Figure skating went to the Republic of China to write novels

Like the European Championships, the World Championships also compete first in men's singles and then in women's singles. It seems that women's singles skating is the finale of an important event, which seems to have been a tradition in the early 20th century.

At this moment, the number of participants is not as large as in the future. Everyone is divided into groups according to the ranking in the prescribed graphics, and each group has six people. And Gillis, Bok, Misha, Lucas, and Karl Shaffy were all placed in the last group.

But that doesn't mean the athletes who came before them weren't brilliant.

During the 45 days between the end of the European Championships and the start of the World Championships, countless athletes who participated in the European Championships consciously began to modify the program, trying to increase the difficulty of technical movements such as jumping and spinning, and adding dance elements to their performances This is the biggest change. Of course, those who have dance background are happy at this time, and those who have not learned dance are also biting the bullet at the moment.

Whenever a new trend emerges, only a few can react quickly to keep up with or even surpass it, and most people just bite the bullet and follow the trend, which leads to some nondescript programs.

When seeing this kind of program, Nijinsky looked up at the sky, and it hurt his eyes if he didn't watch it.

But there are also some eye-catching programs, such as the Austrian guy Karl Schaffe, who himself is a figure skating and swimming double-education. It can’t be said that he has no accomplishments in dancing. At least he can ballroom dancing, but he is very clever to avoid dance elements. , Turned to another direction-the story of the program.

Yes, Zhang Sushang's two programs "Moonlight" and "Arabian Nights" both adopt abstract interpretation methods. The programs mainly show emotions. "Moonlight" represents tranquility and tranquility, while "Arabian Nights" It is the magnificent waves of the ocean and the classical style.

The students of Zhang Sushang are different. Whether it is "Carmen" or "Swan Lake", there are classic stories behind these programs as support. As long as athletes perform that kind of storytelling, they can easily resonate with many audiences. It is more suitable for players who are initially exploring the artistry of figure skating.

So when Karl came on, Nijinski took a few extra glances, and his sister Nijinska commented: "He's very spiritual."

"Not as good as Qiuka."

Nijinska turned around sharply: "Are you talking again?"

Nijinsky remained silent again. He lowered his head and finally set his sights on the ice.

When the first-line men’s singles debuted, many people noticed their changes. At this time, figure skating can be regarded as a concept of choreography. After all, every athlete has to play different programs and match different music. The movement is also far from artistic.

Gillis modified his "La Traviata" to have more expressions and body movements, including stretching out his hands and looking into the distance reluctantly, and falling to the ground with his face covered at the end of the show, which is very dramatic. But it really makes people feel the love-hate entanglement between Armand and Marguerite in this story.

When Bock came on stage, everyone found that this person changed the show directly.

At the European Championships, Bock chose a very Broadway song and dance style, but this time he replaced it with Vivaldi's "Mandolin Concerto in C Major", and he himself dressed as a clown, Jumping and running around on the field, his expression seemed happy but sad.

When watching Bock's performance, not to mention other audiences, even Nijinsky sat up straight, with an expression of unprecedented concentration.

After Russian figure skating programs with ballet elements and Zhang Sushang's classical music emotional flow appeared on the stage of history, Bo Ke actually created a humorous performance under the pressure of his opponents, which made the once nicknamed "Jumping Artist" "He immediately had his own place in the hall of art performance.

Zhang Sushang applauded along with the audience and praised: "A great clown."

In his impression, there are not many figure skaters who have challenged the witty style, and they have produced many classics, but Bock, as a pioneer of this era, was able to achieve this degree of completion from the beginning, which really surprised him.

So he sighed with the students around him: "Look, people still have to be pushed, as long as the pressure does not exceed the range of people's tolerance, that is the motivation to stimulate their potential!"

This group of ancient mythical beasts not only changed the program, but also redone their clothes. Bock’s clown jumpsuit is very good-looking, and there is a pattern of balloons pasted with bright diamonds on the back. Zhang Sushang likes it very much. This praise again and again.

Both Misha and Lucas were under pressure, and they were flexing their wrists and ankles at the moment.

Anfisa remained expressionless: "Even if you say so, we don't want to use those costume designs you made."

Zhang Sushang's aesthetics are fascinating to them. Obviously sometimes he can make amazing designs, but sometimes his designs make people feel blinded just by looking at them.

There are too many bright diamonds.

Except for the three players Gillis, Bock, and Karl, the attempts of the other players were not successful, but the referees were very generous, especially the referees who played in the European Championship. It's much more generous.

American skaters from the United States and Canada are very confused at the moment, because many of them did not participate in the European Championships, and it is not unheard of the change in the form of figure skating performances, but given the difficulty of image dissemination in this era, they did not I haven't personally felt the impact of Russian players, and I haven't been amazed. After all, even sound movies have not become popular these days...

Therefore, when the athletes from the American department appeared on the stage, most of them felt that they were old hats. Everyone changed themselves in such a fashionable way, but they were still the same old way, and the referees did not buy them.

Obviously, due to Canada's upper latitude, their ice and snow sports have developed well.

When a blond boy left the field, he said to the coach next to him: "After the game is over, we have to find a way to communicate with other people."

The coach nodded in agreement: "Is Europe the birthplace of figure skating? In terms of ice and snow sports, this is the most developed place."

The blond boy didn't speak, but just cast his eyes on the gathering place of the Russian athletes. An Asian young man stood among the Russian athletes, but he was not obtrusive at all, and the eyes of the people around him were full of respect.

In 1882, the United States promulgated the "Chinese Exclusion Act", which was valid for ten years at that time, but in 1902, the "Chinese Exclusion Act" was made permanent.

In Richard's heart, the Chinese are generally poor and stingy, they love to smoke opium, and they will sell themselves if they look a little decent. They are pitiful, but they also have hateful things, just like those black people in the slums, as long as they don't appear in front of him , he couldn't remember the existence of this group of people, and he didn't bother to bother to hate them.

Zhang Sushang is different from all the Chinese in his cognition. He is tall, taller than 90.00% of the five people present. He has a beautiful appearance recognized by Westerners, but there is no sexual news about him. It is said that he is a transformation of figure skating No.1, although many people don't say it verbally, but the current figure skating industry has already accepted that he is an unborn genius.

This was the first time that Richard encountered such a positive Chinese. He thought, this is what a mysterious ancient country should look like. That Zhang may be a descendant of a nobleman. He is poor, that's why he can't get on the stage, but what he can't understand is why Zhang Sushang, who is as noble as a swan, wants to mix with a group of workers.

If Zhang Sushang wanted to know this man's heart, he would have to reply: because grandpa is a proletarian.

At this moment, the audience let out an exclamation. Before Richard could react, he heard the coach shout: "Misha jumped 3T!"

Misha, who has practiced with Zhang Sushang for more than a year, finally stepped into the gate of triple axel. Before him, Gillis and Bok challenged 2A and achieved success. After Misha, Lucas also completed After passing the 3T, the young man couldn't do the A jump. As a result, he didn't make good progress in practicing the 2A. When he practiced the triple axel, he was much more agile than before.

Seeing how promising the students were, Zhang Sushang was applauding all the time. He could see clearly that Misha used to rely on advanced technology to compete with Gillis and Bock, but now he already has the qualifications of a real top player. Confidence and drive, the performance is getting better and better.

This feeling of watching the uncooked jade that he polished with his own hands shine is still great, Zhang Sushang thought, no wonder his former coach would smile as satisfied as a full-fledged hamster as long as he saw his progress.

When the boys got off the ice, Zhang Sushang put on coats for them, handed them the skate holsters, and boasted: "It's a good match, you are getting better and better."

Misha happily hugged him, and Lucas stretched out his hand: "Take off your coat and give it to me, you are going to play too."

Zhang Sushang smiled and was kind.

When he started to get on the ice, the group of young Russians suddenly stood in a row. They clapped their hands twice at the speed of a quarter beat, shouted, "Chuka! Ulla!" and clapped their hands again, and so on.

Such a professional cheerleading performance made Zhang Sushang couldn't help turning his head and smiling, put his index finger and middle finger together on his lips, and blew a kiss to them, and Maxim even jumped up to catch it.

The atmosphere at the scene was immediately heated up. Ambassador Peng held a camera on the sidelines and chatted with his reporter friend John, while staring at Zhang Sushang with a smile on his face. He was overjoyed to have so many friends.

Someone later commented on this scene: "The friendship between them surprised many people. The Russian players not only regarded the Chinese as a coach, but also as a close friend. This kind of respect and friendship that transcended skin color meant a lot to many people. It is unprecedented, and by the way, the Chinese kid is indeed a skating genius."

Before Zhang Sushang crossed over, he relied on his artistic expression to make a living on the field, so much so that he was criticized as an artistic jellyfish, all relying on performance for his food, and his jumping was poor. It’s not that he really jumped badly, but Performance is indeed the highest valued attribute on his panel.

So when he performed "Moonlight," the audience fell silent.

Some people may have watched his performance repeatedly through video, but only when they visited the scene in person did they realize that Zhang Sushang is unique. In the world of figure skating, he is a strong player in his own class.

Nijinsky stared at the moonlight on the ice, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, and his daughter leaned against him and said, "Dad, skating is so beautiful, I want to skate too."