Han Lu checked the skates on her feet one last time.

Just now, American Alexandra has just finished her free skate and landed a perfect seven combinations, and if nothing else, her personal record will be officially broken.

Now, Alexandra and her coach are excitedly hugging each other as they walk to the waiting section, and she did a great job this time, but Han Lu didn't care how well she skated. Well, Han Lu thought, this is already very good and worthy of encouragement for Alexander, a quiet little * who is keen on the blue sea and blue sky, dripping coffee, and "eating for three minutes and posing for three hours for brunch". After all, Alexander himself said that he smiled at countless cameras and said something "I think victory is actually victory over yesterday's self".

It's a beautiful thing to say, because you can't defeat others, you can only overcome yourself.

…… At least, Han Lu brushed his hair, and he couldn't defeat me.

"How many points?" Han Lu asked.

“137.71。 The person who answered her was Zhao Zhixin, a 30-year-old sports science expert who had been working at the figure skating center for six years after returning from graduate school in the United States. Now, he was checking Han Lu's skates with the rest of the staff.

"She's breaking a personal record. Zhao Zhixin added.

"Not bad. Han Lu smacked, "Alexander." ”

Zhao Zhixin was helpless.

"They're called Alexandra......"

"Different?"

Can that be the same? Zhao Zhixin complained in his heart, but on the surface, he smiled and shook his head and fell silent.

He knew that Han Lu was very anxious in her heart now—of course, she wouldn't give others too good a look when she wasn't anxious, but this time was different.

Han Lu is competing in the final of the Olympic free event, finishing second in yesterday's short program, narrowly behind South Korea's Kim K-Er by 2.66 points. So far, Han Lu has won all the domestic and international awards except for the women's singles title at the Winter Olympics, and once she has this gold medal, she will be extremely successful in achieving the Grand Slam of her career.

Playing at home, Grand Slam.

The allure of this gold medal is too great.

"Change three weeks to four weeks. ”

Just a few hours ago, Han Lu repeated her decision to the coach again. Decision, not negotiation. Han Lu and others have never had anything to discuss, and she doesn't think that anyone knows the criteria for getting high scores better than her.

Her jump of choice is a quadruple hook jump followed by a double jump on the outside of the ice, which is a challenge that only three women have ever done in the world, even among men. Once successful, the honor of the women's singles champion of the Winter Olympics is bound to be won by Han Lu.

"You already have the advantage of choosing your own tracks. Han Lu's coach Liu Bofei still admonished her like this. Liu Bofei is Han Lu's head coach, and he has also witnessed the whole process of her starting to practice skating, entering the youth group, the senior group, and winning countless medals. What kind of physical and psychological conditions Han Lu is in at each stage, Liu Bofei knows better than anyone else.

"You don't have to challenge such a high jump difficulty at this time. Liu Bofei said, "I said it, the action of Axel three weeks followed by three weeks of ice outside the previous choreography is enough for you to surpass Jin Koil." ”

"Do you think that Jin Keer can't jump out of Axel for three weeks and then ice for three weeks?"

"You should know how difficult it is to hook your hands. It's not a practice, it's an official competition. ”

"Of course I know, it has a base score of 13.6. ”

"Are you just staring at the technical difficulty? Then in the future, why don't you invent a new kind of skates, and the players can fly up and spin for ten or eight weeks when they wear them? What kind of PCS is it?"

"I'm not going to talk to you about your aesthetics on ice. Han Lu sat on the chair and raised a hand to stop Liu Bofei from continuing. "My strengths and weaknesses, I know myself. ”

"It doesn't make sense for you to go around at this time. Liu Bofei took a step back, "If you want to challenge yourself, you can choose to try it in other competitions in the future." ”

As soon as Liu Bofei's words fell, he saw Han Lu looking at him with an incredible, contemptuous expression, as if he had just said something stupid and ridiculous.

Han Lu's appearance is a bit sharp, and when she is not smiling, she has a natural sense of oppression and intimidation, which may be an advantage on the face of athletes such as fighting or table tennis, but as a figure skater who pursues artistic beauty, it is definitely not a merit.

On the ice, her performance style can even be described as ferocious, she is known for her multi-week spins, and is known as a "spinning machine" in the skating circle, and when she lands on the ice blade, she mercilessly splashes ice flowers, like a jumping and predatory cheetah. This has gained a group of fans who are fascinated by her rare and fierce style, and at the same time, it has also attracted a lot of criticism from referees, media, commentators, etc. There is only one meaningless core of criticism, that is, Han Lu lacks a feminine softness. This is the most restrained, even more exaggerated, what "Black Widow", "Exterminator Tai", "other figure skaters spin in circles: swans dancing on the lake, Han Lu runners spin in circles: preparations before bidding guns" and so on are all non-malicious or malicious.

Of course Han Lu knew these belittlements, but she didn't care, let them say it, anyway, it wouldn't let her win one less medal.

She is a cheetah, a black widow, and a queen who steps on the edge of ice and goes all the way up, and no one can match her.

She had to win this gold medal.

"Coach Liu. Han Lu said coldly, "It's at this time that you have to go around." ”

She didn't give Liu Bofei a chance to continue talking, but continued to speak by herself.

"Ten years ago, if I had been eighteen, I might have listened to you. Because I can afford to be wrong. ”

"But now it's different, I'm twenty-eight years old, I don't want to wait, I can't afford to wait four years. ”

"You said that my physical condition is not sustainable, but my body will not get better with the training. I can't jump four weeks today, which means that I can't jump four weeks next time, next year, the year after that. I don't have time. ”

"I have to jump, I have to gamble. ”

She put down these words and sat down in a seat as far away from Liu Bofei as possible. Zhao Zhixin and the staff sensed the atmosphere of discord between the two, and no one dared to say anything. After all, this scene has played out more than once in various competitions. Liu Bofei can occasionally quarrel and win, but most of the time the winner is Han Lu - difficulty, success, walking back to the preparation area with a proud toe amid cheers, and at the same time giving Liu Bofei a triumphant glance - this is the usual Han Lu.

Even, Zhao Zhixin had seen several staff members who supported Han Lu whispering about Liu Bofei together.

To others, this is probably the case.

Zhao Zhizhi sighed.

A stubbornly conservative veteran coach and a talented athlete who breaks the rules......

It is true that some media have written so.

However, in fact, this is not the case, Zhao Zhixin, who has been by Han Lu's side for six years and watched her physical condition slip from the peak little by little, could not be clearer.

Over the years, Han Lu's almost perverted pursuit of difficult movements has also challenged the limits of her body again and again, and at the same time, as she grows older, the movements she can do have become less and less from more and more in the past, and the spinning and jumping movements that can be done relatively easily have also become visibly difficult to the naked eye, Zhao Zhixin has long been aware that under this kind of deadly training and difficult challenges, Han Lu's ankle and Achilles tendon have reached a critical point, and the line has become tighter and tighter, and it is not strange to break it at any time。

Didn't Han Lu know it herself?

Not necessarily. Zhao Zhizhi thought, but at this time, she is afraid that she has a fluke mentality for no reason, thinking that Lady Luck will always be on her side.

In fact, what if it were him?

Zhao Zhixin pondered, and finally symbolically tightened the laces of Han Lu's skates.

Her shoelaces are a different kind of tying than usual, when she trains on weekdays, she just ties them into a regular bow, and when she competes, she deliberately ties them into a more complex trapezoidal knot.

It's the same as the superstitious wish of children that "if it dawns tomorrow, then they will do well in the exam".

There are many athletes who can do this, such as the Alexandra just now, who tied the hairband given by her boyfriend to her head with great fanfare as if she was afraid that others would not see her.

"My amulet!" she told the world.

Han Lu naturally wouldn't be so ostentatious, but she would feel in her heart that it would be a very shameful thing for others to see her doing such superstitious little actions.

So of course, Zhao Zhixin will not say anything about this.

"That's it. After checking the tightness of the skates, Zhao Zhixin stood up.

If it were his own words, he continued to think, the mouth-watering golden apple he had longed for all his life was above his head, would he not want to fight and simply throw his opponent away from the distance?

He didn't dare to say no.

Moreover, after the hook quadruple jump, the outside ice jumps for two consecutive weeks...... Han Lu did it.

He comforted himself as if he had deceived himself, admitting that he really couldn't convince Han Lu, and at the same time, like every time in the past, silently prayed in his heart for her luck this time.

"Come on. He said.

"Nonsense. Han Lu replied mercilessly, and then stood up from the chair.

…… It's going to be on.

She looked straight ahead and took a deep breath.

At the same time, this important event is being broadcast live on major TV stations around the world, and the voices of the two commentators are also sounding smoothly on the large-size high-definition TV of the figure skating training center as Han Lu skates into the ice rink.

Next to play is the world champion, Han Lu. She will challenge herself again in this set of free skates, ready to land the most difficult quadruple jump. And we also have to pay attention to her GOE, the quality of the completion of each action. ”

Her track of choice was Mystic's "Dreamcatcher" from the 1999 album "Dawn of a New Century." Dreamcatcher is a handicraft made of twigs, leather, and cow tendon thread, which originated from the legend of an Indian in the 18th century, who believed that the night air was filled with all kinds of dreams, and they used a dreamcatcher to filter the dreams...... They believe that only good dreams can pass through the holes of the dreamcatcher, while nightmares will be trapped in the nets and disappear with the next day's sun. It is a symbol of good dreams and blessings. We look forward to how Han Lu interprets this ancient legend. ”

Han Lu wrapped her hands around her body and made a preparatory move. When the clear female voice cut through the cold air of the ice rink, she raised her head and stretched out her arms.

It's a beautiful and sad piece that doesn't sound so much in line with Han Lu's personal style. But it doesn't matter, it's also a part of figure skating, people and music complement each other, people provide infinite possibilities for interpretation and interpretation of music, and music can also inspire things that are inside people, beyond the imagination of others and even oneself.

Han Lu made the first jump in the show, the Axel double jump, which was very conservative and landed smoothly without problems. She wore a translucent black performance costume with silver sequins, as if cut out of the pouring Milky Way, which contrasted with the pure white ice, and was a shocking, breathtaking beauty.

The audience held their breath.

Han Lu made another triple loop hook jump, followed by a triple loop loop, and with the perfect ice movement, a few strands of hair on her forehead fluttered down, and then flew away with the continuous rotation. The audience burst into cheers.

Liu Bofei walked to the sidelines at some point and watched Han Lu's performance with everyone.

After two spins, the show entered the latter section, and Han Lu breathed, calculating the entry time of the hook jump.

The sound of the violin fades from decay to strength, it's time!

Han Lu jumped without hesitation, and Liu Bofei involuntarily clenched his fists.

…… One, two, three, four!

Han Lu gritted her teeth.

Be born!

The audience erupted in thunderous applause.

It's over, no problem, it's over.

Han Lu didn't have time to adjust her breathing, and directly prepared to enter the continuous two-week jump of the outer point ice. Before the audience could reel from the excitement of her successful quadruple jump, they suddenly heard a loud dull sound.