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

In this relay race, the lineups of the four teams are all complete, and the main players who should be on the field are all on the field.

The US team played at home, and more than 2000 people were cheering for them.The on-site DJ played a piece of work by a famous American female singer during the break, and some dark melodies and lyrics came from the live radio: "Idon''tlikeyourlittlegames (I hate your little tricks)

Don''tlikeyourtiltedstage

……

Idon''tlike your perfect crime

Howyoulaughwhenyoulie (I also hate the sneer when you framed me)” ["LookWhatYouMadeMeDo" - Taylor Swift]

The melody and lyrics sounded so magical that Gu Ran couldn't help humming along.In a flash of inspiration, he bumped Meng Yuqiao with his elbow: "Tell me, is the live DJ implying the Korean team?"

Meng Yuqiao twitched the corner of her mouth: "In the whole game, one-third of the penalties were given to them, not counting the lenient part of the referee."

Chi Lang poked his head over and said, "Who is connoting the Korean team?" As soon as he heard the Korean team, he became excited.

Gu Ran said, "Listen to this song."

Chi Lang pricked up his ears and listened: "It sounds good, but I only understand the sentence 'Isn' 'tcool'."

"Okay," Gu Ran pushed him away, "You're not cool at all, I know."

Chi Lang immediately withdrew his smile, his eyes became sharp and indifferent, coupled with his strong muscles, and his scalp-cut hair, his temperament changed instantly.

Gu Ran remembered that after the first match with him, he came to him to ask for WeChat, with such a tugging and cool expression.

I thought it was a handsome man, but I didn't expect it to be a big fool.Chi Dali's face and figure are too deceptive.

At this time, the Group B game on the court was over, and after a simple clearing of the ice, it was their turn to play.

The first bat of the Chinese team is Meng Yuqiao, while the South Korean team is that Lee In-hyuk.The strength of the two is equal, and some fight for the starting bat.

Unexpectedly, however, the American players were the hardest, leading the skating right away, followed by Canada.Then came the Chinese team, and finally the South Korean team.

In the first ten laps, everyone had no idea about the order. Since the US team wants to lead the skate, let him be the first for the time being.Anyway, skating behind will save more energy.

After fifteen laps, the South Korean team started to move.Gu Ran could tell at a glance that they had adjusted the stick times, allowing that Jin Xuzhe to slide one more time. When the baton was handed over again, Huang Zaixian staggered Gu Ran and Curtis and passed directly to the second place.

The Chinese team is Chi Lang. He and Gu Ran have a common characteristic - they are easy to get ahead in the game.

When Gu Ran is on the top, he will intentionally or undoubtedly observe the game situation. This is his habit. He has always paid attention to the information collection of opponents on the field, and has an innate awareness.

Chi Lang is different. He can easily follow the rhythm of others. Seeing that Huang Zai has surpassed him, he starts to speed up without saying a word, and is also ready to surpass Canada.

However, the stick in Canada is Lin Jiaxi.He is not as explosive as Chi Lang, but his technique is much more delicate than Chi Lang.Coupled with being overtaken by Huang Zaixian just now, he was already prepared and immediately defended on the route.

Chi Lang didn't overtake this time, so he could only slow down and fall to the end.

The South Korean team not only messed up the baton times, but also differed from other teams in the timing of the baton handover, which completely deviated the rhythm of the baton handover.

Now the Chinese team is at the end, and the race has reached more than 20 laps. At this stage, each team has a certain sensitivity to changes in position and will not be easily surpassed.

But the Chinese team is now at the end, and it can't be overtaken.Gu Ran started to speed up as soon as he got up, and followed Curtis closely, forcing him to speed up too.

Gu Ran's purpose is very clear, either to chase him, let him go forward to exchange positions with the South Korean team, and Gu Ran looks for opportunities behind.

Or if he can't bear the pressure and slows down by himself, Gu Ran can also find a chance to overtake him.

Just after a corner, Curtis couldn't stand it anymore.He chose the former.

In front of the South Korean team was Jin Xuzhe, and this kid was also very keen. He felt that Curtis was catching up aggressively, and he also started to speed up.

So, after one and a half laps, it was the handover of the other three teams except South Korea.

The South Korean team was caught in the middle, and everyone else was passing the baton. He took the opportunity to overtake the US team and came to the first place.

Gu Ran had no time to consider his position, the moment Gao Ziyi was pushed out, he overtook Canada and came to third place.

After a few laps, Meng Yuqiao took the opportunity to overtake the American team.So, after entering [-] laps, they came to the second place, and now only the Korean team is left.

But at this point in the game, it is not an easy task at all to complete the overtaking again, especially over the South Korean team.

Not only Gu Ran, but Chi Lang, Gao Ziyi, Meng Yuqiao, every player on the field is working hard.

Gu Ran found that the South Korean team's handover baton has changed again. They seem to let Huang Zaixian ski one less lap when they are skating to the eleventh or twelve laps. They use this method to save his energy and ensure the sprint of the last two laps. .

They didn't adopt this tactic in the last relay race in Montreal, and they just let Yin Canyu skip two laps.

Gu Ran guessed that this was probably because Huang Zaixian was awarded a red card by the referee. The South Korean team had no choice but to change tactics while making a temporary substitution.

When they arrived at Salt Lake City Station, they were fully staffed, so they took out the tactics they had prepared in advance to test the water.

The reason why Gu Ran was sure that they were testing the waters was because he could see that Li Renhyuk was not very familiar with this tactic, and he almost made a mistake when handing over the baton several times, many of them were too early or too late.

After several adjustments of the Korean team, Gao Ziyi is now the Chinese team and Lee In-hyuk skating the same club. Brother Xiao Gao is good at endurance, and his explosive power is not his strong point.

But now that they are playing, they have not prepared in advance, and it is impossible to temporarily change the order of playing at this time.

If he wanted to take advantage of Li Renhyuk's lack of proficiency in his own tactics and surpass him, he could only rely on Gao Ziyi.

Meng Yuqiao was trying hard to overtake Jin Xuzhe. Just as he was going up the inner path, the two of them collided with each other. Meng Yuqiao had to slow down first and stabilize the rhythm.

Soon, it was another round of handover, and Huang Zaixian returned to the same position as Gu Ran.There should be no substitutions in each list of the South Korean team.If they change it again, they will be dizzy.

The time for the Chinese team to hand over the baton was ahead of the South Korean team. Even if Gu Ran pushed Gao Ziyi out with all his might, he would still be competing with Huang Zaixian in the first half lap.

When the South Korean team handed over the baton later, no one around them disturbed them at all, and they could hand over the baton smoothly and smoothly.

The Korean team's arrangement for this pass really made the Chinese team's arrangement clear.

At this time, it was Chi Lang who was playing on the field, and Gu Ran and Gao Ziyi had the last handover left.Before going on stage, Gu Ran said to Gao Ziyi: "Brother, this is our last chance."

Gao Ziyi understood what he meant and nodded, "I will try my best."

At this time, Chi Lang and Meng Yuqiao completed the handover, and Gu Ran was also skating in the inner circle, ready to merge into the track at any time.

The moment Gao Ziyi and Gu Ran handed over the baton, something unexpected happened.

In the 5000-meter race, there are too many laps, and the time for each team to hand over the baton is gradually stretched. After dozens of laps, the markers at the corners have been flying everywhere.

The field was in a mess, some players were skating, some were handing over the baton, the corner stewards couldn't get past it, and couldn't put the markers back in place.

Even so, athletes still have to abide by the rules when passing the curve. Except for the hand that touches the ice surface, other parts of the body must slide outside the marker block.

Now there is no sign block, it depends on everyone's self-awareness.Anyway, after the game is over, the referee will watch the game video repeatedly. If anyone takes a shortcut, once he is caught, he will be punished.

So, at this time, Jin Xuzhe's ice skate in front accidentally scratched the marker block, staggered and almost fell down.

Fortunately, at this time, the athlete's physical fitness has declined, and the speed is not very fast. He still has the opportunity to adjust in time to avoid falling.

However, at this critical moment, he was preparing to hand over the baton to Huang Zaixian, and the person behind him was Gu Ran—a person who seized even the slightest chance and tried hard to surpass him.

Although he adjusted quickly, he didn't fall down and didn't affect the corners.But Gu Ran still caught the little mistake of his staggering,

Gu Ran did not hesitate to speed up the frequency of ice pedaling. In just a few tenths of a second, Gu Ran overtook him and came to the first place!

The games are too long, the field is messy, and for a while, even a little boring.Just when the audience's attention was not very concentrated, Gu Ran's sudden overtaking, mobilized the atmosphere of the scene again.

The U.S. team is now in third place, and there is Canada chasing after them. This is enough for them to deal with. They don't have the energy to surpass the Chinese and South Korean teams ahead.

Therefore, while praying for the US team to win a bronze medal, the local ice fans also set their sights on the championship and runner-up competition.

Huang Zaixian doesn't seem to know how to skate if he doesn't have some physical contact with people.

When Jin Xuzhe and Jin Xuzhe completed the handover, he had already fallen behind Gu Ran.However, when Gu Ran and Gao Ziyi handed over the stick, he saw the opportunity and squeezed forward. The swing of his arm was exaggerated, and he wished he could touch Gao Ziyi's arm every time.

Gao Ziyi is a person who doesn't like to have physical contact with people very much, but this does not mean that he will be afraid when in contact with people.

Huang Zaixian thought that because he had a good temper, he could bully him casually, but that was a big mistake.

Although Gao Ziyi is not like Chi Lang, he looks like a muscular man at first glance.His muscles are strong and well-proportioned, and his flexibility and fatigue resistance are particularly good.

Gu Ran would sometimes watch him roll up his sleeves to sharpen his skates, and would make fun of him: "Senior brother is the type that others say looks thin when dressed, but fleshy when undressed."

At this time, Gao Ziyi just smiled: "I did farm work with my dad when I was young, and I did it."

Gu Ran remembered that he said that he was nine years old when he was discovered by the enlightenment coach. Speaking of which, it means that he started helping the family at a very young age.

The game was still on the court, Gu Ran quickly regained her thoughts.Huang Zaixian quarreled with Gao Ziyi, but they didn't get any benefits.But at this time, he was about to hand over the baton to Li Renhe, and he had no way to control Gao Ziyi anymore, so he had to give up.

Gu Ran watched his lips open and close from a distance, guessing that he was cursing.

At this time, the Korean coach's distinctive loud command came from the sidelines, which sounded quite appropriate.

Gu Ranxin said: "This is your team culture. Except for hands-on, it's just yelling."

After Li Renhe took over the baton, he was also trying to surpass Gao Ziyi, but the latter defended the route very well and did not give him any chance.

This is already the last round, and after two more handovers, the race has reached the last two laps.

At this time, the Chinese team is still in the first position.But Gu Ran's physical fitness has declined somewhat.

On the contrary, it was Huang Zaixian, who skipped two or three skates halfway, and now that he is physically fit, he started to attack Gu Ran as soon as he came up.

With only two laps in the final race, he had few chances and had to take advantage of every corner and straight.

Gu Ran was at the limit of his mental and physical strength, and his brain was running non-stop throughout the relay race, observing the opponent's baton times, the timing of handing over the baton, and sorting out their tactics through the rules.This kind of mental exhaustion is actually a kind of physical overdraft. Up to now, he really can't slide anymore.

In addition, he still has some wounds on his buttocks, although the problem is not serious.But after three high-intensity games in the morning, when the muscles are in a state of excessive fatigue, every time I step on the ice, the muscles of the buttocks are involved, and there is still a faint pain.

However, at this critical moment, he couldn't think so much.Just like what he said to Cheng Sen before the game, even if it hurts to death, he has to endure it, he must endure it!