Ice fans at home and abroad have discussed more than one round about the degree of adaptation of the runners to the new starting technology, the practical application of the new technology in the race, and the impact of the new technology on the performance of the runners.

And in this more than one round of discussion, there is one person who will definitely be mentioned every time, that is, Su Liang of the Huaguo team.

[Su Liang of the Huaguo team has never used a point ice start, but this obviously has no impact on his personal results and personal strength. 】

This is a positive statement, but there are also negative statements -

[Su Liang did win excellent results in the short track speed skating event with his excellent technique and personal ability, but the problem is that Su Liang, who has won three gold medals in the World Youth Championships and the all-around king, has not broken Huaguo's short track speed skating 500m U20 record so far - this record is still in Mu Yuansheng's hands. 】

The opposing faction believes that the ice start has a huge impact on the speed performance of the runners, and that the non-ice start will not be able to break the record of the ice start era for a long time to come.

Ice fans, whether they hold a positive or negative view, can't prevent the arrival of the post-point ice era.

This time, at the Four Nations Invitational Tournament, players from China, Japan, Canada and Russia will take the lead in bringing a new battle of the post-point ice era to ice fans around the world!

Chapter 189

Based on the attention of the four-nation league, even if it is just a four-nation joint invitational match, it does not prevent the TV stations of Russia, Japan, Canada, and China from arranging live broadcasts of the game at the same time.

As a special reporter for the ice and snow project, he has a lot of relevant contacts at home and abroad, to put it simply, he has a lot of 'informants' at hand, and some news is faster than the coach here in the national team, so Liu Yaowu often communicates with the coaches in the team.

Today, when Su Liang took Xiao Budian to the winter training center, Pei Jing and the others had just received first-hand news from Liu Yaowu - although the South Korean national team was not a participant in the Four Nations Invitational Tournament, it also sent people to Russia to watch the game in a low-key manner.

Pei Jing smiled when he heard the news: "Yes!" Those little sticks also know nervousness, huh? ”

In fact, this time, the new regulations announced by the International Ice Association are not limited to the prohibition of ice starts, but also enable the 'shoulder to shoulder' criterion, not only that, but the 2003 new regulations also made some detailed adjustments to the relay baton.

It's just that because of the side-to-shoulder guidelines and the opening of some other new regulations, it is difficult for ordinary ice fans to understand what this means for the time being, and there is the heavy news of the ban on ice starts, so the vast majority of ice fans still pay attention to the incident of the ban on ice points.

For example, in the short track speed skating forum section of the ice and snow kingdom in China, there are actually ice fans who have made a special trip to the official website of the International Skating Union to download the English version of the technical manual for special research, but like this kind of change in the rules, even the national teams of various countries need to continue to explore in various meetings and competitions to be able to have experience, so this kind of discussion among ice fans is often like a small bubble on the water, which disappears in a blink of an eye.

In the past, the coaching staff of the Chinese national team was not very sensitive to such rules, but in the past year or so, the head coach of the Chinese national team, Lin Guobin, has also begun to study the detailed rules of the game, so while the players are working hard to improve their skills, the coaching staff is also constantly discussing and studying the new rules in 2003.

Throughout the study, Pei Jing also discussed the main points of the new regulations with Su Liang, and Su Liang did not hesitate to point out the importance of the 'shoulder to shoulder' criterion.

In the short track speed skating competition, the lead skater has the priority to occupy the sliding route, and in the previous rules, the latter player needs to have a clear position lead in the overtaking process to be considered a successful overtake, and is no longer fully responsible for the collision between the two sides, but the emergence of the 'shoulder to shoulder principle' means that the crazy era of encouraging players to surpass in Su Liang's memory has come again in advance.

The so-called shoulder-to-shoulder criterion modifies the determination of overtake to such that only the overtaker and the overtaken person are shoulder to shoulder to be considered overtaking, and then if there is a foul action, it is no longer the sole responsibility of the overpasser.

This criterion was issued in 2010 in Su Liang's original world, and the ban on ice starting was still in 2015 after the shoulder-to-shoulder criterion, and this time, not only was the ban on ice starting advanced, but even the emergence of the shoulder-to-shoulder criterion was also advanced.

Su Liang didn't expect the ISU to be silent under the shocking news of the ban on the ice start, which overshadowed the importance of the shoulder-to-shoulder criterion, but he was sure that the South Korean team must be cheering for the emergence of this criterion.

The emergence of this criterion is undoubtedly a major positive news for South Korea, which will be more daring to surpass in the inner lane, and more daring to add collisions and threats to other opponents in the action of transcendence.

Although the standard of transcendence seems to be only half a position change from 'at least half a position ahead to be considered ahead' to 'shoulder to shoulder to have equal position rights', the impact is undoubtedly far-reaching and dangerous.

In fact, the coaching staff of the national team also noticed the danger behind this criterion, but Su Liang gave a clearer idea of the possibility of various fouls and the threat behind it in the communication with Pei Jing, which made the coaching staff more jealous of this revised shoulder-to-shoulder criterion.

In fact, this principle has not existed for too long, and in Su Liang's original world line, the new rules in 2014 re-covered this rule, but this also means that this rule is actually still in a full Olympic cycle, which has had a significant impact on that generation of athletes.

Because of the existence of the shoulder-to-shoulder principle, the intensity of the confrontation on the short track speed skating surface is much more serious than in other cycles, and the injury problems of athletes also enter the frequency band of high incidence during this cycle.

It is precisely because of the awareness of the importance and seriousness of the emergence of the shoulder-to-shoulder criterion that even though the athletes are busy making technical changes to replace the ice start, the coaching staff of the Chinese national team immediately began to make new arrangements for the training of the athletes.

Including the training and strengthening of the basic ability of the athletes, such as ice skating stability, cornering ability, etc. - in the post-point ice era and the shoulder-to-shoulder era that have been clearly coming, only when the athletes have more solid basic skills and skating ability, can they better stabilize their state in the face of possible collisions and avoid the danger of losing control.

After all, one of the opponents they have to face not only has wolf ambitions, but also has the basic skills and abilities that have been honed in extremely rigorous and boring basic training.

***

It is precisely because of the announcement of the new regulations that the Four Nations Invitational Tournament is not only an inspection of the athletes' adaptability to a non-point ice start, but also the first time that the athletes have competed under the new regulations.

"I don't know what the effect of this competition will be......

These days, the best coach in the national team is about Pei Jing, no way, he is holding a natural 'Wang Bang' Su Liang in his hand, and he doesn't have to consider his adaptability to the new starting method, which simply makes other coaches in the national team full of envy and jealousy.

Of course, Su Liang also has Su Liang's training focus, his strength is still weak, and because of the limitations of his current body and height, he must take a dexterous route on the ice, and he can't go head-to-head with those guys in South Korea, and in the relay race, his strength is also a major limitation of him, so far, he has not been able to push his teammates in the national team very well, so that he has never been able to practice with his teammates in the group relay.

For Su Liang's strength, Pei Jing didn't have a headache, but think about it-if you lack strength, you can't miss it, as long as you are a person, there is no perfect thing, just Erxiang's kid has enough strength, but can you catch up with Su Liang with your results?

There's no comparison.

***

On the fifth day of Su Liang's independent cubs, at the St. Petersburg Ice Stadium in Russia, this time the short track speed skating four-nation invitational tournament finally officially kicked off.

Jiang Yibo, who is far away in Russia, 'thinks about his son and becomes sick' every day, so Jiang's father, who always seems to be very good-tempered, has a 'face like frost' in the eyes of the national team players these days.

An unlucky child like Sun Ruixiang is usually not very afraid of Jiang Yibo, after all, he is his boss's father, what is there to be afraid of?

As a result, in the past few days, 'Sun Eryi' has been re-launched, but this time Sun Eryi is not afraid of Wu Gang, but Jiang Yibo, who looks very serious every day.

Perhaps because of the effect of the black face every day, the national team players who were originally a little relaxed and felt that it was just an invitational tournament have been particularly serious in the past two days under the attention of Jiang Yibo's 'death sight', and even the adaptability training of the venue has been done very seriously.

Jiang Yibo never thought that the effect of his black face was so significant, and it was difficult to tell for a moment whether his mood was relieved or what.

After all, in his lecture the night before the game, his majesty was unprecedented.

"This Four Nations Invitational Tournament will be our best chance to verify before the new season."

"I'm not afraid to tell you that the South Korean national team also sent people to watch the game, I am sure that the South Korean players will definitely not be worse than you in terms of adaptability to new technologies, and may even adapt better than you - I think you know the amount of basic training in South Korea, although this time our four-nation invitational tournament did not bring South Korea, but this does not mean that there is no pressure on us to face South Korea!"

"I hope you can maintain the greatest vigilance, the greatest respect for the game, and seriously complete this four-nation invitational tournament - this is not only a responsibility for the Chinese national team, but also a responsibility for each and every one of you for the new season."

Many players understood the meaning of Jiang Yibo's words.

This time the Four Nations Invitational Tournament is an unprecedented opportunity for many of them, after all, for many players, they did not have enough qualifications for past international competitions.

With this opportunity in front of them, they may be able to withstand the pressure to come out, and the players who are already famous may have fewer opportunities in the new season if they do not adapt well to the new technology.

Under Jiang Yibo's pre-competition remarks and mobilization, the players' visual experience of the competition has become stronger and stronger, and the overall competition mentality between the players has also been quickly stimulated.

Whether you're a newcomer or a veteran, who doesn't covet a place to compete?

And after training the players, Jiang Yibo, who returned to his hotel room, took out his mobile phone again and quickly made a cross-border call to his two precious sons-

"Hey, Nuan Nuan, the game will start tomorrow, Nuan Nuan can see Dad on the TV!"

"Xiao Liang, you have to train hard with Nuan Nuan, is the living expenses left by your father enough? Dad asked the staff here in Russia, and I'll bring you a gift when I come back! ”

Su Liang was of course very moved by his father's concern, although his father was so nervous that he forgot that he was already a little rich because he had a huge amount of prize money for the competition.

"Don't worry, Dad, I'll take Nuan Nuan to watch the game tomorrow, and you should also pay attention to keeping warm in Russia and eat well."

Su Liang didn't forget that his father always forgot to eat when he was busy, which was also one of the root causes of his father's illness later.

Xiao Budian listened to his brother's words, and also told his father seriously: "Dad must remember to eat!" Nuan Nuan will watch the game with her brother! ”

So, with the blessing of his two little angels, Jiang Yibo released a more serious 'encouraging look' for the players - give Lao Tzu a good game and perform well! My two sons are watching you!

- Don't disgrace me! （？ ）

Chapter 190

On July 10, Russian time, domestic and foreign spectators who are paying attention to the short track speed skating event have their eyes on Russia at this moment.

In China, it was one or two o'clock in the afternoon, and it was not yet the hour of training, under Pei Jing's greeting, Su Liang followed Pei Jing into the conference room of the short track speed skating group of the Winter Training Center with Nuan Nuan, and there was a large color TV in the conference room, and the coaches of the coaching staff gathered here, waiting for the start of the live broadcast of the Four Nations Invitational Tournament.

When Su Liang entered the conference room with Nuan Nuan, many coaches inside greeted the two of them with a smile, and there were coaches with good relationships who reached out and rubbed Nuan Nuan's head, Lin Guobin was one of them.

"Xiao Liang, Nuan Nuan, you brothers are here."

Lin Guobin was smiling at this time, looking very kind and peaceful, so people couldn't look down on this meritorious veteran who would be the Chinese short track speed skating event, and the head coach of the national team who could control the field the most.

Of course, this is mainly because it was the Su Liang brothers who came to the conference room.

Lin Guobin was always glad that the Huaguo team was able to recruit such a top talent as Su Liang - fortunately, he did not refuse Su Liang's trial at the beginning, otherwise if such a top seedling was allowed to run away, he would have to regret it for the rest of his life!

Even though more than a year has passed, every time he thinks about the original South Korea Practice Invitational Tournament, Lin Guobin still has a trace of fear, at that time, the South Korean team came to China with a bad purpose, if it wasn't for Su Liang, a few of them withstood the impact of the South Korean players at that time and stopped the South Korean team's plan......

If South Korea's conspiracy had gone smoothly, perhaps he would have resigned.

Lin Guobin shook his head with a smile, reached out and took the little little Nuan Nuan from Su Liang's arms, hugged him and rubbed his head: "Nuan Nuan came to watch the game with your brother, does Nuan Nuan like to watch short track speed skating competitions?" ”

Since knowing that Nuan Nuan and Su Liang are brothers, many coaches in the national team have jokingly mentioned that Nuan Nuan will give Su Liang a successor in the future.

Although most of the words were joking, after the coaches of the national team found that Xiao Budian could calm down and wait for Su Liang to train in the winter training center every day, they had some new ideas.

It is said that three years old looks old, and now he is only 3 years old, of course, he can't see how talented he is in the short track speed skating event, but just being able to endure the trait of temperament is enough to make some coaches a little itchy.

But some people remembered that Coach Qin and Coach Lin of figure skating next door had taken this little guy with them every day earlier, and they had already told people that they would be their figure skating people in the future, so they also somewhat restrained their thoughts.

Of course, Lin Guobin also knows about this, he and Lao Qin and Lao Lin of the figure skating team next door have also known each other for many years, can they still not know the baby bumps of the two of them?

But at this moment, seeing Su Liang coming with Xiao Budian, he couldn't help but tease the little guy.

Nuan Nuan was hugged into Lin Guobin's arms and was not afraid of him, but looked at Lin Guobin, looked back at his brother, and then said softly and seriously: "Nuan Nuan likes it!" ”

After a pause, the little guy nodded again, as if emphasizing what he had said, the little expression on his face was very serious, holding the just and Jiajia in his arms, and repeated his liking again: "Nuan Nuan likes to watch my brother compete the most!" ”

"Oops." Lin Guobin and the coaches around him couldn't help laughing, and he rubbed his little head again: "Then Nuan Nuan only likes to watch his brother's games, and doesn't like to watch other people's games?" ”

The little guy didn't seem to understand for a while, but soon remembered something, and raised the Transformer in his hand: "Ang! Watch the game! Just come on, brother! ”

Before Lin Guobin could react to who this brother was just now, Coach Jia on the side laughed first: "This little guy is really bold, he can still call his brother ...... when he faces Wu Gang's stinky face every day."

said so, but Coach Jia had a smile on his face.

In the past, he didn't know how long he had been annoyed by Wu Gang's stinky face and lone wolf character, and he couldn't listen to people's words no matter what Wu Gang's stinky temper was.

Later, during the World Youth Championships, Wu Gang and Sun Ruixiang and Su Liang were able to get together, and during this time, there was Nuan Nuan, a little guy who was able to restrain Wu Gang, so that the guy with a stinking face like a bad star learned to secretly buy snacks for Xiao Budian to eat...... Cough.

In short, Coach Jia is looking at Nuan Nuan now, this little point is like watching a savior.

Maybe as long as he gets in touch with this little point more, Wu Gang can also get rid of his current stinky temper and have a better relationship with his teammates.

The coaches relaxed a little after Su Liang and Su Nuan entered the conference room, but soon as the game time approached, the coaches also paid more attention to the big TV in the conference room.

The shift in focus also turned the atmosphere of the scene to seriousness.

"I wonder how the Canadian, Japanese and Russian players are adapting?"

"There are a few runners in Russia who originally used a cross start, and Japan and Canada may have more reference?"

"Our athletes are actually able to adapt well when training in the team, but in general, it has a significant impact on the acceleration of the starting stage, and several of my subordinates have reported this problem......

"At the moment, it's going to be a lot harder to break the past time record."