong on the first track seemed like a red lightning flashed out of the sky, and rushed out of the track with a swipe. The kicking legs are accompanied by the sound of ice breaking, and the first one completes the overwhelming turn.

In order to avoid the pincer attack formed by the South Korean team after merging, Wan Xiaodong, who was sprinting with all his strength, did not give the opponent any chance from the beginning. Wan Xiaodong, who knew his physical condition, just wanted to hurry up.

One lap, two laps, two and a half laps, Wan Xiaodong, with his face flushed and red eyes, was sprinting faster lap after lap. Just after finishing the sixth corner, Wan Xiaodong, who was rushing towards the finish line, suddenly lost his center of gravity. With a tilt, a bang, both hands firmly grasped the guardrail under the palm, and the expressions of Shi Yang, Tao Wei and others changed drastically.

A pair of stern eyes looked at Wan Xiaodong's right foot. Wan Xiaodong's ankle collapsed obviously, causing Shi Yang's heart to sink to the bottom of the valley. He unconsciously looked at Wan Xiaodong, who quickly stabilized his center of gravity and tried his best to catch up with Wan Xiaodong, who had surpassed Hamlin in an instant. East.

It's still the same flushed face, still the same pair of passionate but unusually calm eyes, although the speed hasn't slowed down, everyone can see that Wan Xiaodong is forcing himself.

"Xiaodong."

A boulder seemed to be pressed against his chest in an instant, Shi Yang, who was roaring, unconsciously pushed forward, and Shi Yang, who had half of his body protruding, was grabbed by Tao Wei, and looked at the fiercely chasing man on the field with tense facial features. Wan Xiaodong, "Xiaodong, go, go."

Tao Wei's roar trembled slightly, and Shi Yangteng, who was shocked all over, opened his eyes wide, "Xiaodong, speed up."

Support, unconditional support made Wan Xiaodong, who was burning with flames of war in his chest, roar and launch the final impact, half a circle, the last half circle, whether it was Tao Wei, Shi Yang, Chen Fei standing on the coach bench or Zhao Guiqin in the background, Huang Zhong and others all roared to cheer for Wan Xiaodong who was struggling hard.

In the athlete zone, all the athletes of the Chinese delegation who came to watch the game stood up, waving their arms and roaring. Applause, roar, and drums gathered together to cheer for Wan Xiaodong's final impact.

Rush, rush, rush, 30 meters, 20 meters, ten meters, in the case of a complete rupture of the Achilles tendon on the right side, and the rupture of the bilateral ligaments of the right knee, Wan Xiaodonghong, who tried his best, shouted angrily Rushing to the finish line, with a swipe, the last five meters crossed Hamlin. Wan Xiaodong, who was the first to cross the finish line, could no longer support his exhausted body less than 20 meters after he stepped on the finish line, and barely stopped his forward movement. Wan Xiaodong, who slid and grabbed the guardrail, raised his face and showed a bright smile.

With a trembling body, his right foot floating on the ice, and that smile as bright as the sun, Shi Yang staggered out to support Wan Xiaodong, and the moment he grabbed Shi Yang's arm, Wan Xiaodong leaned against on Shi Yang's body.

Dragging his right leg, which was no longer able to support his body, Wan Xiaodong walked off the arena. He didn't see the pair of complicated eyes behind him, nor did he see the surprise in the eyes of the audience. No one knew how Wan Xiaodong followed He finished the game with a ruptured tendon, and no one knew how Wan Xiaodong endured the momentary pain.

An hour later, Wan Xiaodong, who was helped onto the podium, left with his gold medal, bid farewell to the arena and the audience, and the satisfied Wan Xiaodong was smiling from beginning to end, but it was this satisfied smile that made people Feeling sad, no one can really tell whether Wan Xiaodong's choice was right or wrong. When Zhao Guiqin saw Wan Xiaodong's collapsed right Achilles tendon after the examination, he felt strangely sad in his heart.

But Wan Xiaodong laughed. Until a long time, Zhao Guiqin could not forget what the simple and honest Wan Xiaodong said, "Dr. Zhao, I have no regrets. I am an athlete. I have no regrets. It is worth it."

Zhao Guiqin didn't know whether a gold medal was really worth everything Wan Xiaodong had paid for, but the shock at that moment was real.

The ambulance gradually disappeared in front of his eyes, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, but Tao Wei knew that at this moment, his heart was heavy, very heavy, as if it was attached with a huge hammer, but Tao Wei also knew, The moment Wan Xiaodong crossed the finish line, his heart was hot, so hot that it seemed to burn everything.

It was already [-]:[-] p.m. Beijing time when Tao Wei left the Orver-Lingotto Gymnasium and arrived at the Pallavella Gymnasium. It was less than two hours before the men's figure skating free skating competition started at [-]:[-] p.m.

When Ma Deming, who rushed ahead, saw Tao Wei, he looked at Tao Wei worriedly, "How is it?"

Ma Deming saw Wan Xiaodong's game, and Wan Xiaodong Ma Deming, who was fighting hard, also remembered. The same two brothers, Ma Deming was really worried that Tao Wei had a burden in his heart.

He smiled and shook his head, "Teacher, it's all right."

After finishing speaking, Tao Wei, who went directly to the lounge with his bag on his back, changed into his competition uniform, a black jacket and black pants. Tao Wei did not choose world famous songs for his free skating repertoire as before, but chose the adapted "Ambition in the "My Breast" used to be a popular song, after being adapted by a famous musician, it has become more passionate and powerful.

Because he was the last one to play, Tao Wei did not rush to warm up, but sat in the backstage to watch the game with Norman who also came to watch the game.

Time passed by, and when the hour hand pointed to ten o'clock, Tao Wei, who greeted Norman, got up and returned to his seat, and began to warm up with the help of Yang Xiangle.

At eleven o'clock, Tao Wei, who was standing at the exit waiting to enter the venue, smiled at Norman who was not far away. Five minutes later, under the surround sound, Tao Wei appeared on the stage.

Tao Wei, who slid from the exit to the arena, was greeted with cheers as soon as he appeared on the stage. It can be said that the audience has waited too long for Tao Wei's game.

Especially after Plushenko, who played NO.11, everyone turned their attention to Tao Wei, wondering what kind of visual feast this king of figure skating would bring to everyone.

Walking around the venue, Tao Wei, who raised his hand to signal, stood on the right side, crossed his left and right legs, put one hand on his chest, and signaled for the music to start.

The high-quality surround sound made the adapted music more majestic and powerful. With a swipe, Tao Wei, who put his arms down, raised his head, and with a reverse big one-character outer hook full of strength and speed, Tao Wei jumped up vigorously.

No one knows what the solemn Tao Wei is thinking at this moment. In the passionate music, Tao Wei's rapidly spinning body seems to be flying around impacting bullets, full of sharpness. One and a half circles, three and a half circles, until four and a half circles.

The reverse freshman plus the outer hook connected to the four-and-a-half-half-perfect ice fall. With a bang, applause rang out, and there was a muffled sound. Tao Wei, who was directly connected to the third turn, jumped up again, and made another 4f jump around the back with an inner point of ice. The whole audience stood up like crazy.

The passionate and motivated music became more and more urgent, and Tao Wei danced faster and faster in the arena. After turning outside three Mohawks, turning three Mohawks in and then inside, he danced 4s around, a complete 1440 degrees without any flaws.

The applause that beats on the beat is accompanied by bursts of cheers. Every beat Tao Wei will bring everyone a surprise. At this moment, Tao Wei, who is completely immersed in the music, flashes the figure of Wan Xiaodong struggling hard, and also flashes The grief and indignation of being humiliated.

As the song once sang, "No matter how high the mountains are, no one can stop me from going forward."

At this moment, on this farewell stage, Tao Wei wrote passion and slowly painted the last stroke for his 15 years of competitive career.

It seems that he wants to present the most perfect everything to all ice and snow lovers, and it seems that he is drawing a complete circle for his competitive career. Tao Wei, who has never been so passionate, shows all he has learned in his two lifetimes to the audience. of all viewers.

33 consecutive jumps, 433 consecutive jumps, impeccable performance, Tao Wei, who was sweating, finally ended his performance with 44 consecutive jumps.

When the music finally stopped, the cheers made Tao Wei's ears buzz.

Panting heavily, she stood up, bent down to pick up the flowers thrown on the ground, Tao Wei smiled, bent down deeply, and Tao Wei, who was not in a hurry to get off the stage, moved his headset.

"This is my last battle. After today, I will quit the figure skating stage. After 15 years of hard work, my body has reached its limit. No matter how unhappy I have been, I will never forget the support and support from my friends. Encouragement, thank you again, my friends."

Liu Chang's English sounded clearly in the venue. In the deadly silence of the venue, under the fluorescent lights, Tao Wei's face showed reluctance and fatigue that he hadn't shown in 15 years.

Bowing deeply again, Tao Wei hugged the flower and walked towards the exit after bowing, "Tao Wei, Tao Wei."

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With cries of reluctance and a choked farewell, Tao Wei stood on the top podium of figure skating for the last time. The gold medal hanging on his chest is an affirmation of his 15-year competitive career and a reward for his hard work.

Two days later, Tao Wei refused all interviews from foreign reporters, and quietly boarded the flight back home. No matter what kind of scenery he once had, everything he wanted in this life has been fulfilled. Tao Wei just wants to go home, to the place where he has everything Rong Boyuan's home.

On February 2, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Tao Wei, who brought the Olympic gold medal, returned to his motherland and returned to the capital. When he walked out of the airport, he saw Rong Boyuan who was waiting at the gate early. The man who welcomes him home.