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

Wu Kaize took advantage of the situation and strangled Gu Ran's neck: "You call this a bad test?"

Gu Ran followed his strength and leaned against him. The two of them twisted together and almost fell down the stairs. Fortunately, Gao Ziyi, who was walking on the other side of Gu Ran, helped him.

Gu Ran sighed again: "When I was in junior high school, my grades never fell out of the top three."

As he spoke, he sighed again: "Oh... I didn't do well in the exam this time, so I have to work harder next semester!"

"You are content." Wu Kaize wanted to pounce on him and bite him. "Since I was a child, my mother will reward me as long as I pass the exam. If I can pass this test, my mother can invite relatives and friends to eat at home for three days." Water seat."

Zheng Wenkang laughed to death: "You have no chance now, because you can't even pass the high school entrance examination."

After they graduated from junior high school, the ice training base no longer arranged cultural classes, but went to the physical education college for several half days a week, and their education was a technical secondary school.

How far you can go in reading in the future depends on what results you can achieve in short track speed skating.

"Fuck off!"

At this time, Gao Ziyi asked Gu Ran: "I heard that you want to divide into arts and sciences, Xiao Ran chooses arts or sciences?"

Gu Ran replied without thinking, "Choose science."

Zheng Wenkang didn't understand either, so he asked casually, "Why?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "For me, it may take less time."

"..."

Wu Kaize was deeply emotional: "This is the gap between people. I can't compare with others in learning, and I can't even compare with others in skating. The key is that they are younger than me and have shorter training time than me. Alas..."

Gu Ran hugged his shoulder: "Brother, don't underestimate yourself, work hard, you can be worse hahaha."

After speaking, he felt his ass being pinched.It was Wu Kai who moved down the hand that was on his neck quickly, and commented after pinching it: "Our child's butt feels amazing! QQ is bouncy, white and tender."

Zheng Wenkang asked: "How do you know it's white and tender?"

Wu Kaize said as a matter of course: "I saw him when he came out of the shower to change his clothes."

Zheng Wenkang nodded as if he had suddenly realized: "I will pinch him next time when he is naked."

Gu Ran reached behind the two of them, and pinched one of their buttocks: "You two are not bad, why don't you pinch your own?"

Several people came to the cafeteria talking and laughing, and happened to meet Xu Qing.

Xu Qing knew that Gu Ran went to school in the morning to get his final report card, so he asked casually, "How did you do in the exam?"

Zheng Wenkang was the first to answer for Gu Ran: "It's not very good."

Xu Qing frowned, but still focused on encouragement: "You have to work hard next semester. If you still don't do well in the exam, I will say that you belong to the figure skating team next door."

Zheng Wenkang added the last half of the sentence: "I only passed the exam in the eighth grade."

Xu Qing didn't change his face: "Oh, so, then I'll go to the parents' meeting, and I need to discuss this issue with the teacher."

"..."

Gu Ranbai glanced at him: "Director Xu, if you want a child, hurry up and have one. Why do you keep taking advantage of me?"

Xu Qing snorted and said, "A teacher for a day, a father for life."

He was so shameless, Gu Ran had nothing to say: "Sorry, there is no parent meeting."

"..."

There have been no games for these two months, and the training intensity has been lower than during the elite league.The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the training attitude of the players is somewhat lax.

Gu Ran didn't slack off at all, she still trained as she should every day.Even in order to prepare for the 1500 project, he began to train more physically, as well as some special training on endurance.

At first, Gu Ran was a little uncomfortable.After all, Gu Ran mainly practiced 500 meters in the past, and she didn't know the rhythm, route and tactics of the 1500 meters race at all.

In this regard, Gao Ziyi gave him a lot of help and shared his experience with him without reservation.Through his careful guidance, Gu Ran can avoid many detours in training.

In order to practice 1500 meters with him, Gao Ziyi also went to the ice rink with him every night to practice for himself.

Gu Ran also took his senior brother to practice cornering skills together, and the two cooperated with each other.

This saved Director Xu's old waist. Now he only needs to stand in the middle of the ice rink and move his lips.

Gu Ran didn't forget to ask Meng Yuqiao for advice.To be honest, before sending a message to the other party, he was somewhat apprehensive.

After all, this iceberg beauty is not easy to get along with.Although Gu Ran had communicated with him several times, what left the deepest impression on him was the arrogance with which he lashed out at He Yang.

He still remembers Meng Yuqiao's words: "Being a teammate with someone like you, I'd rather not join the national team!"

Although he hadn't asked in person, Gu Ran was almost sure of it after integrating multiple sources of information.The conflict between these two people was related to the "Rolling Ice" competition three years ago and the quota for entering the R provincial team.

Whether it is right or wrong, he is not yet clear.

However, based on his intuition, he still favored Meng Yuqiao's side.

Gu Ran clicked on WeChat, and after thinking about it, she still sent a WeChat message to Meng Yuqiao: "Big Qiao..."

"Call Senior Brother."

Gu Ran changed her words in a polite manner: "Hello, senior brother."

"what's up?"

"I think, ask me..." Gu Ran was a little hesitant. He felt that with Meng Yuqiao's character, he might reject others without beating around the bush.

That atmosphere will definitely be very awkward, and from now on I will probably lie down.

"Say!"

Gu Ran thought about it, and thought that she should blow a rainbow fart first: "I think your cornering skills are very good."

"That's not being surpassed by you."

"!!!"

As expected, it was indeed a bit unprepared.

Gu Ran bit the bullet and said: "Then... it was an accident. You lost your balance and the route was deviated. But when you passed the curve, the angle between the skate blade and the ice surface was extremely extreme."

Sure enough, Meng Yuqiao didn't beat around the bush with him, and asked straightforwardly, "Do you want to try too?"

Gu Ran immediately sent a word: "Think!"

He hesitated for a while, and wanted to add "If it's inconvenient, forget it", but before he finished typing, the other party's reply came over: "Okay."

"!!!"

Gu Ran chattered for a long time, but she didn't expect the other party to be so forthright.

"Thank you big... senior brother."

"Second Junior Brother, don't be too polite."

"..."

All right, for the sake of his straightforwardness, Gu Ran recognized him as the second junior brother.

After a while, Meng Yuqiao sent him a document.Gu Ran opened it and saw that it was written in pure English.Start with the overview, then go to the principles and the application in the competition... There are dozens of pages of practice methods and steps, with pictures interspersed, which are very detailed.

Meng Yuqiao asked, "Can you understand?"

Gu Ran said: "I will try my best."

"Ask me where you don't understand, and I'll tell you."

"it is good."

After a while, Meng Yuqiao sent several videos to Gu Ran. It was a foreigner who was instructing the team members and explaining the decomposition movements in detail.

Gu Ran was really not polite to him, and asked directly if there was anything she didn't understand.The work and rest time of the two people is also very uniform, and they can reply in almost seconds when they send messages to each other.

During training, Gu Ran would also show the video to Xu Qing and Gao Ziyi, and the three of them would study together.

What the foreign coach said in the video, Gu Ran will try his best to translate it for them.

With Meng Yuqiao's materials and explanations, and the help of Xu Qing and Gao Ziyi, Gu Ran made rapid progress and gradually found a little feeling.

After the training that night, Gu Ran and Gao Ziyi went back to the dormitory together, and the two of them were still discussing the training while walking.Gu Ran also listened to his chat with Meng Yuqiao, especially the audio explanation Meng Yuqiao sent him.

Gao Ziyi smiled and said with emotion: "I can't see that he is so patient."

"That's right, I didn't expect that either. When I met him in a game before, he always had a cold expression and ignored everyone. I didn't expect him to be quite nice."

Thinking of this, Gu Ran suddenly thought that since it was communication technology, Meng Yuqiao couldn't always send him information, and all the information he sent was learned from foreign coaches with real money.

Everyone should come and go and communicate with each other. It seems that he should share something with each other.

After returning to the dormitory, Gu Ran thought about it and took out a notebook.Those were his notes when he participated in the National Youth Training Team in Shanghai last year.

At that time, all the provincial teams participated in the training camp, and there were no clubs.Perhaps this information collection technology can be shared with Meng Yuqiao.

So, he took a picture of the note and sent it to the other party.

After a while, he received a reply from Meng Yuqiao: "The handwriting is not bad."

"..."

Just the day before the New Year's holiday, the students had already let themselves go and prepared to go home for the New Year.That night, Gu Ran was still training at the skating rink.

Xu Qing and Gao Ziyi also accompanied him, watching him go through the curve again and again tirelessly.

Gao Ziyi glanced at the time, it was already 08:30, and Gu Ran practiced for another hour.

Seeing that Gu Ran had forgotten the time and had no intention of going back, he couldn't help persuading him, "Why don't you practice after the new year comes back."

Xu Qing also said: "You have been training a bit recently, be careful of injuries."

Gu Ran compared them with "three" with her hands behind her back, which meant the last three laps.

Xu Qing and Gao Ziyi didn't say anything, they just stood on the sidelines and watched him skate.

On the first and second laps, Gu Ran passed the curve smoothly. Although the speed was not bad, it was obvious that he hadn't achieved the effect he wanted.

On the last lap, when he was about to enter the curve, he suddenly kicked off continuously, and his speed increased in an instant. In order to resist the huge centrifugal force, Gu Ran leaned to the left, and the outer edge of his left leg was used as a support to meet the ice. The angle of the surface reached the limit, and a silky feeling came from the skates. At the same time, he could clearly feel the change in speed at that moment.

The next moment, he passed the curve at an incredible speed, retracted his legs and kicked off the ice, and re-established his balance with his tilted body, and came to the straight road.

Gu Ran straightened her upper body excitedly, and slid to Gao Ziyi and Xu Qing: "That's the feeling, I found it!"

Gao Ziyi smiled and nodded, looking more excited than him: "Indeed, when going through a curve, the speed has increased visibly to the naked eye."

"Really," Gu Ran took off his helmet and goggles, and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "It's not in vain that I practiced for so long."

Xu Qing, who was at the side, suddenly stood up and poured cold water on him: "Don't be too happy, this is a success once, and you have to continue to practice afterwards."

Gu Ran nodded perfunctorily: "Got it, got it!"

Xu Qing couldn't help but stroke his head: "Little brat."

The past few days of Chinese New Year happened to be the Winter Olympics. This year, it was held in South Korea. There was no time difference in watching the games. The sports channel broadcast live broadcasts of various winter events every day.

There are always relatives in Gu Ran's family. Everyone knows that he is practicing short track speed skating in the provincial team. When he comes, he has to ask: "Listen to your father, you are amazing. You have won many gold medals. Why didn't you participate in the winter competition?" Olympics?"

Gu Ran could only answer patiently and tirelessly: "There will be an age limit for the Winter Olympics, and you must be 16 years old to participate."

Another person asked: "Then you will be 16 next year, and you will be able to participate in the next year."

Gu Ran smiled awkwardly but politely: "The year after next will be the Summer Olympics, am I going to lift weights?"

"How does this kid talk? Are there any teammates of yours here? Can you win the championship?"

At this time, there happened to be a short-track speed skating competition, the 1000-meter semi-final.The Chinese athlete, that is, the player from Province J who has been training with the national team all the year round, was originally skating in second place, but was suddenly changed lanes by the Korean athlete, causing a body collision and falling off the track.

The little cousin sitting on the side asked Gu Ran: "Is this considered a foul?"

Gu Ran asked him back: "Aren't you also training in the club? You can't tell if you committed a foul or not?"

The little cousin said timidly, "Then...then...forget it."

"What is counting, it is a foul."

The little cousin shrank his neck and asked again: "Who made the foul?"

Gu Ran said: "Of course the Koreans fouled. They collided with us when they passed. According to the rules..."

His words fell silent, and the little cousin tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Brother...Look!"

Gu Ran turned her head away, the game was over, and the referee gave the final penalty.The name of the Chinese athlete is not ADV (sentenced to the next round), but DNF (did not finish the game).

In other words, the referee did not give a penalty to the South Korean player, but he ranked second and entered the final.

"Damn it!" Gu Ran couldn't help but swear in front of her little cousin, and immediately received a warning from Xu Mei, "Xiao Ran, take your brother to play."

Gu Ran casually took out a Switch and stuffed it into his cousin's arms, letting him play by himself.He picked up his phone, clicked on the WeChat group with his teammates, and saw what they had to say.

The little cousin put the game console aside again: "I don't play now, I want to watch the game!"

At this point, the group has exploded.After all, the team member who fell was from province J and was also in this group.

"This referee is blind."

"The slow motion of his own replays made the foul obvious."

"Is this the mysterious power of the host?"

"Koreans weren't always this disgusting."

"There are so many disgusting things they do."

"..."

That's right, in this year's Winter Olympics, especially in the short-track speed skating competition that the Koreans claim to be the world's number one.They are so arrogant that they will not be punished for their blatant fouls, which almost angered all participating teams and athletes.

The Koreans didn't care about these at all, and even dared to verbally provoke the Chinese players when they got to the sidelines.

The Olympic Games are held every four years, and every athlete who can stand in the Olympic Games has to go through a long cycle.Every year, they need to travel around the world to compete in various competitions, large and small, to compete for qualifications.

During this period, we have to face various reasons such as sudden injuries, bottlenecks in training and technology, and decline in state.

Overcoming all difficulties and finally standing in the Olympics, who is not aiming at the championship.

However, the blatant little actions of the Koreans, the referees turning a blind eye, and the ISU officials who did not respond positively...all these combined easily ruined an athlete's four years.

Their careers are only a few years in total, and the peak period is even shorter. How many four years can be wasted like this?

Seeing the familiar players fall on the field, the helpless and unwilling eyes, and the choked words during the interview.

In the end, the Chinese short track speed skating team did not win a single gold medal in this Winter Olympics. On the contrary, because the women's team won a silver medal, the South Korean team could not stand on the podium at the same time. Outside scolded others.

Gu Ran was also very angry, but sitting in front of the TV, what else could he do besides scolding the Korean and the referee?

He took a coat and went out for a run.

These few days of Chinese New Year are the time when the temperature is the lowest, and the temperature in City C has dropped to around minus ten degrees.

Gu Ran wore a short-sleeved jacket and a down jacket.He ran around the artificial lake in the community three times in one breath.

After the run, he was sweating all over and was shocked by the cold wind, but he calmed down.

He can't do much, but there is one thing he can and must do, and that is to train harder, improve his performance, be selected for the national team, and compete with Koreans in international competitions.

In the Beijing Winter Olympics four years later, he is still under 19 years old, which is the golden age of an athlete's skills, experience and physical fitness.

He must stand on the Olympic field at that time, and use his strength to let the Koreans know that the short track speed skating track is white, so it should be clean, and they can't let them cover the sky with their hands.

When I got home from the run, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.Gu Ran was changing shoes at the door, and was about to shout, "Mom, I'm hungry, get me something to eat."

Before she could say "Mom", Xu Mei slapped her butt twice: "It's such a cold day, look at the sweat on your forehead, what should you do if you're sick?"

Gu Ran was very sick when she was a child. When she ran hot, she sweated on her back and didn't dry it off in time. When the wind blew, she would catch a cold.

Xu Mei was very nervous, she took a towel and wanted to wipe it for him.Gu Ran hurriedly dodged, and fled back to her room in two or three steps: "I'm going to take a bath, you cook me a bowl of noodles."

Xu Mei stood at the door for a long time with a towel in her hand.Gu Changfeng came over and asked her, "Why are you standing here in a daze?"

Xu Mei said: "Why do I feel that he grew up in a 'bass', and I'm not ready yet?"

Gu Changfeng put his arms around his wife's shoulders: "He's going to grow up anyway. How good it is now, he's neither naughty nor rebellious, we don't need to worry about anything."

Xu Mei sighed, "I don't even know what he's thinking right now, and he won't tell me."

Gu Changfeng smiled and said: "He pretends to be short-track speed skating in his heart, which is heavy and keeps urging him to grow."

"This is the sense of mission."