Towards the second race in Krasnoyarsk, several special staff members suddenly appeared on the field.

They are armed with sampling equipment and test all competitors' skis for fluoride, and if fluoride is found, they are not allowed on the slopes.

Tang Huai was completely unprepared for this problem, and all the ski wax they carried with the team was still purchased through Banks. (The previous batch has run out, and this is a new purchase in the fall of 2021.) ）

Unexpectedly, the ban was suddenly enforced, and these ski waxes became worthless waste.

The Chinese team does not have any substitutes, and it is useless to find a way to rely on the relationship, and when people heard that the purchaser was the Chinese team, they directly said that there was no goods.

The geographical location of this city is remote, very far away from Europe and China, and there are few shops selling ski wax.

In desperation, Tang Huai could only let his team members scrape off the wax on their skis and go to the competition bare.

Skis without wax were like pedaling a bicycle on a muddy road, and the results of the race were predictable, with all six of them eliminated in the preliminaries.

Tang Huai suffered a loss, and there was no place to reason at all, so he could only report this matter to Shao Zhendong while asking someone to find a resource for ski wax in Europe.

On the phone, he told him that he must not tell the merchant that he bought it for the Chinese team.

However, at present, there are only old products containing fluoride on the market, and the new high-end ski wax has not been sold at all.

According to the merchant's prediction, the goods will not be available until after the end of the Winter Olympics at the earliest.

Tang Huai was so angry that he almost dropped his phone: "After the Winter Olympics? It's fucking aimed at us! ”

High Entropy also called his friends in Australia to ask, the ski wax in the team is strictly controlled, special counters, and the process of taking it must be supervised, not to mention getting a few cans and bottles, even a few milliliters are impossible.

Wu Ying and the others were completely dumbfounded when they heard this: "How can this be good?" Is it possible to use bare boards to compete at the Winter Olympics? ”

Tang Huai waved his hand: "It's not as good as a bare board, we also have ordinary ski wax in China, which does not contain fluoride, but the effect is a little worse than that of foreign teams, at least it will not be as bad as today." ”

He is now concerned that the ban will not just be for snowboard cross-track, nor will it only restrict snowboarding, but will be applied across the entire ski sport, affecting all Chinese athletes in cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing and snowboarding.

When the time comes, you won't be able to get good results in the Beijing Winter Olympics, so it's not a shame to throw it home!

Tang Huai is the backbone of the whole team, at this time, he is in a cold sweat, and the others have no idea, the joy of victory and progress for days suddenly disappeared, and the atmosphere in the room was dull.

Ullihan asked hesitantly, "What about ...... Are we going to Italy the day after tomorrow? ”

Gao Entropy lowered his head: "Let's not go, it feels completely unnecessary, I tried my best today, but I didn't even qualify for the final stage, I feel too embarrassed." ”

Everyone's attention shifted to Tang Huai again, he is the coach, and he still has to make up his mind about this kind of thing.

At this moment, Tang Huai's mobile phone rang, and Qu Changge's voice rang on the phone: "Don't panic, it's not a fatal thing, you go back to China first, we won't participate in the rest of the competition." ”

"But, Director Qu, the impact of this ban is too ......"

"Don't be anxious, we'll have a way to solve it, don't ask anything, tell everyone not to be interviewed, not to complain on any social platform."

Qu Changge's words were majestic, unquestionable and refutable, so Tang Huai could only lead the team back to China in a foolish manner.

He greeted the tournament organizers and verbally informed them that the Chinese team would give up the next game.

The news quickly reached the coaches of various countries, who immediately cheered, not feeling in the slightest how shameless it was.

Without the Chinese team, the World Cup has returned to the rhythm of their internal competition, which seems so clean and fair.

Tang Huai and his 4 team members who returned to China were still subject to quarantine as usual, but when they stayed in the hotel, they received good news that we had developed our own top-of-the-line ski wax.

Not only ski wax, but also a full set of high-precision waxing equipment and automated processes.

This is a subversive product that Shao Zhendong applied for two years ago, and the scientific research institutes of the national brand have participated in the design and research and development, and finally came up with it before the Winter Olympics.

At the heart of the package is ski wax, a small, seemingly inconspicuous liquid that works no worse than fluoride-containing ski wax.

Although many high-precision chemical raw materials are used, all the ingredients in it are healthy and safe.

An academician of the Academy of Engineering gave a lecture and told them about the composition, principle and application of this ski wax to the ski resort.

This is just one of the bottles, and it will be paired with five or six other bottles of liquid for different snow conditions and tracks.

"You don't have to memorize the specific match, there is a complete set of sampling and analysis equipment, you only need to check these metal detector rods to different points on the track, you can automatically obtain snow data, and after comprehensive analysis by the computer, it will provide a waxing solution."

Behind this academician is not a simple set of tools, but a heavy truck. The long container at the back can be deployed from both sides, with a total working area of nearly 100 square meters.

As a professional waxing car serving the ski project of the Beijing Winter Olympics, this big guy is jointly developed by more than 10 enterprises and units, bringing together a variety of scientific and technological forces such as automobile manufacturing, industrial design, power electronics, etc., and the whole project has declared 66 patents in the development process, including as many as 21 invention patents.

There is not only a waxing area, a snowboard storage area, and a snow wax storage area, but also toilets, showers, and warm-up areas.

The point is that the waxing job has become very comfortable and easy in this car, which is in stark contrast to the hard work of getting up at 5 a.m. in the ice and snow.

This set of equipment has been developed in October, and the reason why it has not been taken out for a long time is mainly to wait for the official finalization of the ski wax.

When Tang Huai and their competition went abroad, Chinese researchers were also busy in the ice and snow in the northeast, testing the performance of ski wax.

Wu Ying held the small bottle and couldn't put it down: "Is this thing really good?" If we can use it, we will rush to Italy immediately, and we can catch them by surprise! ”

Tang Huai patted her: "Huh? How can such a good thing be exposed in advance?! We're going to keep it and wait until the Beijing Winter Olympics come up with a blockbuster! ”

He ordered everyone to keep it a secret, and he still begged his grandfather and grandmother to collect the latest ski wax and put enough "smoke bombs" on the surface.