I became the king of short track speed skating in figure skating Section 155
Hearing Liu Yaowu's question, Pei Jin and Zhang Dongcheng also couldn't laugh or cry - look at this matter.
"So...... Xiao Liang is really okay? β
"It's really fine."
After listening to Su Liang and Pei Jing Zhang Dongcheng's repeated explanations, Liu Yaowu finally believed that Su Liang really had nothing to do, he shook his head with a smile, and then smiled: "It's okay, it's a good thing to have nothing to do, it's just that this rumor doesn't know how to make trouble, so it flew all over the sky, at this time, in the domestic Ice and Snow Kingdom Forum, there are already many people discussing the news that Su Liang is physically exhausted today, you see that if Su Liang is really okay here, then I'll refute a rumor." β
Hearing Liu Yaowu's suggestion, Su Liang was about to agree, but it was Pei Jing and Zhang Dongcheng who stopped Liu Yaowu.
"As the saying goes, soldiers don't get tired of cheating, I remember that there seem to be other overseas players who have heard some news on this Ice and Snow Kingdom forum in our country, right? Otherwise, this rumor ...... Shall we not dispel it before the competition? β
Su Liang: ???
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Su Liang also didn't know when his family Coach Pei and Team Leader Zhang became black-bellied, but anyway, listening to the coach, this rumor will not be refuted.
Anyway, there shouldn't be many team opponents who will actually go to Huaguo's forum to collect athletes' news, and even if they do hear rumors that he is not physically fit, as long as he plays normally in the qualifying and group stages in front of him, then those players should know that these are just far away.
With this thought, Su Liang didn't think much about it, and when he came on the court to warm up, when he saw the scrutinizing eyes and some wonderful looks of the opponents from other countries around him, he remained silent and pretended not to find out.
It's just that Su Liang really doesn't know how this rumor spread, anyway, at this moment, he faintly feels that the players around him are not only a problem of his lack of physical fitness, but even a strange feeling that he is disabled, seriously injured, and sick to compete......
Actually, the rumor is really weird, and even Sun Ruixiang, the original source of the rumor, didn't know that he was able to bring out such an inexplicable rumor.
At least as yesterday's fellow players, Sun Ruixiang and Wu Gang were very sure that Su Liang was not injured in yesterday's game, but at this stage, it was impossible for the two of them to refute the rumors with others out of thin air that Su Liang was not injured in yesterday's game, they were just worried about Su Liang's physical condition today.
Therefore, in the case that no one refutes the rumors, at this moment, in the short track speed skating section of the domestic ice and snow kingdom, ice fans can be described as in dire straits.
[What is Su Liang's state? Does anyone know? γ
[It should be a rumor about his serious injury, I see that the scene has begun to warm up, and Su Liang on the live broadcast screen looks quite normal? ] γ
[Anyway, I hope it's okay, after all, this news is also the news that someone from the national team came back from overseas, even if Su Liang is indeed not injured, but he must have been affected in some aspects......]
[Pray for nothing!] γ
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It was in the midst of such a desperate speculation that the men's 500-meter qualification round for the World Youth Championships was the first to start.
A total of 18 groups of qualifying groups, each will take two players to advance to the next round of the group stage, Su Liang was selected in the qualifying stage to the third group to compete.
Perhaps in order to confirm to the opponents present and the domestic ice fans who may have misunderstandings that there is indeed no problem with his state today, Su Liang rushed a little fiercely in the qualifying stage that should not have to consume too much physical energy, and finally Su Liang won the first place in this group with an absolute lead in the group of the third group of the qualification to which he belongs.
After successfully winning the first place in the group with an absolute lead, Su Liang exhaled softly.
He secretly thought in his heart - in the previous comments that he was not fit enough or had any other problems, then after he successfully advanced to the group stage with the first place in the group, others should no longer doubt that there is something special about his form today, right?
But what he didn't expect was that after he withdrew from the ice, some foreign players who should have heard the rumors noticed him with a more sympathetic look in their eyes.
Su Liang: ???
At the same time, in the short track speed skating section of the domestic ice and snow kingdom, the mood of ice fans is also particularly low.
[It's over, this is the qualifying stage, Su Liang actually behaved so strongly. γ
[Compared with his lateral upright start and point ice start, it is clear that there should be no advantage, but in the end, he won the first place in the group with his own strength, which should be worried that others around him will see that he is not in the right state, so he forced himself to do so, right? γ
[I guess that's ......]
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Su Liang, who was far overseas, didn't expect that his tough performance in the qualifying stage in order to prove that he was okay would actually cause such a misunderstanding among his opponents and domestic ice fans.
But at the same time, there are also a small group of people who begin to feel that Su Liang, who has a problem with his physical condition, may be the weak point of the 500m athletes of the Huaguo team today.
So under the circumstance that Su Liang and everyone in the Huaguo team did not expect, some foreign players have regarded Su Liang as a breakable target of the Huaguo team today.
Chapter 137
Su Liang originally thought that opponents from other countries and domestic ice fans should no longer worry about his physical condition today after seeing his performance in the qualifying round.
But what he never expected was that the brain replenishment abilities of these opponents and ice fans would be so bizarre.
Su Liang: ......
But bizarre is bizarre.
He thought about it, anyway, Coach Pei and Team Leader Zhang wanted to achieve the same effect.
It's just that being watched by everyone with a subtle gaze is really a very strange feeling.
In fact, Su Liang's performance in the qualifying round and group preliminaries this morning was very good, and he did not hide his current physical condition at all, and even his state looked even better than Zhao Zimo, a Chinese player who did not participate in the competition the day before.
But the better Su Liang's state performance, the more others felt that he was covering up his current poor state, so that after the group preliminaries, Su Liang completely gave up any cover-up and explanation.
Of course, it is not that there are no players on the scene who feel that there is nothing wrong with Su Liang's state, but after these people express their judgments, what they gain is the regretful gaze of others who think 'you have been fooled'.
In the morning, after the qualifying round and the preliminary round, when the quarter-finals were reached, only 19 of the 80 players in the qualifying round were still on the field.
Of those 19, 16 qualified through the group stage, while the remaining three were awarded quarter-finals for foul play by their opponents in the group stage.
Among the 19 players, the three players of the Huaguo team, Su Liang, Mu Yuansheng and Zhao Zimo, are of course all listed.
But even though Su Liang is now one of the only 19 players left in the quarterfinals, in the eyes of other opponents, he is still the weak point of the Huaguo team, and many people hold the same mentality that since there are rumors of Su Liang's poor physical condition, the rumors may not be groundless.
As for why Su Liang was able to successfully advance from the qualifying round and group preliminaries? Just think about the strength of his gold medalist in the 1500m, even if he loses fitness in the 500m, the qualifying rounds and group heats will not stop him.
Everyone thought that this idea was very reasonable, so the other possibility that 'Su Liang was not in a damaged state' was left behind by everyone very early.
Therefore, after the group selection of the quarterfinals ended, the other 4 players in the same group as Su Liang showed a slightly relieved look on their faces at the same moment.
In their opinion, Su Liang was able to stand out from the qualifying rounds and preliminaries under the condition of lack of physical fitness, and it was already his limit to advance to the quarterfinals.
Want to make it from the quarter-finals to the semi-finals?
That's almost impossible!
Therefore, these players have one less opponent in this group by default, which is a good thing for them.
Su Liang didn't say anything after seeing the relieved looks of the other opponents around him, just quietly glanced at his group draw table, and then after a short break, he met with his opponents in the same group and went to the preparation area to which they belonged.
At this time, in the short track speed skating section of the domestic Ice and Snow Kingdom Forum, ice fans are still lamenting Su Liang's excellent quality.
333 Floor: [Su Liang is really not easy, he is not in good health today, and he actually won the first place in his group in the qualifying round and the preliminaries, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, but unfortunately, after two consecutive rounds of all-out efforts, the next quarterfinals, I am afraid it will not be so easy for him to advance. γ
335th Floor: [To be honest, I don't see any bad form in Su Liang's game today, if it weren't for the fact that the person who broke the news was a member of the national team, I'm afraid I would have thought it was a rumor. γ
337th Floor: [Yes, Su Liang is too strong, his state is too stable, even in the case of lack of physical fitness, he still successfully and easily qualified for the quarterfinals...... Unfortunately, if his physical condition can be better, maybe we can see him again in today's 500m final. γ
339F: [It's okay!] Su Liang is young, he is only 16 years old this year, if he really wants to calculate it, he can participate in three more World Youth Championships, and we will always have a chance to see him successfully advance to the 500m final when we look back......]
341st Floor: [Not necessarily, if Su Liang's strength stabilizes to the world's top level, he may be directly dispatched to participate in the World Championships in the future, instead of the World Youth Championships, and the World Youth Championships should still be reserved for some young players to participate in training......]
344th floor: [But according to me, if you are not feeling well, you should not work too hard, after all, you are young, and it is more important to protect the future......]
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The ice fans on the forum, the content of the chat has gradually deviated, but everyone's unified feeling is that Su Liang is too strong, at a young age, it is really not easy!
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Su Liang couldn't imagine what kind of desolate and desolate tough little white flower the domestic ice fans had thought of him, but he could imagine what kind of attitude the opponents in the same group with him had at this moment.
The men's 500m quarter-finals are divided into four groups, with Su Liang in Group 3 of the quarter-finals, joined by Canada's Julian Palmer, Britain's Olumid Isaac, Japan's Jun Yamashita and the United States' Chris Royster.
Among these 4 opponents, Japan's Jun Yamashita was sentenced to the final because of the opponent's foul in the group stage, and the remaining 4 people, including Su Liang, all came to the quarterfinals through the normal group promotion, and these 4 people are all the top group winners in their respective groups.
Judging from this point alone, it can be said that Su Liang's quarter-final group can be called a gathering of masters.
It is precisely because of this that after the quarterfinals draw group list was released, the rest of the players did not look particularly good when they saw the list of their opponents, and only after seeing the name Su Liang among the four people, they were faintly relieved.
At this time in the preparation area, Su Liang's opponents were also very obvious, and when his four opponents were waiting for the start of the game in the preparation area, no one paid attention to him, including the Japanese player Junya Yamashita who was sentenced to the quarterfinals, did not pay attention to Su Liang, but focused his attention on Julian, Olumid and Chris.
Su Liang didn't continue to explain to his opponents that there was no problem with his physical condition at this time, he just sat quietly in the preparation area and closed his eyes to recuperate.
When his opponents occasionally set their eyes on Su Liang, they found that Su Liang was leaning on the side alone, so these opponents in the same group as Su Liang also thought that their previous judgment was not wrong, Su Liang's state had been exhausted in the first two qualifying rounds and preliminaries, and in the next group of quarterfinals, Su Liang must have no physical strength to continue to maintain his excellent condition.
Su Liang, who closed his eyes, didn't continue to care about what kind of opponents around him came and went, testing and provoking each other, after a short break, when the players in the second group of the men's quarterfinals were announced on the live broadcast, he opened his eyes and turned his eyes to the game scene on the ice.
His brother Mu Yuansheng appeared in the second group of the men's quarterfinals, in the previous qualifying round and preliminaries, Mu Yuansheng also finished the promotion with the first place in the group, and at this moment Mu Yuansheng is in the innermost lane of the second group of the quarterfinals, in this group of games, he is still the strongest one among the players.
And in this quarter-final, Mu Yuansheng was in the same group as the South Korean player Kim Hyun-deok.
The South Korean who qualified for the final in the 1,500m distance was not too good in the 500m distance, and in this group he was only in lane 4 on the ice and was the outlier in the men's quarter-finals Group 2.
The quarterfinals of Mu Yuansheng's group are the only one of the four groups with only four contestants, but even so, it is not so easy for the contestants in this group to advance to the semi-finals.
Because the last World Youth Championships men's 500m champion Mu Yuansheng of China is in this group, and Vladislav from Russia is also in this group - Vladislav is also a 500m athlete who has the strength to qualify for the final.
Therefore, just the names Mu Yuansheng and Vladislav seem to have carved up the promotion places in this group.
From Su Liang's point of view, it can be seen that South Korean player Kim Hyun-deok, who is located on the fourth lane, looks very bad.
Thinking about it, Jin Xiande did not give an outstanding performance in the men's 1500m distance final before, and in today's 500m distance event, he met the group where Mu Yuansheng and Vladislav are located, which is very likely to determine that his men's 500m distance schedule will stop here.
On the surface, this may just be Kim Hyun-deok's bad luck in the 500m distance, but it is important to know that in each individual event of the World Junior Championships, the athletes can accumulate their all-around points through their individual results and rankings in individual events.
In the past World Junior Championships, South Korea's athletes were usually able to advance to the All-Around Championships, and the Super 1500m Championships will also give South Korea's athletes a group advantage in the All-Around Championships, so that their players can win the title of the most important all-around champion at the World Junior Championships.
However, in this event, South Korea's player Kang Yeon-ha has been sent off because of a red card, which is doomed to Kang Yeon-ha not being able to participate in the competition for the all-round king, so the burden of competing for the title of all-round king falls on Choi Chang-hee and Kim Hyun-deok, the two South Korean players throughout the whole process.
If Kim does not make it to the semi-finals in this quarter-final match, then Kim will not be able to earn the all-around points in the semi-finals, which will most likely result in him not being able to advance to the final Super 1500m All-Around Championship.
South Korea has already lost the gold and bronze medals in the men's 1500m, but will not be able to win the title of Super Allaround in the final Super 1500m Championship......
As long as you think of such a result and possibility, you can understand why Kim Hyun-deok's face is so bad on the field at this moment.
Today, because Su Liang has been worried about the rumor of his lack of fitness since early in the morning, he has not taken into account the pressure of South Korea's Choi Chang-hee and Kim Hyun-deok in today's 500-meter race.
It was only at this point that Kim Hyun-deok on the field showed obvious anxiety, and Su Liang remembered that this was a fatal status quo for South Korea.
Next to the coach's seat at the scene, Bae Jing and Jang Dong-sung of Huaguo also remembered this incident after seeing South Korean player Kim Hyun-deok on the ice.
ββ¦β¦ Oops, in this situation, that Kim Hyun-deok in South Korea won't want to do anything again, right? β
After Zhang Dongcheng remembered the matter of Almighty King points, his head suddenly grew for a while.
Pei Jing wrinkled his brows after hearing Zhang Dongcheng's words, but quickly shook his head again and said, "Don't worry about it first, it should be fine." South Korea definitely wants to do something, but they don't have the capital to do it now. β
After all, South Korea is now eligible to compete for the final all-around king qualifier only Choi Chang-hee and Kim Hyun-deok, even if South Korea wants to do something, it will not let Choi Chang-hee and Kim Hyun-deok do it.