After the race, because of Chu Rui's defeat in the 1500-meter distance event, Pei Jing also found him and had a long talk with him, so that he could relax and not affect his more important follow-up schedule because of a temporary loss.

In fact, with Chu Rui's strength level in the men's 500-meter distance individual event, the 500-meter individual event of the World Cup sub-event is really not a more important schedule for him, but the men's 1500-meter distance individual event the day before is more important to him.

But after all, Chu Rui is a veteran who has fought all the way, and he knows how to adjust his psychological state and competition state under what circumstances.

Therefore, when facing Su Liang's doubts today, he was also able to give his own answer calmly, but Su Liang was a little embarrassed after hearing Chu Rui's answer.

The age gap between Chu Rui and Su Liang before the crossing is a bit large, when Su Liang was a little older, Chu Rui has retired as a professional short track speed skating coach, he did not stay in the national team to coach, but went to one of the teams in the three eastern provinces, and selected excellent short track speed skating professionals for the Huaguo team in a more grassroots team.

At that time, Su Liang and Chu Rui were not familiar with each other, and he had only heard stories about Chu Rui from his father's mouth.

In addition to the fact that he was the best men's 500-meter distance player in China before Mu Yuansheng's rise, including so far, the domestic men's 500-meter distance national record was also created by Chu Rui.

But it's a pity that the car accident that Mu Yuansheng had later ruined all this.

After Mu Yuansheng's car accident, the top players in the 500-meter distance in China were once out of gear, such as Li Binyang and Liu Qiutong, these young players do have top potential in the 500-meter distance, but they have been pressed by Mu Yuansheng in the past, and they are still slightly lacking in competition strength and mentality.

It was Chu Rui, who was already planning to retire at that time, gritted his teeth and stayed up for two more years under the persuasion of the national team to block the 500-meter gap between the Chinese team and the young players.

It's a pity that even in the middle and late stages of his career, Chu Rui has strengthened his training in the 1500-meter distance, but until he retired, he failed to win the title of all-around king that belonged to him.

Now that Su Liang has crossed over, the age gap between Chu Rui and him has narrowed to eight or nine years old, although Chu Rui, who is only twenty-four or five years old, is already an ice veteran, he is still at a high-spirited age, and he does not feel that there is a completely hopeless path between him and the title of Almighty King.

This time in the World Cup, he didn't play well.

If it doesn't work this time, then next time.

Looking at Chu Rui, who was now in full spirit, Su Liang suddenly smiled and said, "This time in the 500 meters, I will also go all out." ”

Facing Su Liang's words, Chu Rui stroked Su Liang's hair 'viciously' and laughed: "Okay, you Xiaoliang, don't think that if I lose to you and Mu Yuansheng in the National Championships, I can't do it, today's game, let you see my Chu Rui's strength level!" ”

***

In the midst of the laughter of the two, the men's 500-meter distance preliminaries of the Canada World Cup sub-race also officially kicked off.

Perhaps in order to prove their strength, or the chatter and laughter of several people before the start of the game gave their respective motivation, including Zhao Zimo, the three players of the Huaguo team easily advanced to the semifinals of the men's 500m distance individual event with the first place in the group.

In the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel, Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng were extremely relaxed from beginning to end when they were commenting on the men's 500-meter distance individual event.

In fact, the performance of these three players of the Huaguo team in this individual event is indeed impeccable.

"Chu Rui and Su Liang needless to say, Zhao Zimo is the first time to participate in the World Cup sub-event, but compared with Zhao Zimo's performance and state in the 500-meter distance individual event of the World Youth Championships, this time in the 500-meter distance preliminaries of the World Cup, it can be seen that Zhao Zimo has made great progress in terms of mentality and state."

Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng are not blindly complimenting, this time Zhao Zimo has two stronger veterans in the same group in the preliminary stage, respectively from Japan and the United States.

Including Liao Yuwei, when they got the group list of the event, they all thought that as long as Zhao Zimo could successfully advance to the semifinals, it would already be a good performance.

And he not only gave an excellent performance in the preliminary stage - he seized a very small opportunity in the schedule, successfully surpassed all opponents to occupy the leading position, and stabilized his state under the repeated impact of the two players in the back, always held his inner leading position, and finally relied on the advantages accumulated in the future, in the final sprint stage, successfully won the first qualification of the group.

A very beautiful performance.

"It can be seen that Zhao Zimo has completely absorbed the lessons of being overly nervous at the World Youth Championships, and did not repeat the mistakes of the past in the World Cup, but steadily played his strength and got his due results and performances."

Domestic ice fans are also very excited to see Zhao Zimo's performance.

Only when there are more and more outstanding players in a project can the results progress and development be faster and faster, and the strength of the whole team in the international arena can become more and more top.

The rise of any outstanding player is a great joy for the ice fans of the Huaguo team.

After the end of the 500-meter distance individual preliminaries, such a voting post appeared on the short track speed skating section of the domestic Ice Water Kingdom.

Theme: [Guess how many of my country's 3 players can successfully advance to the 500-meter distance individual finals? ] 】

Topic content:

[A, 0 B, 1, C, 2, D, 3 - let's talk about it first, I guess D, landlord! ] 】

1st Floor: [DDDD!] 】

2nd Floor: [DDDD!] 】

3rd Floor: [+1]

4th Floor: [+1]

As soon as this post came out, all the people who had entered the post chose to be D, and in the end everyone was laughing - [Landlord, I look at you

There is no point in guessing anymore. 】

After Zhao Zimo showed an excellent level, domestic ice fans have higher expectations for this Canadian branch race, in the 500-meter distance individual event - is it possible for the three players of the Chinese team to participate in the World Cup sub-event to advance to the men's 500-meter distance individual final of the Canadian World Cup sub-event together?

In fact, not only domestic ice fans are thinking like this, but the coach Pei Jing, who led the team, also moved his heart after seeing Zhao Zimo's outstanding performance in the preliminary stage.

But he knew that it was not appropriate to put too much pressure on Zhao Zimo at this stage, so after Zhao Zimo qualified for the semifinals of the 500-meter distance, he just smiled and patted him on the shoulder, praised him for his good look, and did not put more pressure on him.

As for treating Chu Rui and Su Liang, he didn't have to be too careful, but in order not to make Zhao Zimo feel that he was being treated differently, Pei Jing just patted them on the shoulder and asked the two to cheer for the semifinals.

Of course, Su Liang and Chu Rui knew what Pei Jing meant, and neither of them minded this, and each nodded.

Soon, the group draw for the semi-finals came out, and Zhao Zimo will appear in the first group of the men's 500m semi-finals - everyone was slightly relieved to see the result of this draw.

Zhao Zimo's mentality has indeed been adjusted now, and he has made great progress compared to the World Youth Championships, but if Su Liang and Chu Rui are the first to appear and advance to the finals in the semifinals, then after Su Liang and Chu Rui take the lead in qualifying, the invisible pressure on Zhao Zimo will undoubtedly skyrocket.

At the same scene, Zhao Zimo was actually faintly aware of the care and care of his coaches and teammates.

He wanted to tell his team-mates and coaches that he had figured it all out and that he had regained the courage to take on the challenge of the adversity, and that at the World Junior Championships, he had so many off-field emotions that he lost in the 500m event, but now he is no longer afraid of that.

However, Zhao Zimo didn't say anything at this time, but took the lead in the men's 500-meter distance semifinals.

He will use his quality and performance to tell his coaches and team-mates that he has no problem anymore.

Before Zhao Zimo's group of semi-finals was about to start, he glanced in the direction of the on-site coach's command, and also looked at Su Liang and Chu Rui, who were sitting in the waiting area, and finally whispered in his heart - see you in the final!

Chapter 179

At the same time as Zhao Zimo appeared on the stage, in the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel, Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng were also discussing the upcoming semi-finals, but they were not discussing Zhao Zimo, who had not yet started, but about the schedule reform of the 500-meter and 1000-meter distance of the Canadian branch race.

"We had already discussed this topic in the women's 500m semi-finals about the format change in the 500m event at the Canadian event."

"As we all know, since the first event of the World Cup, the 500m and 1000m distance events have been used in the preliminaries, quarterfinals, semi-finals, and finals of the four stages of the schedule, but in this Canadian division, the organizers have carried out a field reform, in the 500m and 1000m distance of the individual event, also to the 1500m distance of the individual event, reducing the quarter-final stage."

"Before the start of the Canadian Division, the International Ice Association has made a preview and explanation of the special schedule of the Canadian Division, and relevant people at home and abroad have discussed the decision of the International Ice and Snow Competition. Even so far, there are many different voices discussing whether such a schedule reform is good or bad. ”

"Yes." Clerk Liao Yuwei nodded, and continued: "The voices in favor of this kind of schedule reform believe that such a schedule reform can allow athletes to perform better in short-distance races such as 500 meters, which are more dependent on the explosiveness of athletes, while those who disagree believe that it will not be able to better screen athletes and show the level of competitors more fairly." ”

After Liao Yuwei elaborated on these contents, Lin Fangzheng also nodded: "It can be seen that the reform of the 500-meter and 1000-meter distance individual competition system of the Canadian branch race has a strong experimental nature. At present, the mainstream voice generally believes that the International Ice Association is brewing a series of new changes to the competition system or rules, but more specific rules adjustments should not be reflected until next season or the next......

The content discussed by Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng is also a topic of much discussion among short track speed skating enthusiasts and professionals in recent times.

However, although there are many people discussing this topic, no one has a clear understanding of what rules the International Ice Association will make in the short track speed skating event, and it is precisely because of the system adjustments made in the 500m and 1000m distance in the Canadian leg that many countries and teams have simply adjusted their respective player lists - which is also one of the reasons why there are more newcomers in the Canadian leg of the World Cup.

There is still a lot of distraction on the Internet about the discussion of the competition system, but when the men's 500m semi-finals Group 1 event is about to start, more people still pay attention to the field at this moment.

If there is one change for the players in this experimental tournament reform, the biggest change is that the players who used to need to allocate their physical strength to the quarter-finals and semi-finals to balance the physical strength can now have more energy, more explosiveness and better form in the semi-finals.

In short, the semi-finals should be even more exciting than before.

***

"Okay, the starter on the scene has given the instructions in place, Zhao Zimo and the 5 players in the same group have come to their respective starting lines, and my country's player Zhao Zimo is in the second lane in this game."

"This is a more ideal course, and I hope that Zhao Zimo can play an excellent level of competition in this semi-final and win the ideal result ranking."

On the domestic sports channel, the live broadcast of the game is continuing, and at the game site in Canada, Zhao Zimo is also standing in front of his starting line and waiting for the official start of the game.

In this competition, the remaining five players in the same group as Zhao Zimo are from South Korea, the United States, Australia, Germany and Canada.

Among these 5 opponents, Zhao Zimo's strongest opponent is the famous Samuel Adams from Canada, it can be said that as long as Samuel Adams exists, he will inevitably occupy a place to advance to the finals, and Zhao Zimo and the other 4 players are competing for the final place in the remaining finals in this game.

On the side of the field, Pei Jing looked at the contestants in this group on the ice, and there was a trace of nervousness on his face.

Compared with the nervousness and confusion of the World Youth Championships, Zhao Zimo's current state is of course countless times better than at the beginning, but in this game, he has to face a world-class player like Samuel, and under the pressure of Samuel, he has to compete with other players for the last qualification, which is not a small pressure.

Under such circumstances, can Zhao Zimo maintain his form and play to his level in the preliminaries?

In the midst of everyone's anticipation and apprehension, the starter on the ice gave the command of 'ready' and the starting gun signaling the start of the game - bang!

The race is on!

Among the six players, only Samuel Adams is in Zhao Zimo's left-hand inner lane position - with the results of the preliminaries, Samuel firmly occupies the initial position of the innermost lane.

When the starting gun sounded, Samuel quickly started with his feet, and with an extremely smooth series of skate kicks, sprints, arm swings, sprints and sprints to the straight into the corner, he had already easily occupied the lead position in the first corner.

Although he lost to Su Liang in the 1500m event, Samuel's strength has always been undeniable, and the Canadian fans present all stood up and cheered for Samuel after seeing Samuel's series of easy start and leading performances.

The five runners from lane 2 to lane 6 also showed their full strength from the start stage – after all, this is the starting stage of the 500m event, and there is often a great correlation between the performance of the start and the final result.

In the semi-final waiting area at the scene, Su Liang and Chu Rui were nervously looking at Zhao Zimo on the ice.

At the first moment when he saw Zhao Zimo start his own start, the corners of Su Liang's mouth turned up slightly: "Brother Zimo is in good shape today." ”

Chu Rui, who was standing next to Su Liang, also laughed: "Yes, Zhao Zimo is in a good state today!" ”

Both Su Liang and Chu Rui are veterans, as top athletes in this project, they have far more observation ability than ordinary ice fans and even ordinary coaches in terms of observation on the field.

From the moment Zhao Zimo started on the ice, they had already seen the possibility of the outcome of this race.

As they said, Zhao Zimo's state and performance today have indeed reached the peak of his career so far, perhaps because of the state and mental stimulation brought to him by having a strong opponent on the field, or perhaps because he has been constantly reflecting on it and has laid a sufficient psychological foundation for himself to resist pressure.

With Samuel taking the lead at the start, Zhao Zimo did not collapse because of the pressure of facing a strong player like Samuel, nor was he panicked because the four other national opponents on his right were also trying to overtake.

He held on to his advantage in lane 2 steadily, giving a series of moves from the start of the ice pedal, and withstood the pressure from the American runner in lane 3.

As a short track speed skater, the ability to keep a calm mind on the ice has always been an extremely important quality.

Zhao Zimo once thought that he had already mastered this kind of thinking quality, but until this moment, he suddenly felt that he had reached a state of sudden enlightenment that he had never been able to have in the past.

Compared with his current feeling on the ice, Zhao Zimo was able to truly realize at this moment that what he thought was calm in the past was just being able to barely distinguish the location of other opponents on the ice, and he couldn't even think calmly about when he should surpass in the past.

But at this moment, he could clearly feel the starting intent from several different opponents on the right-hand side at the beginning of the match.

He didn't know what the entire arena was like in the mind of a top genius like Su Liang, but he thought, at least at this moment, he knew what it was like for a player with tactical thinking and ice observation ability to be on the ice.

On the waiting bench at the scene, Su Liang and Chu Rui both clearly felt the change in Zhao Zimo's state on the ice.

If in the past, Zhao Zimo stuck to his inherent tactical execution rhythm on the ice, then in the current game, his game rhythm has a slight adjustment change - this change is not a big rhythm adjustment, not a large-scale change in the player's own habitual rhythm, but from the perspective of choosing the rhythm entry point, the player's own tactical thinking ability.

To put it bluntly, when a competitor chooses to overtake his opponent or enter a corner, he can better choose the time that has an advantage for him.

In this regard, Su Liang is a medium expert.

Although Chu Rui is more dependent on his physical talent, he also has his own summary of tactical execution and the choice of ice timing with years of experience, although he is one step later than Su Liang, he also quickly saw the subtle changes between Zhao Zimo and the last preliminaries.