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

From the handover to the first corner, nothing happened.

At the second bend, Chen Xiang could gradually feel someone approaching from behind.

Entering the second lap, the people who were gradually approaching behind him became a strong sense of oppression, prompting him to continuously increase the power and speed of pedaling, and slide forward without stopping.

He is always shrouded in fear of being overtaken and overtaken.The rhythm of pedaling was out of order, but he had no time to take care of it.

All his attention was on Gu Ran behind him, guessing when and how he would surpass himself.

Gu Ran has been following closely behind him. The distance between the two of them is so close that they are almost stuck together when viewed from a certain angle.

The Provincial R team standing inside the sign block all clenched their fists. Their teammates were visibly flustered. They slipped on the ice several times and almost tripped themselves.

Gu Ran was not in a hurry, and accelerated so leisurely.The faster his speed was, the more Chen Xiang in front was forced to speed up. However, Chen Xiang didn't have his ability, and the speed he tried to lift up couldn't last for too long.

Finally, the race came to the last corner. Chi Lang in front was too far behind them. When the people behind entered the corner, he had already come to the straight to start the final sprint.

At this time, Chen Xiang's crumbling body had been pulled out by the strong centrifugal force, leaving a distance between the corner and the sign block that was enough for another person to pass smoothly.

Gu Ran saw the timing, stepped on the ice again to accelerate, and overtook him from the left.

At the same time, Chen Xiang's fear and uneasiness reached the peak, and the skates under his feet seemed to have a mind of his own, which was not under his control at all.

"Ah!!!" A female player from Province R next to her couldn't help screaming.

"My God, he is..." In the stands, the audience also exclaimed in unison.

Most of the previous races in this 2000-meter mixed relay were quite satisfactory, and there were not many scenes of overtaking and scrambling, which seemed a little boring.

All the excitement is concentrated in the last stick, the H province that is far ahead, the J province that suddenly exerts its strength, the R province that plays often, and the WE club that stays out of the way.

The commentator's disbelieving voice came over the live broadcast: "Oh, what a pity!"

"Contestant No. 89, he fell down at the last moment!"

That's right, Chen Xiang fell down, and at the last moment of the game, he knelt down on the ice with a "plop".

At this time, Gu Ran had already crossed the line, and the player from the WE club behind him also bypassed him, turned to the straight, and crossed the line smoothly behind Gu Ran.

Chen Xiang knelt there in embarrassment, not knowing what to do, but his teammates reminded him to stand up and finish the game.

Although it can't get the top three, No.4 still has a ranking, at least it can get a certificate.

After the game, the coaches and players from Province R rushed to the referee's seat immediately.They complained to the referee that Gu Ran from Province J fouled Chen Xiang during the game.

However, at this time, the scene of the game just happened to be played on the big screen.

According to the replay, it was Chen Xiang who made a major mistake in the corner.The moment Gu Ran surpassed him, not only did the two of them not have any physical contact, the distance between them could even allow a person to pass through.

Gu Ran didn't make any foul moves at all, the appeal was unreasonable and was rejected by the referee.

On the sidelines, WE Club, which only won the bronze medal, was more excited than Province H, which won the gold medal.

For decades, my country has implemented a nationwide system for the cultivation of talents in various sports.

The so-called national system refers to the national interest as the highest goal, the sports management organization mobilizes relevant resources and forces nationwide, the state bears the funds, allocates excellent coaches and hardware and software facilities, and concentrates on selecting, training, and training talented people. Outstanding athletes participate in international sports events such as the Olympic Games. 【Baidu Encyclopedia】

This is a shortcut to the rapid rise of a country's sports industry, but it also gradually exposes the weakness of the insufficient mass base of many projects.

As popular sports such as football and basketball began to be marketed and professionalized.In recent years, many folk clubs have sprung up in other projects.

As an unpopular ice and snow event, short track speed skating is affected by many factors such as geography, climate and venues.Cultivating talents in the way of clubs has only gradually emerged in recent years.

Although the U-series competition strongly advocates that all clubs sign up to participate, in fact, they are far inferior to the provincial teams in terms of the number and level of athletes.

WE is considered a relatively well-known ice and snow sports club in China, and it is also one of the few clubs that can send contestants in all age groups to form a relay team.

It is indeed not easy to get this bronze medal in the finals, and it is worth celebrating.

Some of the team members even joked: "We should thank the No. 89 in Province R. If he hadn't fallen at the last moment, we wouldn't have won the bronze medal."

Another team member said: "Then we should thank Gu Ran from Province J. It was he who kept putting pressure on Chen Xiang from behind, which caused Chen Xiang's foul."

This was just heard by Gu Ran behind the crash pad, and he quickly clarified for himself: "I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense. I just didn't find the right opportunity to surpass him."

He still had a smile on his face when he spoke, and his two dimples were particularly conspicuous. A female member of WE blushed when she saw him, and lowered her head shyly.

The male team member was very familiar, and said quickly: "Ah, yes, yes, I have seen it all. You didn't mean it, absolutely not."

Suddenly, someone nearby pulled his clothes, and the little girl asked him softly, "Do you remember me?"

"Remember," Gu Ran patted her head, "Meng Yuxin, last time I gave you a mascot."

The little girl said, "You have a really good memory."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "That's because you are cute."

Meng Yuxin blinked: "I showed your game video to my brother, and he praised you too."

Gu Ran said, "Then thank you brother."

"My brother also said that although you are powerful, you are still far behind him."

Gu Ran: "..."

After the mixed relay, it was the male and female relay of the other two age groups. Gu Ran took advantage of this time to sit in the stands and rest for a while, during which time he ate two bananas, an apple, a piece of dark chocolate, and a bag of soda crackers.

The euphemistic name is: "Skating for three games, I need to replenish some energy."

When going to the inspection, his teammates asked him: "Are you confident in the relay race in a while?"

Gu Ran said truthfully: "No. In terms of overall strength, they are obviously higher than us."

Teammates lowered their heads: "That's right, we only have your trump card, but all four of them are very strong."

Before the game started, the teammates lost confidence. This depressed atmosphere seemed to be contagious, directly affecting the other two.

Gu Ran stretched out his arms, pulled the three teammates to him, and said, "Although our overall strength is not as good as theirs, the relay race is more about tactics than strength."

"As long as the four of us unite and do our best, no matter what the result is, I think it will be very good."

"Anyway, we've reached the finals, and this is the last game. Let's draw a good end."

"It's up to man, don't leave any regrets!"

After speaking, Gu Ran stretched out his hand, and the three teammates immediately understood, and dropped their palms on the back of his hand.Four people besieged the city in a circle, cheering for themselves: "Everything depends on man's effort, and there are no regrets."

"come on!"

Probably inspired by Gu Ran, all the team members in province J rowed very hard today.

Originally, there were too many people in the relay race, but when there were too many people, the race scene became chaotic, misremembering the number of laps, and passing the baton the wrong time happened from time to time, but they were all minor problems.

In order to preserve his strength, Gu Ran also skipped one lap during the entire relay race, and his teammate who was the third runner helped him to skate one and a half more laps.

After a long slide and handover, the race came to the final three laps.Although Province H is still ahead of other teams, unexpectedly, Province J ranked second, and the distance from Province H is not as large as expected.

The teammates pushed Gu Ran out with all their strength, and the last handover was completed, and the race came to the last two laps.

Chi Lang's speed in front was very fast, and he increased his pedaling power almost as soon as he completed the handover.

The fourth and last contest between the two sides today, Gu Ran was not polite to him, and immediately followed him up.

After chasing for a circle, Gu Ran realized that something was wrong. The distance between him and Chi Lang did not increase at all, and throughout the skating, Chi Lang behaved very calmly, showing no flaws.

This is not at all like Chi Dali's style - he has always been a violent and rough guy, although he is strong, he has frequent minor problems.

But this time, Gu Ran followed closely behind him, skating in a circle and a half, making three bends, but didn't find a chance to overtake him.

When the race came to the last corner, Gu Ran was very patient and kept following Chi Lang closely. Seeing that when passing the corner, Chi Lang was too fast to slide completely against the sign block of the inner lane .

Gu Ran pedaled hard to catch up, intending to overtake at this time.Unexpectedly, at the moment when he was close to the left side of the opponent's body, Chi Lang suddenly leaned over, relying on his strong body, he stuck him back.

With such a fast speed, Gu Ran did not dare to meet him, no matter if he fell by himself or the two of them fell together, the loss outweighed the gain.

At this time, he had to choose to give in.

In the final straight, Gu Ran had no chance to overtake him, so he could only watch him slide past the finish line a little ahead of him.

After the match, the two turned their heads to look at each other at the same time.

Gu Ran "tsk tsk" twice, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Chi Dali suddenly became enlightened."

Chi Lang didn't bother to talk to him: "If you beat me in two individual events, why don't I win you once?"

"How can I not allow it, I'm just praising you for making a lot of progress recently."

Chi Lang snorted coldly: "It's not all about stimulating you."

Gu Ran has to stand on tiptoe to put his hands on his shoulders, and stand on the ice with skates on. This action is not easy to do. He put most of his body weight on Chi Lang: "Admit it, I Just stronger than you."

Chi Lang raised his head slightly and looked at him from above: "I'm taller than you."

Gu Ran grinned: "I'm still younger than you."

"..."

Chi Lang couldn't talk to him, so he just shut up.Suddenly remembered something, and smiled again: "Very good, both of us have two gold medals, in the elite league in September, I will compete with you again."

Two individual gold medals, two relay silver medals, Gu Ran still has a little regret for this result.

Although the relay race depends on the overall strength of the team, before coming to Shijiazhuang, he really thought about winning all the gold medals in the four participating events.

"Why, are you not satisfied with this result?" On the high-speed train back, Xu Qing saw him staring at the medal, and sat in the empty seat next to him.

Gu Ran shook her head: "No."

"what is that?"

Gu Ran thought for a while and said: "In the past few months, I have experienced a life that I have never experienced in the past ten years. It is very novel and very hard. It seems that the door to a new world has been opened. There is always someone at the door seduce me."

Xu Qing heard it fresh, and asked him again: "What did he use to seduce you?"

Gu Ran half-closed her eyes, looking at the passing scenery outside the window: "Champions, honors, and maybe other things, I don't know yet."

Put a hand on his shoulder: "Then do you want to look inside the door?"

Gu Ran was surprised: "I'm already inside the door now?"

Xu Qing shook his head: "Not yet."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Then I'll go in and have a look."

Xu Qing patted him on the shoulder: "You won't regret it."

"That's right." He stood up and was about to return to his seat, but suddenly remembered something, and asked Gu Ran, "Who is that person who tempted you at the door?"

Gu Ran raised her head and looked at him: "It's you."

"That shows that I have a good eye."