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

When Gu Ran and Meng Yuqiao came to the sidelines, the two Koreans had already walked out of the ice rink, but Li Renhyuk turned his head and gave them a resentful look.

Gu Ran ignored him at all, the more he looked at Gu Ran, the happier he was, and he kept talking to Meng Yuqiao about the match just now.

At this time, the Canadian player Lin Jiaxi slid over from the side.In the competition just now, he fell to the end and took No.5, but it didn't affect his happiness at all: "Gu Ran!!!"

Gu Ran: "???"

"Congratulations on winning the championship!!!" Lin Jiaxi opened her arms, "Come on, give me a hug!!!"

Gu Ran: "..."

Meng Yuqiao hurriedly stepped aside and watched them embrace, mainly because Gu Ran was hugged by the other party.

Lin Jiaxi was still yelling: "You are amazing! The speed is 'swoosh', those two Koreans are so mad."

Gu Ran glanced at the two Koreans, wondering if they could understand Chinese.

At this time, the final result of the game came out on the big screen.There was no penalty, and all five players scored.

Without any suspense, Gu Ran No.1 won the men's 500m championship.However, the audience still burst into applause and screams.

Gu Ran's score was 40 seconds, and the letter "MR" was still attached to his name—he once again set a new record in the semi-finals!

Lin Jiaxi was dumbfounded: "You are so strong, Gu Ran, you are so strong!!!"

Gu Ran ignored him and turned to look at Meng Yuqiao, who finally showed a little smile on his face.He raised his hand and rubbed Gu Ran's helmet: "Congratulations."

Gu Ran hugged him: "My record also has your credit!"

Meng Yuqiao smiled again and patted his buttocks.He raised his head and looked at the results again.

He took No.2, 40 seconds 922, 0.4 seconds slower than Gu Ran, this gap is enough for him to go back and practice for a while.

Gu Ran and Meng Yuqiao walked back, Chi Lang couldn't wait, ready to rush over to hug the two teammates.At this moment, another person came over, said something to Gu Ran in English, and showed Gu Ran his ID.

Chi Lang didn't understand a word, and looked at Meng Yuqiao suspiciously: "What did he say?"

Meng Yuqiao casually spit out two words: "Urine test."

Gu Ran has had urine tests several times, but they were all in China. This is his first time going abroad to compete, and he broke the competition record twice. With such a good result, the World Anti-Doping Organization will naturally not let him go.

However, this is a youth competition, and underage athletes need to be accompanied by adult representatives. This matter naturally fell on Xu Qing again.

Next came the awards ceremony. Under the supervision of the staff of the anti-doping team, Gu Ran could receive the gold medal first before undergoing the urine sampling test.

In the ice skating hall with thousands of people, standing on the highest podium, hanging a gold medal, holding a bouquet of flowers, watching the five-star red flag rising, singing the national anthem feels unparalleled.

Although it was only a World Youth Short Track Speed ​​Skating Championship, Gu Ran could still feel the sense of honor of winning glory for the country.

This is just the beginning, a perfect start.From now on, there are still many skating halls in the world waiting for him to conquer. He will raise the five-star red flag and play the "March of the Volunteers" on every ice rink he skates on until the day of the Winter Olympics. Let the whole world see the brilliance and glory of Chinese teenagers, and let Koreans never think about any Olympic gold medal in men's events in the next ten years.

After the national anthem was sung, two five-star red flags fluttered in the wind.The last wish in Gu Ran's heart is a bit difficult, but he is willing to devote his entire youth to realize the unattainable dream.

After the award ceremony, the athletes took a group photo.Gu Ran put her arms around Meng Yuqiao's waist with one hand, and held the bouquet in the other, and didn't look at the Korean athletes at the side.The other party stood aside, and even deliberately kept a little distance from him.

After coming down, Gu Ran hurriedly handed the gold medal and the bouquet to Meng Yuqiao, and she had to go for the urine test immediately.

Gu Ran himself was able to communicate with the anti-doping officials without barriers, and there was no problem filling out the form, so he didn't let the translator follow him, and he went with Xu Qing.

The process is still the same, take off the jumpsuit in front of the anti-doping inspector, expose the arm, abdomen and the parts above the knee, and put the urine sample into the AB bottle.

Gu Ran is no longer as awkward and awkward as he was the first time. When someone is staring at him, he can still complete the whole process naturally and smoothly, and will take the initiative to ask Xu Qing for tissues after the end.

The men's 500m final was the last competition in the morning. When they came back, everyone was ready to go back to the hotel.

Gu Ran had to go to the locker room to change, so she picked up her backpack and went to the locker room.

The game had been over for a while, and most of the teams and spectators had left.There are only a small number of athletes and staff who have not left in the skating hall.

Gu Ran walked through the aisle, and the area near the locker room was not allowed to enter except for athletes and staff, so it was very quiet here now, only Gu Ran walked to the locker room alone.

Before Gu He could enter the locker room, he heard a roar from the end of the corridor. It was a female voice with a high pitch, fierce tone, very exaggerated, as if he was arguing with someone.

The man seemed to realize that he had accidentally raised his voice a little bit, and then suppressed his voice. Even when Gu Ran pricked up his ears, he could only hear a faint sound.

Although she couldn't understand what was said, Gu Ran could tell that it was in Korean.He wasn't interested in anything about the Koreans, so he turned straight into the locker room.

He took off his onesie, took a shower, and changed into his tracksuit.The noise of arguing when they walked out of the locker room was gone.

However, when he came to the corridor, he happened to see a person coming from the end of the corridor.

The girl's ponytail was a bit messy, as if it had been torn, she raised her arm and wiped her face with her sleeve, but did not dry the tears on her cheeks.

Gu Ran was taken aback, isn't this the Korean female player Cui Zhien who won the 500m championship just now?

Did he cry?The designation is not to cry with joy after winning the championship.

Could it be that she was the one who quarreled with someone just now?Being scolded and crying because you never quarreled?

But why did she quarrel with others?

Cui Zhien also saw him, and the expression on his face was realistic. He probably didn't expect to meet someone here at this time, and then hurriedly ran to the other side with his face covered, and got into the women's changing room.

Gu Ran looked puzzled, if she didn't know that she was handsome, she would have thought that the Korean girl thought him a hooligan.

At this time, several Korean female players came out of the women's locker room.Cui Zhien moved sideways for a while, but those people deliberately pushed him away, and came out swearing.

Although Gu Ran couldn't understand what they scolded, it was not difficult to see from Cui Zhien's expression that it was definitely not a good word.

As Gu Ran walked out of the passage, she thought: "The case has been solved, the case has been solved!"

The South Korean team had already planned it before the game. The older player would go to win the championship, and Choi Ji-eun would support her.

Unexpectedly, Miss Cui didn't play her cards according to the routine, and went straight to the first place when she came up, causing her seniors to chase after her in a panic, and finally fell off the track without even a score.

Gu Ran has heard for a long time that the Korean short track speed skating team has a strict hierarchy, and in competitions of all sizes, new players will give gold medals to old players.If you want to win the championship, you have to have qualifications.

Unexpectedly, today he really got to know him.

In such a comparison, Gu Ran was even more grateful to Meng Yuqiao, and wished she could immediately pounce on him to kiss and hug senior brother Da Qiao.

From the end of the competition to the present, there is another awards ceremony and another urine test sampling. Gu Ran is busy, and only after getting into the car, Gu Ran has the opportunity to accept everyone's congratulations.

From Cheng Sen and Xu Qing, to the team leader's fitness coach, equipment technician, team doctor, translator, and then to the brothers and sisters, everyone rubbed his head.

Yu Jie, the team leader, smiled and said, "You are amazing, you broke the competition record twice in a row, and even the officials of the International Skating Federation noticed you, and they asked about you just now."

Gu Ran followed Gao Ziyi and sat down in the back row of seats: "Ask me what?"

"I asked how old you are, and I said you were under 15. He said that he is now looking forward to the Winter Olympics in four years' time."

Gu Ran just smiled and didn't take it seriously.Every year in this kind of youth competition, there will always be a few talented teenagers and talented girls. Some of them will really amaze the world in the years to come, but most of them are short-lived and gradually disappear.

Let alone four years, if you can't practice in two or three years, you may not be worthy of having a name.

If you want to be remembered all the time, you have to train unremittingly, participate in ISU competitions every season, get enough honors, and maintain a good competitive state.

Chi Lang stretched out his paw from behind, held Gu Ran's head and rubbed it, and said in an old father's tone: "My son is promising, and being a father is really gratifying."

Gu Ran felt like kicking him, but now that he was in the car, he couldn't use it, so he could only grit his teeth and curse: "Go away."

Chi Lang touched his ear from his head, pinched his earlobe and crushed it twice: "Unfilial son."

In the afternoon there will be the 1500-meter final, as well as the mixed 2000-meter, men's 3000-meter and women's 3000-meter relay semi-finals.

Since Gu Ran had a lot of competitions to participate in tomorrow morning, Cheng Sen didn't let him participate in the semi-finals in order to let him save some energy.

Therefore, he didn't have a game in the afternoon.But he still went to the arena, because there was Gao Ziyi's 1500-meter final, he had to go to the scene to cheer for Xiao Gao.

The first game in the afternoon is the 2000-meter mixed relay semi-final.Liang Kexin, Yang Shanshan, Liu Fei and Ren Yongjie are four partners.

Several countries in this project have maintained a very high level, and South Korea, the Netherlands, Italy, Canada, and the United States all have the strength to win the championship.

China happens to be in the same group as the Netherlands and Italy. There is also Belgium, which is not weak. It can be said that it is the death group. If you want to advance, you have to do your best.

The first round of the competition went relatively smoothly. Although they failed to grab the first place, they also followed the Dutch team and firmly occupied the second position.

But as soon as the second round came, the competition between several teams began to become fierce.

Italy and Belgium took turns attacking the Chinese team, one on the left and one on the right, as if they had agreed to join forces to kill the Chinese team first.

After all, the other three teams are all from Europe. From this point of view, it seems that they can really unite to the outside world.

Under the pincer attack from left and right, Yang Shanshan resisted the pressure and persevered, exerting all her strength to push out Ren Yongjie who was the third batter.

The competition between the last two men's players became more and more fierce. The Belgian players were on the inside and the Italian players were on the outside. Ren Yongjie could care about one side, but not the other side.

He can only get stuck in his inner position first to prevent the Belgian from overtaking. As for Italy on the outside, he really can't care about it.

And the accident happened at this time.

At a corner, Ren Yongjie from Belgium, Italy and China had physical contact and fell off the track together.

Cheng Sen had folded his arms around his chest, watching the game on the field.

When he saw this scene, he couldn't control his emotions a little bit, and he waved his fist: "The Belgian player made a move in his hand."

Xu Qing on the side reached out and put his hand on his shoulder, meaning to calm him down: "It should be that when Ren Yongjie fell down, he brought down the Italian team. It depends on the referee's final penalty."

If it is a men's or women's relay, the team members can also complete the handover by high-fiving and continue to skate.

In the mixed relay, everyone's order and number of laps are fixed, and no one else can replace them. If you fall down, you have to get up and continue skating.

The three fell into a ball, and because of inertia, they all hit the crash pad on the side of the track. It was really not easy to stand up and continue the race.

Gu Ran was terrified watching it. At this moment, he felt that it didn't really matter if he couldn't finish the game or make it to the final, as long as his senior brother wasn't injured.

In the end, Ren Yongjie stood up, continued to skate for a circle, and finally completed the handover with Liu Fei.

However, the delay was too long, and the rhythm was completely disrupted. In the end, except for the Netherlands, none of the other three teams completed the game within the specified time.

Seeing this scene, the team members were a little worried, and Chi Lang even scolded the Belgian players for being shameless.

Another female team member asked: "Is this... a foul? I didn't see clearly."

Gu Ran nodded: "There should be some movement in the hand."

Gao Ziyi said: "Don't worry, the results haven't come out yet, if there is a foul, the referee will definitely have a penalty."

Everyone stared at the big screen, but the results were still delayed.The players on the field are also very nervous.

Ren Yongjie kept apologizing to his three teammates: "I'm sorry, but I got everyone involved. If I don't make it to the final, it's all my fault."

Liu Fei punched him on the shoulder: "What nonsense? We competed together. If we fail to reach the final, the four of us should bear it together."

Yang Shanshan nodded in agreement: "That's right, don't think too much."

Liang Kexin suddenly shouted from the side: "The results are out."

The gazes of all the people on the scene looked at the big screen together.