[Short track speed skating] From academic master to Winter Olympic champion

Gu Ran didn't fall for his tricks and sent him a "goodbye" emoji.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Qing sent a message: "I think of a solution to the matter that you want to study and train at the same time."

Gu Ran suddenly sat up from the sofa, a little excited, and almost lost her grip on the phone.Typing with one hand is not very convenient, and I mistyped a few simple words two or three times: "What can I do?"

Xu Qing said, "You have to promise me one thing, and I'll tell you again."

Gu Ran asked eagerly: "What's the matter, tell me!"

"I can't tell you now."

Gu Ran: "..."

His whole heart was hung up by the other party, but he didn't know that Mr. Xu was not a man, but wanted to play tricks here.

Gu Ran said: "Okay, as long as I can do what you ask me to do and it's not illegal, it doesn't violate morality, and it doesn't hurt others, I will promise you."

Xu Qing was so annoyed by him that he asked him to promise himself to do one thing, but instead he put forward a lot of conditions, neither this nor that.

After a while, Gu Ran was a little anxious before waiting for Xu Qing's reply, and was about to make a voice call directly. At this moment, another message popped up on WeChat: "I heard that there are summer events at the provincial sports school. The players are studying in regular high schools."

"Really?" Gu Ran was ecstatic, this was indeed great news for him, "Then can I also..."

Xu Qing said: "There is a key high school next to our ice training base."

"I know, it's the branch school of No. [-] Middle School in the provincial capital over there."

When Gu Ran went to the provincial team for training for the first time, he familiarized himself with the surrounding environment on the map, especially paying attention to the middle schools nearby.

The ice training base is not located in the urban area, but is located on the outskirts of the provincial city.This is a new urban area that is being developed, and there is no good middle school nearby, only this No. [-] Middle School campus.

Gu Ran also thought that it would be great if he could practice short track speed skating while going to school like before.

However, both Jiang Yan and Xu Qing said that if you enter the provincial team, you are a professional athlete. Those who receive state subsidies, the main task is to train well and win glory for the country.

Therefore, he has been troubled by this matter all the time. Unexpectedly, Xu Qing would take the initiative to mention this matter to him today.

Xu Qing said: "It seems that you kid has a premeditated plan."

Gu Ran quickly denied it: "No, I just got to know it, hehe!"

But Xu Qing changed the subject: "Don't be too happy too early, I have to say something up front. Even if you can go to the next school for high school, you can't delay the training. There is only half a day every day. The training before the game Classes still need to be suspended for the period.”

Of course, he asked back: "Guide Xu, what do you mean you want to recruit me into the provincial team?"

Xu Qing had always known that he reacted quickly, so he caught him off guard and said, "It depends on your performance."

Gu Ran said: "You have been watching for three months, is my performance not enough to satisfy you?"

After waiting for a while, Xu Qing sent a voice, scolding with a smile: "Son, send me your information and transcript first, I have to ask the leader first."

"Okay, let's go now!"

Gu Ran asked him for an email address, rushed to her room, and turned on the computer.The child is forced to use the mouse with his left hand.

After the information was sent, he began to wait for Xu Qing's reply with great anticipation.

But he didn't tell Xu Mei and Gu Changfeng about this at the first time. The matter was still uncertain. He wanted to wait for Xu Qing to get an answer before discussing it with his parents.

After staying at home for a week and not being able to go out, Gu Ran was so bored that she even began to miss her days in the provincial team.

Then he shook his head again, thinking why?Why is Mr. Xu torturing him in different ways every day, and now that he is lying comfortably at home, he still misses it?

When Jiang Yan heard that he was injured, he also called to care about his situation: "What's going on, why are you injured?"

Gu Ran told him the situation at that time: "Although the referee didn't make a decision, and the appeal was useless, but Director Xu and I watched the video of the game repeatedly, and I could feel it at the time, that No. 89 in Province R Just pushed me."

After hearing this, Jiang Yan was heartbroken: "Why don't these children learn well?"

Gu Ran reassured him instead: "Such people, after all, are a minority, and most of them still have great sportsmanship."

Jiang Yan was still very angry: "You said that if everything is like this, our country's short track speed skating business can still do well? Isn't it the same as the Koreans?"

Gu Ran almost died of laughter: "Master, don't keep targeting Koreans, it's not good."

"What? They dare to do it, and they are not allowed to talk about it?" Jiang Yan immediately warned Gu Ran, "You can't learn from them, you are my apprentice, and my apprentice should win the game dignifiedly on the court, so that they can win the game in a row. Your shadow can't catch up."

"That's not it!" Hearing this, Gu Ran got excited again, "Master, let me tell you, in the 500-meter final, I skated with my hands behind my back. It was like walking around, and they still couldn't catch up."

"All right, all right," Jiang Yan interrupted him, "I know what level you are. The U-series competitions are supposed to reserve talents for the national short-track speed skating team, and this kind of thing has to be worrying."

Gu Ran also didn't know why he, the first coach of the city team, always worried about the national team: "Master, you should retire."

"retired."

"You should have a good rest when you retire. Blame me. You shouldn't bother you with these bad things." Gu Ran immediately changed the subject, "By the way, Director Xu told me that he can help me apply to the leader. Go to the high school next door."

"Really?" As soon as Jiang Yan heard it, he immediately put the matter behind him, "Isn't this just what you want."

"No, Director Xu only said to help me fight for it, and I don't know if it will work in the end."

But Jiang Yan said very firmly: "Xu Qing is very reliable, and most of this matter can be done."

He began to preach to Gu Ran again: "Your master, it is not easy to find you as a good seed before I retire. Sending you to the provincial team is also my biggest wish before I retire. You must cherish the opportunity, whether it is studying or Training. Although the master can't continue to guide you, the master will always watch you."

The last sentence almost made Gu Ran's nose sour. Although he only served as Jiang Yan's apprentice for half a year, the friendship between the master and the apprentice was very deep.

Gu Ran respected his first coach very much, and Jiang Yan said more than once that Gu Ran was one of the most spiritual players he had ever coached...

Gu Ran smiled and said, "You're not looking at me, you're supervising me."

"Must, if I don't supervise you, who shall I supervise?"

"Master," Gu Ran asked him: "Master, after you retire, is it not easy for me to see you once?"

In fact, it's not easy to see him once now. Gu Ran spends most of his time training in the provincial team, and he can go home to rest only two days after the game every month. Usually, he doesn't see Jiang Yan.

"That's not true," Jiang Yan sighed softly, "I was planning to tell you that after I retire, I plan to go to Beijing to live with my son with my wife."

Gu Ran had never heard of the situation in his family, but she also thought it was a good thing.

"Then I will join the national team in the future, and when I am resting, I will go to your house for dinner."

Jiang Yan was amused by the little apprentice: "You boy, you have advanced to the national youth team and then think about the national team."

"no problem!"

After being raised at home for a week, Gu Ran felt that his injury was much better, he could move freely, and there was no problem with his daily life.So, he couldn't help but want to go back to the provincial team.

Gu Changfeng and Xu Mei couldn't hold back their precious son, so they had to send him to the ice training base in the provincial capital together.

It was past seven o'clock in the evening when he returned to the dormitory. Today was the weekend. He thought that the brothers were resting in the dormitory, but when he opened the door, the lights inside were not even on.

Gu Ran put down her things and sent Gao Ziyi a message: "Brother, where have you been?"

After a while, Gao Ziyi replied to his message: "Reviewing in the classroom."

Gu Ran thought that there was nothing wrong anyway, so she went out to look for them in the classroom.

Unexpectedly, the usually deserted classroom was bustling tonight.Every row is full and there are almost no empty seats.

Near the end of the period, all the third-year junior high school students in the ice training base began to cram their feet together to prepare for the graduation exam and the next high school entrance exam.

As athletes, these children have focused on their respective training items since they were young, and they don't pay so much attention to their cultural performance.

The foundation is too poor, and it is really difficult to make up for it in a short time.

Gu Ran stuck her head out of the classroom and looked in. The figure skating senior is really beautiful, even when she is biting her pen and thinking about problems, she is so elegant and charming.

On the other side sat a few brothers and sisters from the ice hockey team and the curling team. Gu Ran didn't have much contact with them, and only met them during morning exercises.

Gu Ran also knows the speed skating guys, and they go to the competition together every time.

His three roommates were sitting in the last row. Zheng Wenkang saw him as soon as he looked up, and quickly waved to him to let him pass.

Gu Ran walked through the crowd and walked up to several seniors. Seeing that they were doing a chemistry test paper, she picked it up and looked at it roughly.

The one with the best grades should be Gao Ziyi, but he barely passed. The other two were even worse, with only [-] or [-] points.

There happened to be an empty seat in front of them. Gu Ran sat down, ticked off all their wrong questions, and explained carefully and carefully one by one until the three of them understood the position.

"The difficulty of this paper is moderate, and the coverage of knowledge points is relatively comprehensive. If you can reach 70 points, it is not a big problem to pass the exam."

When he was talking about the topic, he attracted the attention of several people nearby. First, a few speed skating players who were familiar with Gu Ran approached and said they wanted to listen together.

After a while, the team members of several other projects gathered around one after another, checking their own test papers and listening to Gu Ran's lecture.

Finally, a female figure skating player suggested: "Little brother, why don't you go to the podium and speak so that we can all hear it."

Gu Ran originally wanted to help several of her roommates study, but unexpectedly, in less than 10 minutes, it developed into a make-up class with nearly 20 students.

But Miss Figure Skating is so good-looking, and she still smiles so sweetly. The key is that the other party calls him Junior Brother. Gu Ran can't refuse, she can only agree.

Gu Ran has never been stage-frightened since she was a child, and she walked up to the podium gracefully, holding the test paper in one hand and chalk in the other, and explained from the first question to the deeper.

From the student's point of view, it is easier for everyone to understand than the teacher. In half an hour, he finished explaining a test paper. If you don't understand anything, you can ask him at any time.

Gu Ran is so popular, everyone warmly invited him to continue teaching the math test paper tomorrow morning.

As a result, the next day, many senior sisters brought him delicious food, filling his schoolbag to the brim.

The brothers added him as friends on WeChat, and saw that he was also playing the same game, and they all expressed that they would give him skins when they signed up on weekends.

Some figure skating seniors even pinched his face and said, "You look so cute and your body proportions are so good, why don't you switch to figure skating?"

Wu Kaize immediately pulled the junior brother over to protect him: "It's okay to make up lessons, but not poaching people!"

Therefore, Gu Ran came to answer everyone's questions for several nights in a row, with clear thinking and patience, until he understood.

After evening self-study, several people returned to the dormitory, back and forth in the corridor, several people saw Gu Ran and greeted him.

There was a man standing at the door of their dormitory, looking at Gu Ran with a half-smile: "You can, in just a few days, you'll become the group favorite of our ice base."

Gu Ran looked up and saw that it was Xu Qing.I almost forgot, Manager Xu is on duty today, he always likes to conduct surprise inspections, which makes people in the boys' dormitory panic.

Gu Ran waved her hand modestly: "No, no, I'm just answering everyone's questions. If I can do a small favor, I'll take it as a review myself."

Xu Qing snorted and laughed: "I have something to tell you."

"what's up?"

"Good thing."

"Ah?" Gu Ran looked at him happily, "It's me..."

"Shut up!" Xu Qing glared at him and walked towards the end of the corridor.

Gu Ran quickly followed him, and asked in a low voice behind him: "Is it about my going to school?"

"No."

It was as if Gu Ran had been poured cold water over his head, and his enthusiasm was halved.

Xu Qing said: "You only participated in the second round of the 1000-meter race. Although you won second place with 7 points, you only ranked No.9 and still did not enter the finals."

Speaking of this matter, Gu Ran became even more frustrated: "Is this a good thing?"

"However, I just got the news that some of the top eight have withdrawn from the competition, and you can make up for the finals of this event."

"real???"

Hearing the news, Gu Ran laughed happily, but still suppressed her excitement and asked, "Then... can I participate in the relay race?"

"Yes, the relay race is counted according to the qualifications of the participating teams, and the players are determined by ourselves."

Gu Ran confirmed: "So, in the finals, I can participate in two individual events of 500 meters and 1000 meters, two relays of 5000 meters and 2000 meters, a total of four events?"

Xu Qing nodded: "That's right."

Gu Ran couldn't hold back anymore, jumped up on the spot, raised her hands in the air, and almost couldn't hold back Xu Qing's shoulders.

At the critical moment, he barely held back his paw, and smiled embarrassedly: "Thank you, Director Xu."

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows: "Thank me for what?"

Gu Ran said, "Thank you for taking care of me so much."

Xu Qing pressed his palm on the top of his head and rubbed it vigorously: "Don't just thank me with your mouth, take action!"

Gu Ran was puzzled: "Will you eat?"

Xu Qing half-closed his eyes, with a dangerous look in his eyes: "Do you think you still have a chance to eat out?"

Gu Ran asked: "Then how do we act?"

"Of course it is to win more championships."

After speaking, Xu Qing turned around and left, preparing to go upstairs to her duty room.

Gu Ran asked from behind: "Will winning more championships be linked to your bonus?"

Xu Qing didn't turn his head back: "Nonsense, of course hook up!"

For Xu's bonus, Gu Ran trained very hard.

The 5000-meter race doesn't need other people's supervision. He voluntarily goes to the playground to run a dozen laps every morning. After running, he asks for the result immediately.

Director Li handed the stopwatch in front of his eyes: "20 minutes and 47 seconds, victory is in sight!"

Although after the review by the team doctor, Gu Ran's injury has almost recovered.But for safety reasons, Xu Qing still did not let him do upper body strength training, but increased lower body strength and coordination training.

Because of resting at home for a week, Gu Ran didn't go on the ice this week, and spent another week in recovery training after returning.

So, when he resumed training on the ice, there were only two weeks left before the finals.

In the past two weeks, he not only needs to optimize his skills, complete individual sprints, but also cooperate in relay races. Every day is very tight.

He helped Gao Ziyi and the others make up cultural lessons at night, and Gao Ziyi and the others accompanied him to practice ice skills during the day, and let him recover his competitive state as soon as possible through simulated games.

Zheng Wenkang skated 500 meters. Gu Ran had pk with him a few times before, but he couldn't beat him.

After all, he is almost three years older than Gu Ran, and his height and weight are not in the same heavy class.Moreover, Zheng Wenkang can also rank in the top eight in the elite league.

In the last match between the two, Gu Ran still lost by 0.3 seconds.He shook his head, dissatisfied with his performance.

However, even if he is not satisfied, there is no more time for him to adjust his state. Three days later, they will go to Shijiazhuang to participate in the final finals.

Only the top eight athletes in the first three races can participate in the finals.

Therefore, there are no preliminaries and quarter-finals for each event, only the semi-finals are divided into AB groups, and then the finals.

Gu Ran's performance in the 500-meter and 1000-meter semi-finals was average, and Xu Qing and Director Wang who were standing on the sidelines could clearly see that his condition was far worse than the previous few races.

But after all, Gu Ran's own strength is online, and she still entered the final with the second place in the group.

In the past few days, he has been very silent, and he has no sense of excitement about the approaching competition at all.Xu Qing occasionally stimulated him with words, but it had no effect.

Director Wang was very anxious when he saw him like this: "If this continues, I'm worried that not only will he not be able to win against Chi Lang, but he may not even be able to win against the two players from Province R."

This happened to be heard by Gu Ran, but he just rolled his eyes and didn't speak.

Xu Qing shook his head: "There is no other way. Competitive status is a metaphysics. You can't force it. If it doesn't work, just accumulate experience."

The next day, the first is the 1000-meter race.Gu Ran went to the locker room early to change, and then went to the inspection.

He went too early, sitting in the inspection room, and none of the players from the previous event had played yet.

Chi Lang hasn't come yet, he's sitting alone in the inspection room in a daze.In fact, he has been working very hard to adjust his state, but there is always a feeling of powerlessness, and he can't explain why, the whole person just doesn't have the excitement of the past.

"Hey, isn't this the dark horse in Province J?" Suddenly there was a voice from the side, with a malicious smile in his tone.

Gu Ran tilted her head and glanced, it was No. 89 in Province R.