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

Indeed, it is very difficult for Chi Lang to rub Gu Ran on the ice.

Since last year's U-series competition, it was almost Gu Ran who rubbed him against the ice.When it came to the elite league, he seemed to have lost sight of Gu Ran.

The starting point of the two people is obviously the same, and he doesn't know when Gu Ran has opened up such a big gap between him.

Chi Lang refused to accept it. Even in the H provincial team, where the competition is so fierce and cruel, he was trained by the coach as an elite. From childhood to adulthood, he was the champion in all the youth competitions he participated in, until Gu Ran appeared.

Although they are rivals, they have also become very good brothers through the competition, and they have the friendship of competing to be each other's fathers.

In addition to friendship, Chi Lang also wants to work hard.On the one hand, he is about to turn 17 this year, and when he reaches the age where he can participate in adult competitions, he has to plan for his future.

On the other hand, he really wanted to compete with Gu Ran.

In the past three months, he has trained harder than anyone else, and his daily training volume is at least two to three times that of his teammates.After ten o'clock in the evening, he still refused to leave the skating rink, forcing the security guard to call Coach Liu and ask him to discipline his players.

The whole province of Chi Lang has seen Chi Lang's efforts, and his progress is also obvious to all. At least in the 1000-meter event, he can even compete with Liu Fei.

In an in-team test before participating in the national championship, Chi Lang slid out a time of 1:28, which greatly refreshed his personal best time, and in this test, he completely defeated his senior brother Liu Fei .

Seeing the rapid growth of his junior and his father's eyes, Liu Fei also fell into confusion.He has turned 19 years old, but his grades have entered a bottleneck period.

After the Winter Olympics, two older brothers of the national team are about to retire, and they will no longer participate in competitions with the national team in the new season starting in the second half of this year.

Among them, the most promising young players to be selected for the national team are Liu Fei and Ren Yongjie.

The two of them have reached this age, and they can no longer enter the national team, and there is no hope after that.

Liu Fei and Chi Lang, two brothers, are holding back their energy. One wants to compete with Gu Ran in this national championship, and the other wants to regain his form through the competition and be selected for the national team as soon as possible.

Before playing, Gu Ran walked into the inspection area and saw Chi Lang at a glance.The two usually talked and laughed, and when they saw it from afar, they wanted to jump together.

It's a good day today, Chi Lang spread his legs apart, with his arms wrapped around his chest, sitting there with a big horse and golden knife, as if he couldn't see anyone else in his eyes.

Gu Ran looked at him strangely, the two of them were arguing just now, why are they pretending to be deep now?

He sat next to Chi Lang and slapped him on the thigh: "Hey, why are you in a daze?"

Chi Lang gave him a peripheral vision, but said nothing.

"Chi Dali, Chi Dali..." Gu Ran tilted her head and looked at him from the bottom up, "My silly son, don't you even recognize your father?"

"Get lost!" Chi Lang couldn't help but want to laugh, but quickly stopped, and turned his head arrogantly, "I'm so annoying!"

Gu Ran laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her waist: "If you have something on your mind, tell me quickly, Dad will enlighten you."

Chi Lang said: "I was just thinking..."

He stopped halfway, and Gu Ran asked him, "What are you thinking?"

"How do I want to rub you against the ice!"

Gu Ran: "..."

Liu Fei and Ren Yongjie sat across from each other, watching the two children making a fuss with a smile on their faces.

Ren Yongjie suddenly said to Liu Fei: "What did you say to me last time?"

Liu Fei said too much to him, how could he remember so much: "What did I say?"

"You said it would be my turn sooner or later."

"Huh?" Liu Fei frowned, he wanted to really say that, in the elite league, he lost to Gu Ran in the 1000 meters.

Ren Yongjie continued: "I think this day is not far away."

Liu Fei frowned: "You gave up before the game started?"

"That's not true, I just feel that the children nowadays are progressing too fast..."

While speaking, the staff on the ice rink have finished clearing the ice, and the men's 1000m final will begin immediately.

Gu Ran put on gloves, helmet and goggles in turn, and adjusted as she walked out.

If we say that in yesterday's 500-meter final, when he stepped onto the ice rink, he was still a little nervous.

Well, standing on the track today, his state is full of excitement.The kind of excitement that can't wait to fight a battle.

In the semi-finals, he ranked second among the four players. Liu Fei was the first on the left, Ren Yongjie was on the right, and Chi Lang was on the fourth.

The referee's "ready" command came to mind, the four of them got ready for the starting position, the starting gun fired, and Gu Ran stepped on his feet hard, and the whole person went out.

However, at this time the referee's whistle sounded, and Liu Fei, who was in the first lane, rushed away.

Chi Lang turned his head to look in surprise. Liu Fei has always been a very steady person, and he rarely made mistakes on the field.It's really rare to encounter this kind of thing.

It can only show that his brother's current mentality is not so stable.

Gu Ran made a half-circle from the side and returned to the starting line.

After a small episode, the feeling of excitement calmed down a little, and my mind regained two points of sobriety, and I began to calm myself down and plan the skating route of the entire competition.

The starting gun sounded again, and Chi Lang reacted faster than Gu Ran.He is in the fourth lane, if he is not happy, he is likely to fall to the end, let alone compete with Gu Ran, he can't even see Gu Ran's shadow.

For a strong player like him, the sprint stage ahead is the most advantageous. He was ahead of Ren Yongjie in two or three steps, and entered the corner directly from the outer lane.

Gu Ran's start was a little slower, and she fell behind Liu Fei at the first bend, temporarily ranking third.

The two contestants from province H ranked first and second, and it was very difficult for others to surpass them.

Gu Ran was not in a hurry, and just followed behind.This is a 1000-meter race, with a total of nine laps. Generally speaking, in order to reserve enough physical strength for the final sprint stage, players will not choose to fight too hard in front. At least the first five laps, the atmosphere on the court should be is peaceful.

However, no one expected that there would be one person who couldn't wait for today's game.

Gu Ran was very excited before the race started, because Liu Fei made a quick start and returned to the starting line, his mind was only a little clear.

However, when he saw Chi Lang rushing to the first place, this sobriety vanished in an instant.

At this moment, Gu Ran had one thought in his mind: "Well, Chi Dali, how dare you make so much progress behind your father's back. Let's see how Dad teaches you."

Just when the audience in the stands couldn't concentrate enough, one of the four people skating one by one on the field suddenly cut to the outside lane.

Gu Ran accelerated her speed by continuously clamping the knife, and soon came to a position parallel to Liu Fei.The latter saw him speeding up, seeing that he was about to overtake him, so he couldn't help speeding up.

The two were gliding side by side. Gu Ran didn't dare to move sideways. He would be sentenced to a foul and was about to enter a curve. He could only slow down a little and give way to him first.

However, although Gu Ran failed to surpass Liu Fei this time, he disrupted his rhythm.At the moment when he came out of the corner, he failed to hold his own line well, and was still overtaken by Gu Ran.

Liu Fei was a little confused. In order to avoid accidents, athletes usually choose to slow down a little when entering the curve, and only pick up the speed continuously when exiting the curve.

Just now, he also clearly felt that Gu Ran had slowed down.

But why, his speed is still so fast.

Liu Fei kept staring at Gu Ran's back, from the straight road to the next curve, from holding his hands behind his back to supporting the ice with his left hand.

At this moment, he saw that the angle between the outer edge of Gu Ran's left skate and the ice surface was obviously smaller than that of the ice surface, and instead of slowing down, his speed could be fully stretched at this moment, and when he exited the corner When he was on the road, he held the knife continuously, and when he reached the straight road, he felt that Gu Ran was about to stick to Chi Lang.

Chi Lang was also under a lot of pressure. He thought that his senior brother would be able to effectively protect him behind him.Who knew that Gu Ran didn't play his cards according to the routine, and started to surpass so early.

Not to mention surpassing his senior brother, when he came out of a bend, he even had the illusion that Gu Ran's breath was sprinkled on the back of his neck.

This sent chills down his spine, and he began to pick up speed with continuous kicking.

Gu Ran was behind Chi Lang, seeing that he was not forced to mess up by himself, deviated from the route, but was able to speed up, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he thought to himself: "Yes, Chi Dali."

Chi Lang felt a strong sense of oppression from behind, he forced himself to calm down, and he must not panic.

Didn't you think about it before the game?If you want to have a good match with him, how can you admit defeat in advance?

Of course he couldn't admit defeat, as he agreed to rub the opponent on the ice.

Chi Lang clenched his teeth and increased his pedaling power again, trying to widen the gap with Gu Ran through the straight speed.

However, after a few attempts, no matter how hard he tried to accelerate on the straight, Gu Ran would catch up once he passed the corner.

After several repeated attempts like this, Chi Lang himself was exhausted enough, but the distance was not widened.

On the sixth lap of the race, still at the corner, Chi Lang didn't pay attention, and the familiar figure jumped out from the side with a "whoosh".

Before surpassing, Gu Ran's left hand had just been lifted from the ice. After surpassing, his hand was behind his back again, and his thumb, ring finger and little finger were bent, showing Chi Lang a comparison.

Chi Lang was so angry that his whole body's blood rushed to his forehead.A scholar can be killed but not humiliated, especially not to be humiliated by Gu Xiaoran.

So, at the next bend, Chi Dali pulled out his prehistoric power, clamped the knife continuously, and relied on his superior physical ability to overtake him from the outside.

Gu Ran looked at his back in surprise, this kid is really talented.

Not only have I improved my skills, but I have also improved my grades.At this speed, at the end of the game, no matter what, you have to score 1 minute and 30 seconds.

He greatly underestimated Chi Lang. Under such competition, the two of them had already distanced themselves from Liu Fei and Ren Yongjie behind them.

Gu Ran didn't need to look back to feel that Liu Fei was no threat to him at this moment.

By the eighth lap, Gu Ran could clearly see that Chi Lang had exerted too much force under his pressure, and now he was a little exhausted.Want to speed up are somewhat more than enough energy.

Therefore, Gu Ran seized the opportunity and overtook Chi Lang from the inside.

Chi Lang looked at his back, his eyes were red, he didn't care about his sore thighs, and wanted to increase the strength of kicking the ice again.

Gu Ran has a better control over the route than he does. It is difficult for him to find an opportunity to surpass from the inside, so he can only go from the outside.

However, Gu Ran seems to have eyes behind his back, knowing his every move, no matter which direction he intends to move, Gu Ran can detect it in advance and lock himself in position.

In the end, he could only watch as the man crossed the finish line one step ahead of him.

After the race was over, Chi Lang sighed heavily, and he slowed down and slid behind Gu Ran. After two laps, the two gradually stopped one after the other.

大屏幕上的成绩很快出来，顾染No.1，成绩是1分27秒543，他No.2，成绩是1分27秒788。

Although the ranking is not ideal, he is satisfied with this result.

Gu Ran was not surprised by this champion.If he was a little excited after taking the first place in the 500 meters yesterday, then today, there is only confidence in his heart.

If he can't go all out to compete for every gold medal along the way, then what qualifications does he have to firmly believe that he can win the Koreans in the international arena.

Gu Ran slid up to Chi Lang, and the two looked at each other. Chi Lang reached out his hand first, and Gu Ran also reached out to shake him.

Chi Lang said, "Congratulations."

Gu Ran said: "Chi Dali, you are great!"

That night, Gu Ran's name appeared again in the short track speed skating competition at the Bingfeng Forum.

This time, everyone no longer focused on his appearance and buttocks, but on his strength.

In just three months, his progress was comparable to that of the Long March [-] carrier rocket, which was rising slowly.

Who can believe that this is a kid who has only practiced short track speed skating for less than two years.

His technique, his speed, and his abilities are all far superior to his peers, and even those who are a few years older than him are no longer his opponents.

This may be a genius. Some people spend a hundred times more effort than others to practice casually. The key point is that they don't just practice casually. They really put in time and energy.

At the end of the post, someone said: "After watching this year's Winter Olympics, I was really pissed off by those Koreans. Four years later, I hope that one or more Chinese short track speed skaters can stand up, Fight hard for our country."

"Perhaps Gu Ran is the one we are looking for. Not only Meng Yuqiao, Gao Ziyi, Chi Lang, Liu Fei, Ren Yongjie... but also young athletes of their generation."

"Here, I would like to appeal to everyone not to pay too much attention to things other than their competitions, and not to put too much demand and pressure on them. This Olympic cycle has just begun, let them concentrate on training and grow slowly. It takes four They honed their skills and accumulated experience over the years. I believe that after four years, they will surely bring us surprises.”

Soon, this post and this paragraph were forgotten, and it was not dug up again until many years later.

At that time, Gu Ran was no longer that young genius who had just shown his talents.