Chapter 22: Good luck
Shu Ran's eyes startled Liang Yue outside the court, just one look made her panic, and she always felt that Shu Ran seemed to be a different person. Liang Yue tried her best to maintain her composure, hinting at herself in her heart.
What kind of virtue Shu Ran is, don't you know it yourself? The mud can't support the wall, and no matter how much her technical strength is improved, it is impossible to surpass her.
It's just a dying throe.
Radio announcement: "Performance: "Resurrection". ”
The moment the music sounded, everyone was shocked by Shu Ran's eyes, his movements were like flowing water, and his emotions were steady.
At this moment, everyone understood that the free and easy figure on the ice could no longer be the same as Shu Ran before.
When the music stopped, Maslova looked in that direction reluctantly, and after reaching out, she turned her head and didn't dare to look in that direction again, because she was afraid that it would hurt her heart even more if she looked at her lover again.
With the resurrection of Maslova, performed by Shu Ran, the performer himself seems to have been reborn.
The eyes of head coach Huo Guang and technical director He Ming, who didn't have much hope for Shu Ran, were lit with a fire called hope and joy, and their hot eyes were fixed on the figures on the field.
Liang Yue was like being slapped a loud slap, and although the people who came on the field after that were in good condition, their performance was not as good as Shu Ran's, and the performance of Liang Yue, who was the last to appear, was even worse, and she won the third place in the team test, and the second was Jiang Wanru.
The fact that Shu Ran won the first place in the team test not only surprised everyone in the women's singles, but also the entire national team felt incredible when they heard about it.
But it's incredible, and more people still think that Shu Ran's good performance this time is also related to chance.
The fact that dark horses often appear in some international competitions is enough to prove that there is a high probability of chance, let alone an intra-team test?
However, Shu Ran only participated in one intra-team test, and her overall strength still depends on her next game.
That is, the Lombardy Cup at the beginning of September.
In the next month, Shu Ran spent every day in intensive training, and Liang Yue was about stimulated, and she didn't come to Shu Ran's trouble anymore, and she always spent every day in practice.
Finally in September, Shu Ran and his party went to Italy.
The Lombard Cup and the Warsaw Cup are both challenger events, and the lineup of the two stops that Fu Yiqing chose for her is usually relatively weak, which is of course the result of Qin Liubei's statistics.
Since the purpose is to score points, the final points for defeating the strong and the weak are the same, it is better to take the weak, at least without taking too many risks.
Zhu Xinhui had just been discharged from the hospital recently, and Xu Jingyu had to take care of her, so only Qin Liubei and Fu Yiqing accompanied Shu Ran to participate in the competition.
As soon as the three arrived, they explored the route first, and only waited for the evening game.
The short program and the free skate are not held on the same day, and the six minutes of warm-up before the competition, Shu Ran was a little nervous, and made mistakes in several attempts one after another, and I don't know if he was not familiar with the venue or too nervous, Shu Ran made a lot of mistakes in the short program and a major jump mistake, and the short program temporarily ranked fifth, the first was a Russian teenager.
On the second day of free skating, Shu Ran won the first place, and finally successfully achieved the goal of brushing the score of the trip with the second best overall score.
After Huo Guang learned the good news, he immediately called Shu Ran to congratulate her, and did not forget to encourage her.
In the face of Huo Guang's enthusiasm, Shu Ran was a little uncomfortable, and simply replied a few words, and Huo Guang on the other end saw that the conversation could not continue, so he ended the conversation.
Qin Liubei raised his glass and congratulated, "Congratulations to our Shu Ran for successfully advancing from a rookie to an old rookie!"
Fu Yiqing frowned, "Eat well and put the bowl down." ”
Qin Liubei: "Hmph, he's just jealous that I have a better relationship with you." Shu Ran said seriously, this time there is a lot of progress, I think as long as you keep the free skate today, it will not be a problem to enter the Grand Prix final. ”
Shu Ran laughed dryly and waved her hand, "It's an exaggeration, the Grand Prix final is still a bit difficult." ”
Usually dark horses will appear in the World Championships and other competitions that are only one competition, and the Grand Prix is the real level of the players, two sub-station races, which one does not play well will not have the chance to enter the finals, and for the finalists, they need to play steadily in the three games to get honors.
Fu Yiqing spoke slowly, "Your goal this year is mainly to brush up points. ”
"Yes, yes. Qin Liubei followed, "The higher the points, the lower the order of next year's games, and the top order score is usually not high." ”
No matter what the competition, the hesitant judges don't know what the strength of the next contestant is, so even if the first person performs well, the judges will be relatively conservative in their scores.
That's why the order of play is very important, and this is especially evident in figure skating.
In almost every race, the bottom players are famous players, so the bottom group is also called the group of death.
The trio didn't stay in Italy for long, and the next day they returned home after the show skating to start preparing for the Grand Prix.
Shu Ran signed up for the Grand Prix in China and France.
The time was in early November and late November, and there was a long time in between, and there was still time for Shu Ran to rest and breathe.
In the blink of an eye, November is here.
As the host country, usually the women's singles of the national team will also participate in the Chinese station, with a total of 12 players in the women's singles, the Chinese team plus Shu Ran accounted for three, and the remaining two are Jiang Wanru and junior sister Wu Huihui.
Shu Ran looked at the list of appearances and found that she was the second to appear.
Sweeping his eyes down, he suddenly found that the Japanese team and Russia also came with three players, and the other three were the United States, Canada and Italy's Rowling.
Wu Huihui obviously didn't expect to meet a famous general at this stop, and exclaimed, "I'm going, why didn't Rowling report this stop?
Jiang Wanru was amused, "Can you be more confident? Anyway, you just got promoted to the adult group this year, and you are much younger than her." ”
Wu Huihui shook her head and sighed, pretending to be confident and said, "That's right, my flexibility is not bad." ”
Due to the difference in physical fitness, foreign players have a longer career than Asian players, but flexibility is a hard injury, even if it is a young player from Europe and the United States, the flexibility is always better than that of Asian players.
The first to appear was the Russian, who had just been promoted to the senior category, with a young face, but jumping one after another.
Shu Ran's spin and footwork were good, and she finished second in the short program, while Rowling took third.
However, the short program has a hard and fast rule on the number of each move, and the comparison is based on the athletes, and the specific strength depends on the free skate tomorrow.
On the way back, Fu Yiqing and Qin Liubei analyzed today's game.
Qin Liubei took out his tablet, and he also took notes while watching the short program, "It seems that Rowling's injury is a bit serious, and she didn't jump two triple jumps today, and it is estimated that tomorrow's free skate will not be better than today." ”
Fu Yiqing stared at the phone screen.
Shu Ran was a little curious, stood on tiptoe and leaned over to take a look, and her wrist was grabbed at once, "Be careful." ”
Shu Ran raised her head in surprise, only to hear Fu Yiqing shake her head helplessly, "Look at the road." ”
Only then did she notice the steps in front of her, and before looking at the road, she leaned over to look at the screen.
Excel sheets?
"What is this?" she asked.
Fu Yiqing: "The data tables of all the players in this sub-station. ”
Shu Ran was stunned at the time, "This ...... What's the use?"
Qin Liubei understood her expression and shook his index finger, "Don't underestimate these data, although they are all information on Baidu Encyclopedia, they are all killer when combined." ”
Shu Ran had seen Qin Liubei's black technology, and he also started by building a huge database, so he didn't ask much, just nodded.
Fu Yiqing continued: "Rowling is 27 years old, and the fact that she has not retired due to injury proves that she wants to win a medal, and her goal may be a GPF (Grand Prix Final) medal or a World Championship medal, her strength cannot be underestimated. ”
Qin Liubei nodded, slid his finger, and placed Luo Lin on the screen in an area that was a threat to Shu Ran.
In the end, two people were discussed, Rowling was one of them, and the other was Mie Miyae from Japan.
One thing Shu Ran is not wrong, no matter how much data there is, the final comparison is the player's own strength.
At the beginning of the free skate, because of the discussion between the two yesterday, Shu Ran paid more attention to Miyae and Rowling.
The grouping is based on yesterday's ranking, four groups, Shu Ran is exactly in the same group as these two players, and when the final draw was made to determine the order of play, Miyae Meihui drew the No. 1 of their group, Rowling No. 2, and Shu Ran last.
Miyae Meihui's comprehensive results temporarily ranked first, which was expected by Fu Yiqing.
Obviously, Miyae Meihui's poor performance yesterday was due to her unfamiliarity with the venue, and the fundamental reason why Shu Ran and others were able to play stably was that they had a home advantage and were already familiar with the venue.
Maybe it was because she was mentally prepared in advance, so Shu Ran was not so nervous.
As soon as Rowling entered, she heard a burst of cheers in foreign languages from the audience.
There were not many spectators, so the Italian flag became prominent.
Rowling's several graceful footwork began the performance, and even the opening 3F showed no signs of pain, and Shu Ran understood Fu Yiqing's foresight.
It is precisely because of the desire for medals that she can endure the pain.
Rowling's program is based on music from the Italian film The Pianist of the Sea.
The piano is the life of the protagonist 1900, 88 piano keys can be controlled, the outside world is unknown and there is no end, so 1900 would rather die on the ship than get off the ship to continue to live.
Rowling performed the 1900's willingness, or rather, Rowling performed her own life.
As 1900 explained: What I feared was not what I saw, but what I failed to see.
Shu Ran felt that Rowling should have a deep feeling for this sentence.
The unknown future without skating left her confused and frightened, skating was Rowling's life, so she would rather risk losing the ability to walk than raise her proudest posture on the ice, just as she did in 1900.
At this moment, not only Shu Ran, but all the audience saw Rowling's enthusiasm for figure skating.
With a jump in the second half, Shu Ran clearly saw Rowling's somewhat painful expression, and her heart was mentioned, and she couldn't help but worry.
It is precisely because of empathy that I hope that every player is safe.
Rowling ended the show with a perfect clean without mistakes, she half-knelt on the ice, didn't get up for a long time, looked up and couldn't help but burst into tears, the camera captured this scene, and the commentary in the infield was also moved by her performance, so that it drove the atmosphere of the audience.
In the end, Rowling slid out of the field with one leg on her shoulder, and her wheelchair was waiting aside, and she was pushed by the coach to the waiting zone.
Apparently Rowling had caused the injury with that jump.
When passing by Shu Ran's side, Shu Ran suddenly couldn't bear to say in English, "goodluckforyou." ”
Rowling's tearful gaze turned to Shu Ran, and a warm smile curled up on her lips, "Fighting!"
This time, Rowling deserves a medal.
Seeing the back of Rowling leaving, Shu Ran still admired more in her heart.
Maybe what awaits her will be like this, if it were her, would she be like Rowling who did not hesitate to give up the opportunity to walk in the future, and also won a medal?
The real-time results came out, and Rowling was temporarily ranked first on the field, and the next contestant's score failed to surpass Rowling and Miyae Miyagi.
In confusion, the radio reported the name of the last contestant: "Player No. 4, Shu Ran." ”