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

Early the next morning, Xu Qing knocked on Gu Ran's door. The two went to the supermarket to buy something. When they entered the house, they were scolded by Jiang Yan and Cheng Lan: "Let the two of you come over for dinner, You still bring these things here, don’t come next time.”

Gu Ran put the things down: "This is my wish, I come to master and mother's house to eat, how can I come empty-handed?"

Jiang Yan and Cheng Lan were overjoyed by his coaxing: "We are very happy when you come to eat. We are usually just the two of us at home. After all, you have two days off. Of course, we will call you to our house to have fun."

Speaking of this, Jiang Yan suddenly remembered: "I remember that the national team still has two players from our province J."

Gu Ran nodded: "It's my Senior Brother Xiao Gao and Senior Sister Ke Xin."

Jiang Yan immediately lowered his face and looked at Cheng Sen: "What's the matter with you? Why didn't you call the two children over together?"

Cheng Sen spread out his hands feeling wronged: "You didn't say anything."

Jiang Yan said: "There are so many people and lively."

Cheng Sen muttered softly: "You might as well call the whole team here, it's lively enough."

Jiang Yan stared: "That's not impossible."

"..."

Cheng Sen quickly shut up and went to do other things.

Jiang Yan chatted with Gu Ran for a few words, mainly concerned about his two races, praised his performance in Montreal, and said: "Actually, Salt Lake City is also good, with one gold and three silvers. Athletes, it's already a pretty good result."

He looked at Gu Ran and smiled: "But I know that you are not satisfied."

Gu Ran also laughed with him: "Master, you still understand me."

Jiang Yan bent his index finger and tapped him on the forehead: "You, the starting point is too high, and you are very competitive. Cheng Sen told me early in the morning that he was worried that if you failed, you would not be able to withstand the blow."

"I just said that the child I'm looking at can't be so poor in psychological quality. In addition, Xu Qing has taught him carefully."

He still didn't forget to call Cheng Sen and ask, "Look, is Xiao Ran's mentality stable?"

"Yes yes yes!" Cheng Sen nodded kindly, "He's in a good mood now, it's my thigh now, I have to hold it tight, pointing at him to win more championships and keep me as the head coach."

Cheng Lan slapped him on the arm: "Here talking nonsense again."

"Wait a minute..." Gu Ran suddenly realized something, "Director Cheng has long known that Master is my enlightenment coach, Director Xu has long known that Master and Director Cheng are father and son, and you often discuss things about me. have no idea."

"..."

"Ouch!" Jiang Yan slapped his thigh and stood up, "I'm still cooking chicken in the kitchen, hurry up, go in and have a look."

Xu Qing followed him and stood up, "I'll help you."

Jiang Yan waved his hand: "No, no, you talk about yours. There are fruits on the table, just like your own home. You are welcome."

Xu Qing looked at Cheng Sen with a half-smile: "Director Cheng, do you want to explain?"

Cheng Sen stuffed his mouth with a strawberry: "Eat yours."

Gu Ran kept looking at Cheng Sen without saying a word, just looking at him like that.

Cheng Sen was very uncomfortable with him, so he said: "My dad is doing short track speed skating enlightenment training, and he led too many players. At that time, he was in his hometown, and we didn't live together. I only heard him say that he found a good seedling and is cultivating it carefully."

"Later, when Xu Qing went to the city team to select players, he also took a fancy to you at first sight. But I think you are too old for enlightenment. You didn't even have the foundation of roller skating before, so it was difficult to practice."

"However, I still went to the first stop of the U series. I originally focused on Chi Lang, but your performance caught my attention. After reading your information, I remembered that you are the one-hundred-year-old tree that my father said I met a good seed."

Xu Qing who was on the side interjected: "Send me messages every few days to inquire about your situation. I'm afraid that you, a little beet, will fall into my hands. Brothers who have been brothers for so many years don't even have the minimum trust."

Cheng Sen stuffed him with another strawberry: "Shut up."

Gu Ran suddenly remembered something: "The last time I was interviewed in Montreal, the reporter asked me the happiest moment. I said it was when the Korean team fell down. Do you know about it?"

Cheng Sen said: "Why don't you know, it was also on the hot search at the time." He recalled, "Except for the Winter Olympics, I remember that the last time short track speed skating appeared on the hot search was when your Director Xu retired. "

Xu Qing took a pillow and put it behind: "My back hurts after sitting for a long time..."

Cheng Sen simply stuffed the fruit plate into his arms, "Come, come, eat more."

Gu Ran said: "I've been checking Weibo for the past few days. I thought that I only won a gold medal in the relay race in Salt Lake City, and I would be ridiculed by those netizens who sprayed me last time."

"However, no." Gu Ran smiled, "Compared to being ridiculed by the crowd, the scarier thing is that no one cares."

Cheng Sen said with a smile: "Why, no one scolded you, you are not happy?"

Gu Ran shrugged: "In the final analysis, the hot search last time was not because of how many gold medals I won and what kind of opponents I defeated. It was because of the words I said during the interview, which aroused heated discussions for a while."

"I finally understood why the reporter asked me to be interviewed by name, and he said that I was stalking and topical."

Xu Qing ate the strawberries and put the fruit plate back: "You have to understand, after all, short track speed skating is an unpopular sport that no one cares about. Competitions like the World Cup are not only not broadcast live in China, but there is also jet lag. Difficulties and dangers, with the claws of the South Korean team, one person won five gold medals, but the men's football team lost a game to be talked about."

"If we choose this sport, we must endure loneliness."

"No!" Gu Ran shook her head, "I mean, I want more people to understand and like the sport of short track speed skating through me, so that they can truly feel its passion and charm."

He also emphasized: "It is through my achievements and heights in this sport, not creating buzz."

Cheng Lan, who was sitting on the other side, said, "Good boy, you are really ambitious, I like it!"

Cheng Sen smiled noncommittally: "Your idea sounds more difficult than winning the Winter Olympics championship."

Gu Ran nodded: "It's difficult, but you can try."

Xu Qing said: "In any sport, the basic element of becoming a legend is to win as many championships as possible. So, work hard. Boy!"

"So..." Cheng Sen looked at Gu Ran leisurely, "Have you finished writing the post-match summary?"

Gu Ran stretched out five fingers and waved in front of his eyes: "Five thousand words, I wrote it the night I came back."

"..."

Cheng Sen knew that he was always self-conscious, but he didn't expect him to be so self-conscious: "Then tell me first, what you have summed up."

Gu Ran said: "Through these two games, I have also observed a lot of other players, especially Korean players."

"First of all, I have to admit that their explosive power is not necessarily stronger than ours, but their basic skills are much more solid than ours. This is not difficult to see from the cornering skills and knife-adding movements."

"Also, their flexibility is very good." Speaking of this, Gu Ran bit her lip, "Although I think Koreans are very annoying, I have to admit that, including Cui Zhien, Huang Zaixian, and Yin Chanyu, several of their players The skating postures are all in place, and visually it makes people feel stretched."

"I think this should be inseparable from the superior flexibility."

"That's right." Xu Qing affirmed his statement: "In this regard, you are not bad. So even though you are a late enlightenment, your flexibility is also very good, and your basic skills are very solid."

Cheng Sen pondered for a moment, and then said: "This is indeed a very important question, for example. Let's talk about Chi Lang, his basic skills are not good enough, and his skills have always been relatively rough. However, he is already one of the athletes in your area. , A very strong player with top physical fitness, strength, and mentality."

Gu Ran shrugged: "So, this is also a talent?"

"Of course!" Xu Qing added, "Gao Ziyi's natural muscle fatigue resistance is better than ordinary people. This is an inherent advantage. Meng Yuqiao has ten years of roller skating foundation. The feeling is better than most people. Each of you can enter the national team for a reason."

Gu Ran nodded: "I know."

Cheng Sen said: "The issue of flexibility you mentioned is actually very important to us. For example, the physical fitness test for youth competitions includes the flexibility test. You have also participated in it, so you should know."

"Some people are opposed to physical testing, but physical testing can indeed reflect the overall quality of athletes to some extent. Especially in youth competitions, this is of great significance to the reserve and selection of back talents."

"I also participated in the formulation of the physical test items. I believe that it is not a problem for a teenage athlete to reach the standard. If you can't even complete such a few simple movements, then the country will spend manpower, material and financial resources And what's the point of taking time to train them?"

Cheng Sen took a sip of water and continued: "When we went to South Korea to compete, we also visited their training. Not to mention the national team, even a club's amateur team has far more training intensity than our provincial team. , that is real devil training."

"They make a lot of small moves on the field, and they are dirty. But it is not unreasonable for them to be able to prosper in one event for decades and dominate the world."

"About many years ago, we actually learned the training methods of the Korean team. Later, we gradually began to learn from European and American countries."

"Yes!" Gu Ran immediately came up with his second thought, "There is also my observation of some European and American athletes. Before participating in this competition, I have not seen many people with some skills in China. I can master it, but in the World Cup, Canada, the United States, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and South Korea...their technology is much more advanced than ours."

Cheng Sen said: "Canada is the birthplace of short track speed skating. They have accumulated for many years, and they are definitely better than us in technological innovation. But we are still learning and improving."

Xu Qing suddenly interjected, and he asked Gu Ran: "Athletes from other countries may be more advanced than us technically, but their performance is not as good as ours. Why do you think this is?"

"Obviously they're not as good as us in terms of training time."

Xu Qing nodded: "Thus, through training, many deficiencies can be made up for. This is why you have to work harder. Speaking of this, I have to mention the Korean team. They not only have good skills, but also really work hard in training."

Cheng Sen said: "The main reason is that their domestic competition is also very fierce. Everyone wants to be in the top position, and all legal and improper methods have to be used. The opponents you can meet on the field have already passed five tests in their country Kill the six generals and choose the outstanding one."

Gu Ran raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Which aspect are you referring to?"

At this moment, Jiang Yan shouted from the kitchen, "Dinner is ready."

"In all aspects," Cheng Sen stood up, ready to go to the kitchen to serve dishes, "I will introduce to you how exciting their domestic selection is later."

This "wonderful" must not refer to how exciting the game itself is. Gu Ran is very interested in how much Koreans still have to play tricks.

It wasn't until after dinner in the evening that Gu Ran returned to the training base with Xu Qing.After taking a shower and reading a book, he just got into bed when he received a WeChat message from Lin Jiaxi: "Xiaoran, Xiaoran, are you asleep?"

Gu Ran replied: "Not yet, I'm going to sleep."

Lin Jiaxi said: "Then let's chat?"

"Okay," Gu Ran joked with him, "It's five dollars."

Even if Lin Jiaxi is in China, he is probably a southerner, and he didn't understand what "five dollars for chatting" is: "Huh? Do you still need to charge for chatting, Internet fees?"

Gu Ran said: "I mean..." He seized the time to bring the topic back on track, "Last time you said you were working hard, what did you mean?"

Only then did Lin Jiaxi say: "I really want to go back to China and become teammates with you. But my current level is limited, so I may not be able to apply for Chinese nationality, and your head coach will not want me."

"What I think is, next month's World Short Track Speed ​​Skating Championships, I will perform well then, at least get a top three, so that I can talk to him."

"Ah!" Gu Ran suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

Lin Jiaxi said: "My childhood wish is to return to China and represent the Chinese team in the Winter Olympics. My parents also support me very much, and I have been working hard towards this goal."

Gu Ran patted her thigh: "Don't be fooled, I'll help you ask the coach tomorrow to see what he wants from you."