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

Apart from being easy to get ahead in the arena, Gu Ran actually has a good mentality outside of the arena.

Let him practice with him and he will be a tool man with peace of mind. When the coach and teammates go out to compete, he will stay in Beijing for training.

The training plan that Cheng Sen and Xu Qing left for him was mainly based on skills, and they wanted him to take advantage of this time to hone his skills.

There is no strong team in technical skating, and every day is easy, so Gu Ran seems a little idle.He has nothing to do except read his homework.

One day when I went to the cafeteria to eat, people from the figure skating team sat talking and laughing together in twos and threes, while he sat alone at a big round table, cooking in a deserted place.

Suddenly a plate fell from the table, and a person sat down beside him.Gu Ran turned his head to look. Although he didn't know this person, he lived in the same building, and he didn't see him every day. He knew that he was a member of the figure skating team.

"Hi, your name is Gu Ran, right?" The man greeted him as soon as he sat down, "My name is Shen Jia, and I live upstairs."

Gu Ran said, "I know, it's from the figure skating team."

Shen Jia chatted with him without saying a word: "Why are you the only one left in short track speed skating?"

Today I ate miscellaneous sauce noodles in the cafeteria. It tasted very delicious. Gu Ran made a big bowl: "They went to Shanghai for a competition."

Shen Jia frowned and asked, "Why didn't you go?"

Gu Ran said, "I'm not old enough to compete yet."

Shen Jia suddenly realized: "I thought they were bullying you and didn't take you there on purpose."

Gu Ran sniffed: "Aren't you just bullying me?"

Shen Jia hugged his shoulder very familiarly: "It's okay, you can come to our side to play with me."

Gu Ran said a few perfunctory words, he still has training and school, so he doesn't have time to visit.However, Shen Jia was very enthusiastic, and even ran to the ice rink on the speed skating side.

At that time, the training session was over, the assistant coach had already left, and Gu Ran was pondering over a technical move over and over again.

Shen Jia couldn't help saying, and pulled him to the other side: "Go to our side, there are a lot of people on our side, it's fun."

Gu Ran was pulled over by him in such a daze.

The figure skating training over there is actually over, but there are still many players communicating at the ice rink, and even their coaches are still there.

When the coach saw Gu Ran, he waved to him and made a joke: "Little guy, are you abandoning the short track and throwing yourself into the arms of our figure skating?"

Gu Ran chuckled twice: "I'm just here to drop by."

The two senior sisters who were practicing next to him turned around and immediately surrounded him when they saw him: "Tsk tsk, it's a pity not to practice figure skating with this figure."

The coach on the side said: "He is very flexible. You can teach him a few simple movements and let him try."

A senior brother next to him also began to boo: "Yes, let him try. It's all skating to see how thick the walls of short track and figure skating are."

Gu Ran: "???"

He is obviously here to drop by, why is he about to start learning moves?

Gu Ran thought about it, since she is idle anyway, she usually finds it a visual pleasure to watch figure skating, it is so beautiful, and it is not bad to experience it today.

Gu Ran looked down. Under his feet were a pair of short track speed skating skates, which were very different from figure skating skates.

Short track speed skating blades are longer, stronger, have less friction with the ice, and can run faster in a short time.

Figure skating skates pay more attention to stability. There are blade teeth on the front, which can allow athletes to make more stable movements on the ice.

Shen Jia stood next to him for a comparison, and the skates of the two were about the same size, so he dragged him to the side of the court and said, "I don't have any more skates. I always have a pair here, and I'll lend them to you."

Gu Ran: "This...isn't that good."

"It's okay, anyway, I don't wear it often, so hurry up and don't be silly."

So, under his urging, Gu Ran changed his skates.

At first, Gu Ran was not used to changing into his ice skates, and he got better after walking around on the ice for a couple of laps.

At this time, a senior sister came to teach him some basic steps. Although Gu Ran took off his helmet, goggles and gloves, he was still wearing a short-track speed skating jumpsuit, and his figure skating movements looked particularly joyful.

But he is really quick to learn, with a few basic steps, he has mastered the essentials in a short while, and with a little practice, he can slide out in a decent manner.

Gu Ran thought it was quite interesting, and Shen Jia was beside him.So, after training every day, he went to figure skating.

The kid is cute and has a sweet mouth. The coach and teammates have gone out to compete, but he was left alone. Poor, the brothers and sisters on the figure skating side are willing to take him to play together.

Moreover, this kid has a smart brain, strong comprehension ability, good balance and flexibility, teach him some basic postures, and he learns really fast.

A few days later, Cheng Sen and Xu Qing brought their players back from the competition, but they couldn't find Gu Ran in the athlete's apartment, and thought he was training them again at the skating rink.

The two planned to go over to have a look, but when they came to the skating rink, they didn't see anyone. They didn't know where the kid went.

There was a staff member passing by, and after asking, he found out that he had gone to the figure skating side.

Cheng Sen and Xu Qing glanced at each other, and hurried over to find the child.Who knew that as soon as he entered the ice rink, he saw Gu Ran skating some kind of gait routine on the ice, and under the guidance of a female team member, he leaned forward, stretched one leg backward, and performed a Yan-style balance, with a neat posture. It looks like that, it really looks like that.

Cheng Sen turned to look at Xu Qing, and Xu Qing was also looking at him, his eyes were full of jokes, as if he was saying, "Now let's see who is messing with whose mentality."

Over there, Shen Jia was still booing: "Xiaoran, you are amazing, why don't you switch to our figure skating team."

This was obviously a joke, Gu Ran just laughed a couple of times, but didn't take it seriously.

Cheng Sen and Xu Qing hurried to the ice rink, just like two parents who were eager to pick up their children, they sandwiched Gu Ran between one left and one right, and pulled him to leave: "This child, why are you running this way? Here we are, disturbing others' training."

The figure skating coach waved his hand: "Don't bother, don't bother, our training is over."

He glanced at Gu Ran, then looked at Cheng Sen: "Speaking of which, this kid has excellent conditions in all aspects, but he is a little older. If he trains well, it's not like he can't be trained. I'm still very confident. .”

Cheng Sen broke out in a cold sweat, and said to himself, "Don't you have any children in your family? Why do you keep staring at our children?"

Although he knew it was a joke, he still stood in front of Gu Ran like an old hen guarding her chicks, calmly: "Thank you, my Xiaoran is already a world champion."

Xu Qing reminded Cheng Sen from behind: "Director Cheng, I have to hold a meeting with the team members tonight, so go back first."

Gu Ran quickly slid to Shen Jia's side: "I'm a training partner and I don't need to have a meeting. Instruct Cheng Xu and guide you to go back first, and I'll practice for a while."

Cheng Sen: "..."

Xu Qing: "..."

Without saying a word, the two of them simply grabbed Gu Ran with their hands.Gu Ran reached out to grab Shen Jia: "Jia Jia, save me!"

Shen Jia also called him in a lingering way: "Xiaoran!"

Then he watched Gu Ran being taken away by his two coaches, one on the left and one on the right, and laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up.

This short track speed skating team, the coaches and players are so out of tune, it's so funny.

Back at the apartment building, Gu Ran was dragged into the room by his two coaches for a good training: "Didn't I tell you to train hard at home, why did you go to other people's figure skating side?"

Gu Ran blinked innocently: "I have trained hard, and I went to play after the training."

Xu Qing asked him, "Have you finished your homework?"

Gu Ran was surprised and said, "Director Xu, you actually care about my studies."

Xu Qing rubbed his nose: "You've practiced figure skating well."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "I learned to dance when I was young."

Cheng Sen had a grim expression on his face: "You practiced well, so don't practice again in the future!"

Gu Ran was so frightened by the two of them that she shivered: "Are you...are you being too strict with the sparring partner?"

Xu Qing raised an eyebrow at Cheng Sen, indicating that he would answer this question.

Cheng Sen took a deep breath: "In the future, you are not allowed to mention the word sparring again."

Gu Ran added: "Actually, I really like figure skating..."

"???"

The two coaches were upset, and Xu Qing said, "It's too late, they are starting to produce results at your age."

Gu Ran smiled and said: "I mean, I just like to watch. It's fine to practice, I prefer short tracks."

The two coaches breathed a sigh of relief again. Director Cheng said that he was about to have a heart attack, so he quickly poured himself a glass of water.

Xu Qing became interested: "Why?"

Gu Ran shrugged: "I just like to fight wits and bravery with others in the arena. It feels like you are fighting for it. It's quite cool to overtake with speed and crush with brains."

Xu Qing waved to Cheng Sen: "Pour me a glass too."

"..."

During the official training on Monday, Cheng Sen and Xu Qing realized that Gu Ran was playing for fun, and the training was really not at all behind.The training plan set for him before leaving has been completed, and it has been completed very well.

From the end of October, the short track speed skating team will frequently go abroad for competitions, two in October, one in November, and one in December.

Sometimes, figure skating has to go out to compete, so he is the only one left in the huge gymnasium.Even in broad daylight, the venue was as silent as at night.

At this time, Gu Ran was very calm, with no other distractions, and nothing in his mind, only focusing on his skating and technique.

In fact, it's not that he doesn't understand the painstaking efforts of the two coaches.When his teammates are training, he is also willing to be a training partner for everyone.Whether it is the men's team or the women's team, as long as the brothers and sisters need him, he is always there.

After the practice, he can still give suggestions to the other party, and express that he made a little mistake somewhere, and the other party should have seized the opportunity to complete the surpass, but it was because the information collection was not in place, so he missed it.

The brothers and sisters didn't know whether he was really giving advice or whether he was in Versailles.

In four months, both Cheng Sen and Xu Qing felt the changes in Gu Ran. Not only did he polish his skills more delicately and exquisitely, but he also calmed down a lot.

Of course, this is all about feeling, and whether there is any change or not will only be reflected in the game.

On New Year's Day, the team members had three days off, and the time was very short, so Gu Ran couldn't go home.Gu Changfeng and Xu Mei said they would come to Beijing to see him, but Gu Ran refused.Anyway, the Chinese New Year is only about a month away, and he will be able to go back soon.

As a result, on December 12st, he received a call from Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan knew that he had been selected for the national team at the end of July, but he didn't bother him during training.It was not until New Year's Day that he was invited to sit at home.

Gu Ran hadn't seen Master for a long time, and since he was in Beijing, it was hard to refuse Master's kind invitation.

So, I agreed to spend the festival with his old man on New Year's Day.

But even if it was a holiday, he couldn't go out casually, and had to ask Cheng Sen for leave.

Cheng Sen was packing his things and seemed to be planning to go home.Hearing that Gu Ran was going to ask for leave, she raised her eyelids and asked him, "Where are you going?"

Gu Ran said: "My first coach is also in Beijing. We haven't seen each other for almost two years. I want to visit him."

Cheng Sen agreed without saying anything.

When Gu Ran walked out of his room, he was wondering why Director Cheng agreed so simply, without giving him a long lecture on discipline.

Probably because of the holiday, it's like an arrow to return home.

The next morning, Gu Ran ate breakfast, changed her clothes and went out after finishing her homework.

He went to the supermarket to buy some things first, and then took a taxi to Jiang Yan's house.

Ringing the doorbell, I waited eagerly for Master to open the door, preparing to give him a big hug.

Unexpectedly, there was someone else who opened the door, Gu Ran was so frightened that she almost dropped her things and ran away.