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

After sending out the red envelopes and messages, Gu Ran ran away very calmly.

After closing WeChat and opening the game, Chi Lang dragged him to form a team when he went online, but the other party still scolded him impatiently: "I could only play for an hour, but you delayed it by 10 minutes."

"Chi Dali!" Gu Ran turned on the microphone, "Do you know what post I just read?"

Chi Lang pressed the matching button: "What?"

Gu Ran described to Chi Lang what he saw just now, and then there was no movement over there. Because one person did not confirm the game matching, the round did not start.

Gu Ran came out and saw that that person was actually Chi Lang.

He switched the interface back to WeChat and clicked on Chi Lang's profile picture: "Why did you go?"

Chi Dali: "Where do I read the post?"

Chi Dali: "Why are you all praising you?"

Chi Dali: "Praise you for being handsome, praise your buttocks, and praise your skills."

Limit: "Can you not mention the word 'ass'?"

Chi Dali: "One thing to say, your butt is really sticky, let Dad pinch it next time."

Limit: "Go away!"

Chi Dali: "There are still many people who praise me for being handsome. Compared with your handsome face, there is a market for us muscular men."

Limit: "..."

Gu Ran threw the phone on the bed, took a book of English cloze exercises and started to do it.

After a while, Chi Lang's voice call came over: "Go online quickly, I can still make a call."

"Go away, don't delay my study"

"!!!"

Gu Changfeng looked at his son's gold medal and wished he could call the whole family and tell them that his son won the championship.

Gu Ran hurriedly stopped him: "Dad, Dad, calm down, this champion is useless except for more points."

"Who said it's useless!" Gu Changfeng patted his son on the shoulder, "Although you have won numerous awards since you were young, and your mother is willing to send you to those interest classes, but when Dad saw that you won prizes in short track speed skating Ranking is the happiest."

Gu Ran twirled the gel pen quickly on her fingertips and asked, "Why?"

Gu Changfeng sat on his desk, looked down at his son tenderly: "Because I can feel that you are very happy now, and you are enjoying what you are doing now."

Gu Ran also smiled, lowered her head and continued to write the questions: "Yes, it is very fulfilling. I always feel that there are endless things to do and endless energy."

Gu Changfeng rubbed his head: "At your age, your parents are still young, and you don't have to worry about food and clothing. Of course, you should spend all your energy on the things you like."

Gu Ran joked with him: "Dad, how is your billionaire wealth doing?"

Gu Changfeng teased him: "Don't worry, it's almost all yours."

On Sunday night, Gu Ran returned to the ice training base.Walking into the apartment building, Gu Ran felt that something was wrong.

A male skater from the figure skating side came towards him, and Gu Ran took the initiative to say hello to him: "Hello, senior brother."

The senior brother looked him up and down, his eyes fell behind him, and he smiled maliciously: "I'm back."

Gu Ran: "..."

When he returned to the dormitory, Zheng Wenkang and Wu Kaize hadn't come back yet, and Gao Ziyi, who hadn't come home, was washing clothes in the bathroom.

After Gu Ran packed up her things, it was time for dinner.It happened that Gao Ziyi also finished washing his clothes, so Gu Ran dragged him to the cafeteria.

At this time, the cafeteria has already had players eating one after another.As soon as Gu Ran and Gao Ziyi walked in, there were immediately crowds from several tables nearby.

Gu Ran felt the scrutinizing gaze just now again, and in the next second, two speed skating senior sisters walked past him: "Haha, it's really upturned and round."

"Gu Xiaoran, quickly ask the senior sister to pinch her."

"!!!"

Gu Ran dodged and hid behind Gao Ziyi: "Senior Sister! Don't do this, I will be shy."

The two girls stretched out their hands one from the left and the other from the right: "What's the matter with asking the senior sister to pinch it?"

Gu Ran insisted on keeping her butt from being touched by others: "No, no! You don't have a butt yourself, why do you have to pinch mine?"

Gao Ziyi was sandwiched between Gu Ran and the two senior sisters, of course he wanted to protect his beloved junior brother.He insisted on blocking Gu Ran, and did not give an inch when facing the two girls: "He is thin-skinned, you two stop teasing him, go to eat quickly."

"Oh, Gao Ziyi." One of the female team members glared at him, "Usually she doesn't say a word, but when she protects the younger brother, she is unambiguous at all."

Gu Ran's head popped out from behind Gao Ziyi: "That's right, Senior Brother Xiao Gao loves me the most."

The senior sister had sharp eyes and quick hands, and pinched his face: "If you can't pinch the butt, you can pinch the face. The little brother is so cute."

"..."

Gu Ran and Gao Ziyi had just picked up their meal and found a table to sit down. After a while, Liang Kexin and Zhao Ting came over with the plate.

"Gu Xiaoran!"

Gu Ran almost choked on a mouthful of rice, and refused first: "Don't pinch your butt, don't even think about it!"

Zhao Ting laughed: "Your ass, sister, I can pinch it whenever I want, and I pinch it once a day when I practice the relay."

Gu Ran: "!!!"

There is still the last leg of the elite league. With Gu Ran's current points, he will definitely be able to qualify for next year's National Short Track Speed ​​Skating Championships. There is nothing to worry about.

During the training, he was not in a hurry to pursue speed, but honed his skills more carefully.

The first time he saw Meng Yuqiao's cornering skills in a game, he was very surprised. At present, even Liu Fei, Ren Yongjie, and even the athletes of the adult group that Gu Ran has seen, when they pass the corner , will subconsciously slow down.

First of all, it is technically difficult for them to meet such requirements. Accelerating through the curve requires quite precise control of the skates.

Secondly, corners are the places where overtaking and anti-overtaking occur most, and friction between athletes is inevitable. If the speed is too fast, accidents such as falling off the track are easy to occur.

Finally, when athletes reach the age of sixteen or seventeen, their technical characteristics have been fixed and it is difficult to change.

And Meng Yuqiao used to practice roller skating, and only started short track speed skating three years ago.In just three years, he was able to polish a technique that was difficult for others to break through in ten or eight years, which is enough to prove how hard he is in his usual training.

Xu Qing was on duty that night, and he came to the skating rink again.Not surprisingly, there was only one person inside.

The lights in the skating rink were not all turned on, but only one set was turned on to illuminate a small area in the middle.

Within the range covered by the lights, there was only one figure practicing there.Xu Qing only needs to look at the back to know that it is Gu Ran.

In the past six months, although he has grown a little taller, his figure is still slender. He is not a muscular macho like Chi Lang, but has a slim waist, buttocks and long legs. Wearing a subsidized jumpsuit, his body curves can be seen at a glance no more.

No wonder those people on the Internet are all focused on his buttocks, this buttocks really steal the spotlight.

Gu Ran probably felt that the temperature inside the skating rink was a bit cold, so Gu Ran put on a tracksuit over the jumpsuit.

There are some marker blocks on the ice, and Gu Ran is quickly sliding in the figure "8" between the marker blocks.

He seemed dissatisfied with his speed and sensitivity, so he practiced back and forth many times.

Xu Qing took the cloth and put it on the ice, and slid to him: "Come on, I'll help you."

Gu Ran raised his head, because the lights in the arena were dim, so he wore a pair of transparent goggles.

He looked Xu Qing up and down: "You old waist, can you do it?"

Xu Qing snorted and laughed: "If you try it, you'll know if it's okay."

Since he took the initiative to ask for help, Gu Ran was not polite, and tied the other end of the cloth belt around his chest and waist, and began to experience the support of his left leg, the direction of force, and the order in which he retracted his legs when going through a bend.

Once he started training, his whole body quickly got into it. He carefully experienced the feeling when the outer edge of his left leg skated across the ice when his body was leaning, looking for the ability to speed up without slipping and causing a fall. that feeling.

That kind of feeling was not easy to find. Four or ten minutes passed without knowing it, but Gu Ran didn't intend to stop, but Xu Qing's overwhelmed old waist couldn't support it.

He propped his hands on his lower back, trying to keep up with Gu Ran's speed, but the longer it took, the more he couldn't hold on.

In the end, Gu Ran finally realized that something was wrong. Looking back, Director Xu's action of pressing her hands against her lower back was very similar to that of a pregnant woman who was seven or eight months pregnant.

Gu Ran hurriedly stopped, and then went to help him: "Everyone says you can't do it, so tell me earlier, don't hold on."

Xu Qing waved his hands and sighed: "Oh, I'm getting old."

Gu Ran helped him to slide to the sidelines: "Let's go, I'll change clothes."

"Don't practice?"

Gu Ran nodded: "I've practiced for more than an hour tonight."

After Gu Ran changed his clothes, Xu Qing waited for him outside, and the two walked towards the playground.Gu Ran suddenly asked Xu Qing a question: "What's wrong with your waist?"

Xu Qing replied casually, "I'm hurt."

Gu Ran continued to ask, "How did you get hurt?"

Xu Qing smiled and looked at him: "None of your business."

"..."

It was a bit cold after nightfall, so Gu Ran pulled the zipper of the down jacket up to her chin: "I searched for you on Baidu, and the news only said that you retired suddenly, without saying the reason, and you can also see a large crowd of onlookers who didn't know the truth at the time, saying that you Not self-disciplined enough, his condition has seriously declined, and he will retire at a young age."

"Later, I saw that Director Cheng came out to clarify, saying that you temporarily decided to retire because of injuries, and then the Winter Management Center issued a statement."

Xu Qing looked at him rather dissatisfied: "It seems that the training plan I usually arrange for you is too little, you still have time to watch gossip online."

"Um..." Gu Ran tilted her head, her attitude was quite disdainful, "Does the training plan you arranged affect me? Anyway, I have to train myself."

For this, Xu Qing is still very satisfied: "You are talented and hardworking, which is really commendable."

Gu Ran denied, "I have never felt that I am a hardworking person. I like to do things to the extreme. If something fails to reach my own goal, I will keep doing it until I get a good position. But if This matter has met my expectations, and I will not spend time doing it again and again.”

Xu Qing said: "In the international arena, short track speed skating technology is updated very quickly. You can pay more attention to some international competitions. Athletes who are a little older, their current skating methods can no longer keep up with the current technology. gone."

"When you embark on this path and become a professional athlete, it is doomed that you need to skate a lot of time to train, study, and constantly improve and innovate."

"Got it!" Gu Ran was a little impatient, "So you still haven't explained how the injury caused you to retire."

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows: "You didn't tell me what exactly stimulated you, you have been practicing cornering skills for the past few days."

So, Gu Ran told him what she thought.

Xu Qing laughed after hearing this: "The WE club is rich and can often invite foreign teachers to teach their players. The course costs tens of thousands of dollars in a few days. They often have access to some leading international technologies, as you can observe. Meticulous, very good."

"However, it's too inefficient for you to practice on your own, why don't you ask Meng Yuqiao for advice, and then we can study it."

Gu Ran was surprised and said: "You also said that he spent huge sums of money to hire a foreigner to teach the technology, so can he tell me so easily?"

Xu Qing asked back: "If it were you, would you tell him?"

Gu Ran replied without thinking: "Of course! Although we are not a team now, I think we have a chance to wear the same training uniform with the national flag printed on the chest."

"So, how do you know that he doesn't think the same way as you do."

Gu Ran was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized something.In his impression, Meng Yuqiao was a bit cold, but he was definitely a very upright person, otherwise, he wouldn't hate that He Yang and the entire R provincial team so much.

Xu Qing patted him on the shoulder: "The current situation in the short track speed skating international arena is different from a few years ago. South Korea is the only one, European countries are rising rapidly, and the strengths of all countries are gradually becoming balanced, and the competition is becoming more and more fierce. You young players with potential should unite together, improve your skills, and go to a wider arena to compete with athletes from other countries."

"Also," he leaned into Gu Ran's ear with a smile and said, "I think once you master the essentials, you will learn faster and better than him."

Gu Ran raised her chin, and asked expectantly, "Why?"

"Because you are younger, more flexible, smarter, and have the aura of never giving up until you reach your goal."

"Director Xu," Gu Ran smirked, "So I'm such a perfect team member in your heart."

Xu Qing's hand on his shoulder, which was originally on his shoulder, moved down unexpectedly, and slapped his butt through the fluffy down jacket: "Yes, it's round and upturned, and it feels soft to the touch. Let the brothers and sisters come and feel it tomorrow. "

Gu Ran: "..."

He never wants to hear the word butt again! ! !

Together, Xu Qing and Gu Ran walked downstairs to the men's team's apartment, stopped by for a surprise inspection, confiscated some contraband, and left leisurely, leaving behind a wail.

It was only after he left that Gu Ran realized that Mr. Xu, the old fox, made his words clear, but he didn't hear a single gossip from him.

The fourth race happened to be at the end of December. After four consecutive months of preparation and competition, the team members were actually somewhat tired.In order to encourage everyone, Xu Qing promised before starting: "Behave well, and we will have three days off on New Year's Day after the game."

"And what if it doesn't behave well?"

These words came out from the crowd with a low voice, but they were still heard by Xu Qing.

He smiled amiably, but a sharp light flashed in his eyes: "If you don't perform well, you will have three days of extra training, land in the morning, physical fitness in the afternoon, and ice in the evening, plus a [-]-word summary and review for each person." ,handwriting!"

"!!!"

Everyone turned their heads and looked at the speaker, silently staring at him with death.

The slobbering warrior was none other than Zheng Wenkang who was standing next to Gu Ran.

When he first opened his mouth, Gu Ran seemed to want to gag him, but he was a step too late and didn't have time.

Since Xu Qing said to have three days off, the condition of good performance is just a decoration, this is the fourth stop, so it doesn't matter if it is good or not.

But Zheng Wenkang couldn't control his mouth and wanted to answer his words.

The host city of the fourth race is located in the central region, the climate is dry, the weather is around zero, and the most important thing is to have heating!

When they arrived at the hotel, there were several teams waiting to check in in the lobby. Gu Ran looked around and saw Meng Yuqiao standing in the corner at a glance.

It will take a while for the team leader to settle in and distribute the room cards. Gu Ran thought about it and walked towards Meng Yuqiao.

As soon as he walked to the other side, he suddenly remembered what Meng Yuqiao said to He Yang last time, so he looked up at the name of the hotel.

Sure enough, this chain of hotels is available all over the country, and they happened to book this one again.

Meng Yuqiao noticed Gu Ran when he was walking towards him, and found that he was looking up at the hotel name, and couldn't help but smile and ask, "Have you also checked on the industrial and commercial information publicity platform? "

Gu Ran shook her head: "That's not true."

"The legal person of this hotel is indeed named Meng," Meng Yuqiao said with a brighter smile, "but it has nothing to do with me."

"what???"