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

Gu Ran happily shouted at Xu Qing: "Look, I said I would avenge you, and I did it!!!"

Xu Qing couldn't hide the smile on his face, and patted the back of his head: "Okay, okay, I see."

Cheng Sen also flicked him on the head: "It's just the World Cup. You have to win him at the Winter Olympics to be considered as the real revenge."

Gu Ran raised her head: "Win him in the Winter Olympics, that's a must!"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the Korean team's coaching bench, where Huang Zaixian stood with his waist in his arms, his face full of dissatisfaction.

Gu Ran then remembered to take a look at the big screen: behind him was Canadian player Curtis Johnson, No.3 was American player Jason Glatz, and Huang Zaixian had a striking PEN behind his name, that’s not counting, the referee also Gave him a yellow card!

The big screen flashed, and it kept replaying the controversial penalty in the game just now. Huang Zaixian had already fouled in the fight for position with the Canadian players at the beginning, and then fouled again when he crossed the line with Gu Ran. I just like to mention a yellow card. If he gets another yellow card in this game, he won't have to participate in the rest of the game.

No wonder the Canadian ice fans in the stands were so excited when they saw the result of the game.

As if to prove that the referee's decision after so long was correct, the slow motion of the game just now was played repeatedly on the big screen, showing Huang Jae-hyun's small movements that he thought he was concealed from all directions without blind spots.

Every slow-motion replay is like a loud slap in the face, slapping the Koreans on the face, making their unconvinced look like a joke.

Gu Ran changed her clothes and came out, only to find that the big screen was still replaying the game just now, and one of the shots happened to be Huang Zaixian pushing him.

Chi Lang couldn't help scolding: "This idiot can't skate without doing it, can he?"

Liang Kexin stuck her waist in: "It is suggested that the International Skating Federation set a special rule for the South Korean team-in the future, they will all have their hands tied when they go to the competition."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "This should be their Korean tradition."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help biting his lower lip again: "Wait, one day, I will make him unable to touch me even if he wants to foul."

All the competitions in the morning were over, and finally came the award ceremony. When Gu Ran stood on the podium, he felt different from the World Youth Championship.

It is only now that he feels a little bit of enthusiasm after knowing it. This is the first time he has participated in an adult competition. From the semi-finals to the finals, every opponent he faced was so strong and difficult.

He fell down in the semi-finals, and almost fell in the final. He was pushed, double-teamed, and collided by his opponents... Several times he was in danger and saved himself from danger. He just gritted his teeth and persisted until the end. gold medal.

If he fails to hold on to any of these physical contacts, then the person standing here at this moment is not him, and the five-star red flag is not raised above the Montreal Ice Skating Arena.

He promised Xu Qing that no matter what kind of desperate situation he encounters, he will firmly believe in it and never give up.

He felt the real spirit of short track speed skating from Cheng Lan, and secretly vowed in his heart that he must pass on this spirit.

He knew that for an athlete like Huang Zaixian who had won a gold medal in the Winter Olympics, a World Cup gold medal was nothing, and he looked down on him at all.

But for Gu Ran, this was a beginning, his first match in the international arena.He wants to use his own strength to let the world know that the era of Koreans dominating the short track is over.From this moment on, this pure white runway will be ruled by the Chinese.

When leaving the skating hall, Gu Ran met Lin Jiaxi again, and everyone was walking towards the gate one after another, not far away.

So Gu Ran called him: "Lin Jiaxi!"

He spoke Chinese, Lin Jiaxi turned her head all of a sudden, and was very happy to see him: "Xiaoran!"

He leaned towards Gu Ran, and said in an exaggerated tone: "Your performance just now was amazing."

Gu Ran shrugged: "It's worse than your teammates."

Lin Jiaxi was stunned: "Are you talking about the best result of this season? It's only 0.02 seconds away, you are already very strong!" Having said that, he looked around and suddenly leaned into Gu Ran's ear and said, "You know, during the 500-meter final, my teammates were talking about you, and I was so happy to hear it."

Gu Ran asked curiously, "About me?"

"Wow, that Chinese kid is really fierce!"

"He took the medicine, so fast!"

"I don't believe he's under 16."

"No. [-] and No. [-] in the world are shit in front of him!"

Lin Jiaxi is a person with a great talent for acting. He learned the tone and demeanor of his teammates very vividly, and even translated them into Chinese and relayed them to Gu Ran.

Gu Ran patted him on the shoulder: "You've lost your talent in short track speed skating."

Lin Jiaxi blinked: "Then what should I do?"

Gu Ran said, "Go become an actor."

Lin Jiaxi raised her eyebrows: "I'm also good at singing, I'll sing it for you when I have time."

Gu Ran almost died laughing: "Why are you so cute?"

Lin Jiaxi shook her head: "I have two older brothers and two older sisters. I am the youngest child in our family, and the whole family says I am cute."

"..."

An only child like Gu Ran couldn't understand what it was like to have five children in a family, so she looked at him in shock: "Your house is really lively."

Lin Jiaxi was about to introduce his family members to him, when suddenly someone grabbed his tracksuit from behind and asked him loudly: "I'll just wait for you, can you fucking hurry up?"

Gu Ran frowned, this man was too rude.Not only is the action rude, but the speech is also rude.Is he the right way to urge his teammates to hurry up?He is bullying his teammates.

Lin Jiaxi was reluctantly dragged forward by him, struggled twice but did not break free, and did not forget to turn around and wave to Gu Ran.

Gu Ran couldn't help but took a step forward, and suddenly realized that Lin Jiaxi was a member of the Canadian team, and this was a matter within the Canadian team, and it seemed that it was not his turn to be a member of the Chinese team to meddle in other people's business.

However, when he returned to the hotel for lunch, he still couldn't help sending Lin Jiaxi a message: "I see you are not very happy today."

Lin Jiaxi replied in seconds: "I am very happy to see you."

"..."

Gu Ran thought for a while, and asked tactfully, "I mean, the way you and your teammates... get along is a bit special."

This time, Lin Jiaxi's news did not come back so quickly.After waiting for a while, the message notification sounded: "They don't like me, and I don't like them either."

Gu Ran said, "Why don't they like you?"

"There are many reasons. For example, they train for four hours a day, and I train for eight hours. They do [-] squats, and I do [-]."

Gu Ran almost died laughing: "You are so introverted, I am afraid not many people like it."

Even though Lin Jiaxi thought she was very proficient in Chinese, she still saw a strange word in Gu Ran's words: "What is introversion?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "It's just to praise you for your hard work."

"I was selected for the national team this season, and I am also the youngest player in the team. The most important thing is..."

At this point, he stopped, and without thinking, Gu Ran casually said, "What is it?"

"I am the only Chinese in the team. The coach treats me well, but the players are not so friendly."

"..."

Gu Ran guessed the answer, and he didn't know how to proceed with the topic.

Although Lin Jiaxi is of Chinese descent, he is a Canadian after all, and he is now a member of the Canadian national team, so it is difficult for him to say anything.

In the afternoon, there are 1500m semi-finals and finals, as well as the men's 5000m relay.

Gao Ziyi successfully entered the final in the 1500-meter semi-final. However, in the final, he had to face two Korean players, two Canadian players, and a Belgian player, and he was in a very difficult situation.

As soon as they came up, the two Korean players cooperated. One of the two Korean players, Gu Ran, knew him. He was his opponent in the 1000-meter World Youth Championship last year, Jin Xuzhe. Yoon Chan-woo, the champion of rice.

This Yin Canyu is 25 years old this year. According to Gu Ran's observation, his strength should be higher than that of Huang Zaixian. The six opponents in the final, including Gao Ziyi, are not his opponents.

At the start of the race, Jin Xuzhe was willing to fall behind him to assist him, and kept getting stuck in the positions of the opponents behind him.

But after a few laps, Gao Ziyi overtook him and came in second.

Gu Ran's attention was always on Yin Canyu and Gao Ziyi, seeing his senior brother being isolated and helpless between two Koreans, he could only worry off the court.

If he also applied for this event, he might also be able to enter the finals. Whether he wins the championship or not is the next best thing. At least he can give Senior Brother Xiao Gao enough protection.

At the seventh lap of the race, everyone has not fully exerted their strength at this time.And Gu Ran noticed that there was a little physical communication between the two contestants.

Lin Jiaxi was ranked fourth, and his teammate was ranked fifth, and this person was the one who rudely dragged Lin Jiaxi away at noon.

He patted Lin Jiaxi's arm during the game, which should be some kind of hint.In the next second, he jumped up from outsiders, and Gu Ran suddenly realized that he asked Lin Jiaxi to make room for him, and let him protect himself by the way.

Meng Yuqiao said from the side: "This Canadian is called Martinez. Last time in Shanghai, because Lin Jiaxi failed to help him stop Yin Canyu, he lost his gold medal and was furious. He scolded this kid on the sidelines."

Gu Ran was very surprised, even if it was an internal strife, it was a private matter, how could anyone start cursing on the sidelines?

"So exaggerated?"

Meng Yuqiao shook her head: "It's not an exaggeration at all. It's not just the Korean team that bullies the young players. It happens in many countries. Some European and American countries even have racial discrimination."

"..."

That Canadian, Martinez, is average in strength, let alone compared with Yin Canyu and Gao Ziyi.He worked hard for a long time, and even Jin Xuzhe couldn't surpass it.

Gu Ran could tell that although Lin Jiaxi was young, his strength was slightly better than his senior.

However, the kid didn't know whether to save his strength and wait for the final sprint, or he was willing to help his seniors. In short, at the tenth lap of the race, he was still in the No.5 position and was content with the status quo. Gu Ran couldn't figure out what he was thinking .

The race entered the No.12 lap, and there was one and a half laps left. At this time, Lin Jiaxi suddenly exerted his strength and surpassed the two in one breath to come to the third place.Apart from the Korean Jin Xuzhe, he was surpassed by his predecessor Martinez.

Seeing this scene, Gu Ran couldn't help applauding: "He has two styles on and off the court."

Meng Yuqiao glanced at him: "Aren't you too?"

Gu Ran shook her head: "Is there?"

At this time, Jin Xuzhe also went to the heretics and was trying to surpass him.

He made no secret of his ambition, not only wanted to surpass Lin Jiaxi, but also wanted to surpass Ziyi.

At this time, Lin Jiaxi risked colliding with Jin Xuzhe and suddenly changed his route.Not only did he get stuck in his position, but in a sense, he also protected Gao Ziyi.

Seeing this scene, Gu Ran wanted to sincerely thank this Canadian kid.

In the end, Gao Ziyi also failed to surpass Yin Canyu, and only took No.2, and Lin Jiaxi was third.

Just like what Meng Yuqiao said, as soon as the athletes came out of the ice rink, that Martinez said something to Lin Jiaxi with a grim expression.

Lin Jiaxi ignored him at all and walked straight forward.Martinez was a little annoyed, but he couldn't do anything to Lin Jiaxi under the watchful eyes of everyone.

This situation looks a bit like what happened to Cui Zhien in the World Youth Championship, but the Canadians still have some taboos and are not so unscrupulous.

At this time, Gu Ran's cell phone rang, and he took it out to see that it was from Lin Jiaxi: "Gu Ran, I won the bronze medal!"

"Congratulations!" After thinking for a while, Gu Ran sent another sentence, "Thank you!"

Lin Jiaxi asked: "Thank me for what?"

Gu Ran made a small face: "It's nothing."

Gu Ran also participated in the semi-finals of the two relay races this afternoon. The men's and women's mixed 2000-meter relay, they were second in their group. Although they failed to skate past the Italian team in the same group, they still successfully entered the final.

In the men's 5000m semi-finals, the strength of their teams in the same group was not very strong this time, and they entered the finals with the first place in the group.

At the regular meeting that night, Cheng Sen also specially praised Gu Ran: "Last night, I said that as long as you can get a gold medal in the men's event, you will have successfully completed the task."

"Your little juniors are participating in the World Cup for the first time. They competed against masters like Huang Zaixian and Curtis. It fully demonstrated what a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. The top two players in the world are all defeated."

Chi Lang smiled and said: "Didn't you say it earlier? Our Gu Xiaoran is the hope of the whole village."

Cheng Sen glared at him: "So, tomorrow's 1000 meters, you must enter the final for me. Otherwise, after you go back, let's see how I deal with you."

Chi Lang: "..."

He really wanted to slap himself, why didn't he pay attention to his mouth?

On the third race day, the first final is the men's and women's 2000-meter mixed relay.

This time, Liang Kexin, Yang Shanshan, and Chi Lang were still partners, but Liu Fei was replaced by Gu Ran.

It's not the first time the four of them have partnered in a relay race. They are also very familiar with each other, and they have also practiced tactics in training.

However, there are many masters in this competition. In addition to the South Korean team, the strength of the Netherlands and Italy should not be underestimated.

Even so, Gu Ran still has confidence in their combination. No matter what the result is, standing in front of the starting line, they are aiming for the championship.

However, what he didn't expect was that Liang Kexin failed to compete with the other three opponents at the moment of starting, and fell directly to the end.

After two and a half laps, Liang Kexin still did not overtake her opponent, and was still in the fourth position.She doesn't seem to be in a very good condition today, and the handover with Yang Shanshan almost went wrong.

Gu Ran didn't have time to think about it, because he skated third in the first round and was about to merge into the track.

The two male players from Italy and the Netherlands are slightly weaker. Gu Ran surpassed the Dutch player in front and came to the third place at the first corner after completing the handover.

After two and a half laps, he had caught up with the Italian player, but he was about to hand over the baton. He couldn't complete the overtaking, so he had to push Chi Lang out first.

At the moment when he finished handing over the baton, he whispered to Chi Lang: "Hold on, we can win."

This is the common voice used in games by two internet-addicted teenagers, but for some reason, when he heard this sentence, Chi Lang felt relieved for no reason.