The coach of the Black Province Provincial Team decisively gave a thumbs up: "I watched the video of his previous World Cup dozens of times, and reviewed it with the coaches and players in the team. ”

"Yesterday and today, I watched his competition up close, this kid is really good, I dare to say that those South Korean players who are famous for their skating business, put together with him, it is not necessarily a matter who suffers."

Listening to others praising the players in his team, Zhang Jianxin was of course happy, he nodded with a smile, and he didn't follow - it's not that he didn't want to blow something, the main thing is that Su Liang was indeed picked up by their Beijing team for nothing, and the main credit is still on the coaches of the national team, and he can't say anything to grab credit here.

Zhang Jianxin didn't answer, and the coach of the Hei Provincial Team didn't care, seeing that the women's competition was over, and the two groups of players in the men's semifinals warmed up together, he also turned the topic to the men's semifinals in front of him.

"There are Mu Yuansheng and Su Liang in the second group, and the finals are probably on the two of them."

Hearing this, Zhang Jianxin also wanted to make peace, but after thinking about it, he still said: "In the quarterfinals, Shi Wenhui of the Harbin team performed very well, and the strength of Ling Junyong, another player in the second group, is not bad, and it is difficult to say who will be qualified in the end." ”

Of course, he also wanted Mu Yuansheng and Su Liangshi brothers to advance, but it was not good to talk too much here.

The two chatted here with each other, and Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng in the commentary seat were also discussing the final possible promotion list.

"With Chu Rui's strength, as long as he plays steadily, promotion should be reasonable."

In the first group of the semifinals of the men's group, Chu Rui, Ye Kaicheng, You Jian, and Cai Wenbin, among which Ye Kaicheng, You Jian, and Cai Wenbin are actually very good in the 500-meter distance.

But when it comes to the strength of the players, Chu Rui is still the only one outstanding.

This is not only due to his personal speed and athleticism, but also his consistency in his competitive form and his ability to win in important competitions such as the international arena.

Take Ye Kaicheng as an example - the national team also wants to train him, but in the previous World Cup in Beijing, in the game environment where Beijing has an absolute advantage in home games, there are still problems with the competitive state.

No matter how strong the individual strength is, if he can't play in the competition, such a player will be ruined by half.

Of course, the current national team has not given up on Ye Kaicheng for the time being, but from the perspective of ice fans and Liao Yuwei, commentators, Ye Kaicheng is not lost to Chu Rui in terms of PB (personal best) in 500 meters, but in terms of strength, he cannot be compared with Chu Rui.

The remaining two players, You Jian and Cai Wenbin, have also not been able to prove themselves in the international arena, so they are also classified in the following category.

Lin Fangzheng also safely agreed with Liao Yuwei's evaluation of Chu Rui, including ice fans at the scene and in front of the TV.

There is no other reason, Chu Rui's strength and his personal popularity are all played by him one game at a time, domestic and international competitions, in addition to injuries, his performance is extremely stable, and he has won back a glory for the Chinese team - this is why Chu Rui is called 'the first person in the 500-meter active service'.

And Su Liang was able to become more and more eye-catching in the first season of his debut, and a major reason is also because his state is exceptionally stable, unlike some players who used to be called geniuses, who may play well in one game, and can't withstand the pressure in the next game or on the international stage.

Being able to continuously show excellent, stable, and even climbing performances in the South Korea Practice Invitational Tournament, the National League Harbin Station, the World Cup Beijing Station and the current National Championships - this is the reason why ice fans are more and more optimistic about Su Liang, and even have gradually regarded him as a stable core in the future.

As it turned out, the vast majority of people were not wrong in their judgments.

In the first group of the men's 500m semi-finals, Chu Rui did successfully advance to the final again with the first ranking of the group with his stable state, and the other player who advanced to the final was You Jian from the Heilongjiang provincial team.

This is also the first time You Jian has successfully reached the 500m distance final of the National Championships.

Next to the field, the coach of the Black Province Provincial Team also cheered happily after seeing You Jian successfully advance to the finals.

He actually regretted it a little in his heart, Liu Yuheng and You Jian's performance in the team was actually comparable, but he just felt that Liu Yuheng's talent was better, so he would be more inclined to recommend Liu Yuheng in various training resources and opportunities.

Now it seems that You Jian is still as stable as ever, and such a player is a player who is more worthy of training.

This time Liu Yuheng's incident can be regarded as a huge lesson to the coach of the Heilongjiang Provincial Team, so that he should be more fair and just in the training of players in the team in the future, and he must also be more strict and serious about the psychological problems of the players in the team.

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After the players in the first group of the semifinals exited, the second group of the semifinals where Mu Yuansheng and Su Liang were located also went up to the ice under the guidance of the staff.

Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng in the commentary seat also smiled after seeing Mu Yuansheng and Su Liang appear at the same time.

"The next men's 500m semi-finals in the second group of players are, Mu Yuansheng from the Beijing team, helmet number 182, Su Liang from the Beijing team, helmet number 988, player Shi Wenhui from the Harbin team, helmet number 877, and Ling Junyong, player from the Ji Provincial team, helmet number 760."

After reporting the order of the players, while the players were still preparing on the field, Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng chatted briefly.

"Some viewers may not know much about it, Mu Yuansheng and Su Liang, the two players, are not only from the Beijing team, but also the two are brothers in the same school."

In the audience, Chen Xiaoxing and Sun Xiaoxiao, who also came to the scene to watch the game, added in frustration: "Not only the same brothers, but also the combination of seniors and students in the same school!" ”

However, Chen Xiaoxing didn't know much about the relationship between Su Liang and Mu Yuansheng, so he turned his head and asked the little sister: "Are Su Liang and Mu Yuansheng still brothers in the same school?" ”

Sun Xiaoxiao coughed dryly: "Yes and no...... Mu Yuansheng's coach is Jiang Yibo, but Su Liang's head coach is Pei Jing. ”

Chen Xiaoxing was puzzled: "Can it still be a fellow disciple?" ”

Sun Xiaoxiao also laughed when she heard this, and explained: "Actually, that's the case......

Jiang Yibo posted the gift from his son on his blog before, and the reply comments from Liu Yaowu and Pei Jing were picked up by ice fans, and the relationship between Jiang Yibo and Su Liang was completely unraveled.

That Mu Yuansheng is Jiang Yibo's disciple, and Su Liang is Jiang Yibo's son.

"The teacher's son, of course, is the junior brother!"

In addition to Sun Xiaoxiao at the scene, there were also many people who were popularizing the news with the people around them.

"Wow, isn't this a brother-in-law battle?"

"Are you alright? Their brothers have already competed in the national league before. ”

The audience in the audience was gossiping and eating melons while waiting for the start of the game, and next to the coach's command seat at the scene, Jiang Yibo and Pei Jing had also come to the crash wall to prepare to watch the game.

The four players on the field seem to be in good shape at the moment, and Mu Yuansheng and Su Liangshi brothers occupy the two lanes closest to the inner lane in the first and second lanes respectively, so they naturally have an advantage.

On the third road stood Shi Wenhui, and on the fourth road was Ling Junyong.

It can be seen that although Shi Wenhui was still like a vegetable when he drew this 'group of death', now that he has adjusted, he obviously intends to fight hard.

Ling Junyong on the fourth lane, Su Liang and Mu Yuansheng are also old acquaintances, after all, they are also teammates of the national team, but Ling Junyong is better at the middle and long distance, and the number of times he can enter the semi-finals in the 500-meter distance is not much, and the problem of the middle and long distance players in the short distance event is that the speed ability of the straight sliding is slightly insufficient.

Ling Junyong is in the same situation, but since he has reached the semi-finals, of course he will not give up easily, and he also intends to skate as well as possible in the semi-finals.

When Mu Yuansheng, Su Liang and other four runners stood in front of the starting line to prepare, the command of 'preparation' was quickly issued - everyone was ready, and then only heard the sound of the starting gun 'bang'.

"It's on!"

On the commentary seat, Liao Yuwei's voice sounded first, and she began to quickly explain the current situation on the field: "The four players set off at the same time, Mu Yuansheng successfully came to the leading position, Shi Wenhui tried to occupy the position, but failed to seize the inner leading position, so he temporarily followed Mu Yuansheng's heel skating, Ling Junyong seized the heel skating position behind Shi Wenhui, and Su Liang was temporarily in fourth place. ”

At the starting stage, the three around Su Liang were all masters of ice starting, and when the three of them played stably with all their might, Su Liang's starting speed was naturally slightly behind.

The higher the level of competition, the closer the difference in strength between the players, and the more obvious the advantage of this technical difference.

For the situation in front of him, Su Liang was also mentally prepared and was not too nervous.

Mu Yuansheng was stable in the lead position in the first lap, while Shi Wenhui and Ling Junyong were ready to move after a short follow-up - they knew that in this kind of short-distance sprint race, once Mu Yuansheng had taken the lead position, it was already passive for them, and they could only try to overtake as much as possible.

What's more, their opponents are not only each other, even if Su Liang's follow-up skating is indeed like a ghost, but now no player will really treat Su Liang as a disappearing ghost like he did in the original National League.

They all knew very well that Su Liang was right behind them, and he could strike a fatal blow at them at any time - so whether it was in the second or third place, it was the death position.

Although the two of them seemed to have an advantage in front of Su Liang, in fact, their only choice was to race against time and go to the front as much as possible.

Su Liang really didn't have an advantage in the starting stage, but as Shi Wenhui and Ling Junyong thought, he was at the back of the line watching the glide routes of the three opponents in front of him and any possible opportunities.

And this game has far more opportunities than any other competition he has experienced before - because both Ling Junyong and Shi Wenhui are holding the mentality of wanting to surpass, and they are extremely active in the process of skating.

In the stage from the second lap to the third lap, there have been two or three changes between Shi Wenhui and Ling Junyong, both of them intend to overtake Mu Yuansheng in front, but Mu Yuansheng's speed is extremely fast, his gliding is sharp, the control line is stable, and there is no weakness in the control of the inner lane.

And in the rear of the two, it was precisely because of the initiative of the two of them that Su Liang quietly stabilized in the back and slid behind, and did not make any movements for the time being.

Although Shi Wenhui and Ling Junyong's initiative and scramble at this time did bring enough opportunities for Su Liang in the rear to surpass - once Su Liang surpassed at this stage, it would inevitably bring more stimulation to Shi Wenhui and Ling Junyong, making the situation on the field more chaotic, and also causing more consumption of Su Liang's physical fitness.

Wait, be patient.

This is the alarm bell that Su Liang, who was released at the end, has always been hanging in his mind, he does always have the urge to rush forward to surpass, but he knows better that what he needs to do now is to seize the best opportunity possible under his limited physical strength......!

Like now!

The race has entered the second half of the third lap, and the lap keeper on the scene rings the bell in his hand, announcing the arrival of the final decisive lap!

Shi Wenhui and Ling Junyong have both been pulled to the outer road, because of the fierce competition and scramble, the tense state in their hearts has made them temporarily forget the real purpose of their struggle, and only remember that they want to grab the position in front of them, so that they have completely ignored the position in the inner road, and have leaked a gap that can be easily surpassed.

Just in the blink of an eye, Su Liang had already added a knife under his feet to increase his speed to the fastest, and he steadily overtook Shi Wenhui and Ling Junyong directly from the inner lane in the straight stage - at this time, the front had reached the bend stage at the end of the straight, and Shi Wenhui and Ling Junyong didn't expect that Su Liang would really dare to increase his speed to such a level at this stage.

Mu Yuansheng in front of him was still leading the slide, and Su Liang, who had already surpassed the second place, was unable to follow up with Shi Wenhui in the cornering stage, but Ling Junyong also intended to accelerate the pursuit in the corner, but his decision was too hasty and not well prepared, so in the face of the already very dangerous cornering stage, Ling Junyong did not control his route after all, and crashed straight into the crash wall at the dome of the corner.

Ling Junyong's exit announced that there was only a war between the three of them left on the field - at this time, the arena had really become a duel between Mu Yuansheng, Su Liangshi's brothers and Shi Wenhui.

Mu Yuansheng firmly guarded the leading position, Su Liang cut close to the inner lane after the corner, and was close to the back of Mu Yuansheng, Shi Wenhui, who was overtaken by Su Liang in the corner stage, intended to overtake the two in front of him in the straight stage, but once he had the intention to swing to the outside lane, he was locked by Su Liang again.

In the last half lap, Shi Wenhui was almost equivalent to losing the opportunity, and in the end, he could only watch the two brothers Mu Yuansheng and Su Liangshi in front of him safely cross the finish line with the first and second places in the group, and both won the qualification for the finals.

A predictable result.

This thought flashed in Shi Wenhui's heart, but he was still a little unwilling after all.

After crossing the finish line, while waiting for the final race results to be announced, Shi Wenhui couldn't help but ask Su Liang: "When Ling Junyong and I were overtaking each other, you obviously had many opportunities to surpass each other, why didn't you choose to surpass?" ”

After the race, he thought back to the competition with Ling Junyong in the first few laps, Su Liang should have a lot of chances to surpass, but he waited until the end to choose that opportunity.

Su Liang was also standing on the ice waiting for the results at this time, and when he heard Shi Wenhui's question, he was stunned for a moment, and then said very naturally: "Not every opportunity is the right opportunity." ”

After hearing Su Liang's answer, Shi Wenhui's heart gave birth to a trace of 'sure enough'.

As early as when he was in the national league, he knew that Su Liang would try his best to choose 'really feasible' opportunities in the process of the game and then execute and surpass.

He originally thought that he had already remembered Su Liang's terrifying brain, and even felt that he had shown enough calm enough after facing Su Liang several times in a row, and now he was on the same field with Su Liang.

But in this semi-final, while he thought he was calm, he was actually always nervous that he might be surpassed by Ling Junyong, and once he was surpassed by Ling Junyong, the remaining thoughts in his mind were just to overtake him again, and he forgot many tactics and ideas he had considered before the game.

In this match, he thought he was doing better than in the quarter-finals, but in fact it was a bit of a mess.

However, after getting Su Liang's answer, Shi Wenhui calmed down again - for the short track speed skating competition and the tactical mentality in the competition, he faintly seemed to have touched a new threshold.

So Shi Wenhui stepped forward and hugged Su Liang again, and said to him seriously: "Thank you, and congratulations on advancing to the finals!" ”

Chapter 82

"After winning the men's 1500m championship the day before, in today's men's 500m event, Su Liang once again successfully advanced to the final."

After the final results of the second group of semi-finals were revealed on the electronic screen at the scene, Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng also lamented the 'stability' of Su Liang's personal ability.

In the audience, the vast majority of ice fans have already expected the results of this group, after all, Su Liang has already staged such a performance in the National League Harbin Station more than two months ago, and after winning the gold medal in the 1500-meter distance of the Harbin Station, he won the medal in the 500-meter distance.

"Eh, you said that Su Liang wouldn't repeat the result of Harbin Station today, right? 1,500 meters of gold and 500 meters of copper? ”

"It's not impossible, but then again, the list of finalists this time coincides too much with the list of the previous Harbin station, right? Mu Yuansheng, Su Liang, and You Jian, there is only one more Chu Rui who has not participated in the finals of Harbin Station. ”

"Oh, you didn't mention it, I didn't find out, indeed, Mu Yuansheng, You Jian and Su Liang, isn't this the champion, runner-up and runner-up in the last Harbin competition? Eh, you say, there is one more Chu Rui, this time it should be Chu Rui and Mu Yuansheng competing for the championship and runner-up, maybe You Jian and Su Liang's rankings will also retire in order? One third, one fourth? ”

"You don't have to say it so early, do you?"

Huang Wei had always listened to the chatter of the ice fans around him with a good temper before, and he was not happy to hear this: "Seriously, Su Liang's 500-meter distance strength may not be worse than Chu Rui and Mu Yuansheng. ”

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding ice fans didn't quite agree.