"Thinking about it this way, it's also a very exciting thing to be able to challenge the Demon King."

Benjamin sneered and mocked him: "But before challenging the Demon King, you should first successfully come to the Demon King's gate." ”

***

Su Liang didn't know that before he knew it, the unlucky Samuel Adams from the Canadian team had already begun to give him the title of 'Great Demon King'.

At this time, he was still in the back lounge of the Chinese national team with his eyes closed, waiting for the start of the official game in the afternoon.

Finally, as the time came to 1:50 p.m., the on-site staff knocked on the door of the rest room of the Chinese team.

At the same time as hearing the knock on the door, Chu Rui, Su Liang and Shang Fei, who were originally in the lounge with their eyes closed and recuperating, all opened their eyes at the same time.

"You're ready to go!"

The staff dropped this sentence and continued to inform the other contestants in the nearby lounge.

And Su Liang and the others have already made preparations, just waiting for the warm-up to play later, and start the semi-final battle of the last single event of the Beijing Station of the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup!

In the semi-finals in the afternoon, Su Liang will appear in the first group, and Chu Rui and Shang Fei will compete for the final place in the second group.

"Come on."

As the eldest brother among the three, Chu Rui stretched out his hand, motioned for Su Liang and Shang Fei's hands to come up together, and then made a cheering action together, and then, the three of them left the lounge at the same time - the semi-final competition of the 1000-meter individual event of the World Cup also opened!

Chapter 264

Afternoon of 7 December 2003

In the boiling voices of the scene, the semifinals of the women's 1000m have been completed first.

In the women's group, Liu Yuqing, Lin Meng, and Jiang Yufei all performed quite well in the semi-finals, but Lin Meng's group was too competitive and unfortunately failed to advance, while Liu Yuqing and Jiang Yufei successfully advanced to the final 1000m final.

When Su Liang appeared on the stage, the audience cheered more than before after seeing Su Liang appear, and Benjamin Williams, Harrick Blassy, Lee Jaehyung and several other players in the same group as Su Liang gradually got used to the enthusiastic state of the audience at the Huaguo competition scene in the past few days.

Of the several contestants, only Harrick Blasi did not look good.

After all, in this World Cup Beijing Station, among the players in the same group as Su Liang, if the worst one is Samuel Adams, then the second place must be Harrick Blassi of the United States team.

In this World Cup in Beijing, this young elite player from the United States team suffered the biggest blow of his career, or rather his life.

The 16-year-old player from Huaguo let him know what a genius is above a genius, and also crushed his original pride.

In this 1000m semi-final, Harrick Blasi has done a lot of construction in his heart, and he will definitely beat the guy from the Chinese team in this race!

But despite thinking so, Harrik Blasi's heart was always so anxious that he couldn't help frowning when he heard the boiling and enthusiastic cheers at the scene.

On the coach's command seat at the scene, Pei Jing and Jiang Yibo were both standing on the outside of the sponge baffle today, observing the situation on the field.

After seeing the irritability on Harrick Blassy's face, Pei Jing turned his head sideways and said to Jiang Yibo beside him: "That player of the American team, I'm afraid this game is going to fall again." ”

Pei Jing said this very bluntly, he almost said 'Haric Blasi of the American team has been out of the game early', of course, the meaning of his words is basically the same.

Jiang Bo also noticed the agitation on the face of the American team player.

He nodded: "This mentality is not very good, I guess I haven't lost much before." ”

Hearing Jiang Yibo's words, Pei Jing couldn't help laughing: "Okay, if you want to say that you haven't lost, has Xiaoliang lost?" But Xiao Liang's mentality, even Chu Rui's mentality in our team is probably not as stable as his. ”

This is not a lie, after all, Su Liang is a player who is famous for his improvisational tactics on the field, and if you want to seize opportunities at any time in my arena and flexibly use various tactical alternations, you can't do it without a strong enough heart and a stable mentality.

Jiang Bo heard Pei Jingkua his son, he also smiled, and nodded without hesitation: "That's that." ”

The two of them looked very relaxed here, and the other coach of the American team looked at Harrick Blasi, who was obviously in the wrong shape on the field, and desperately gestured to him, wanting to make him notice himself and then calm down, but Harrick Blasi was staring at Su Liang the whole time, and he didn't notice that the coach in the coach's command seat next to the field wanted to say something to him.

In the end, until the starter began to blow the whistle, the coach of the American team failed to make a gesture to Harrick Brassi, so angry that he viciously slapped the sponge wall in front of him.

The U.S. coaches are anxious, and the Canadian and South Korean coaches are not much better.

This short track speed skating World Cup competition in Beijing is simply an all-round show off of the strength of the Chinese team.

The 1500m and 500m in the first two days were enough to sting their eyes, and the 1000m Huaguo team was also in good shape at this time.

As some media reports have said, a lion from the East has awakened and is reaching out his claws and fangs to the world.

And the sharpest claws and fangs of this oriental male lion are clearly engraved with the name 'Su Liang'.

"Where the hell did this guy come from......

The coach of the American team shook his head a little weakly: "If it weren't for him, Harrick would never be in the current state in this World Cup in Beijing!" ”

For some players, it is true that they need to be educated about frustration, but even frustration education cannot be as direct and brutal as this competition.

The coach of the American team scratched his head in pain, he had already negotiated with the team's psychotherapist to take Harrick to see him as soon as he returned to the United States - if he didn't meet the psychotherapist as soon as possible, maybe the young talented player of their American team would be scrapped in this Chinese tournament!

Although the coach of the American team has never been able to give Harrick Blasi a calm gesture, the young player from the American team has been able to reach the current level of strength, and he is not completely vulnerable in terms of psychological endurance.

After hearing the whistle from the live starter, Haric Blasi took a deep breath to calm himself down and focus on the upcoming match.

He knows he's not in the right form, but now that the game is about to start, he has to get as good as he can in the limited time he has to play, regardless of his form.

At this time, the starter on the scene had already given the command of 'each in place', and the runners also came to their respective starting lines from the preparation area.

Similar to the situation in the 500m semi-finals the day before, Su Liang did not rush too hard in the morning 1000m preliminaries and quarter-finals, and successfully advanced at the last minute through the relatively energy-saving way of overtaking in the inner lane.

So in this semi-final, Su Liang's path was not very good, and he was on the fourth lane of the outermost way.

The innermost lane is Harrick Blasi, who belongs to the American team.

The second and third lanes are Benjamin Williams from Canada and Lee Jae-hyung from South Korea.

The 4 players stood still in the arena, and Harrick Blasi, who should have been the innermost lane from the inside out, had the most advantage, but even the audience watching the game through the live broadcast could see that the tightest person was Harrick Blasi, who was the innermost lane, and the most relaxed player was Su Liang, who was from the outermost lane.

On the live broadcast commentary seat, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei also looked quite relaxed, after all, the Huaguo team had the results of the first two races, and in the 1000-meter race on the third day today, Su Liang was already commendable no matter how he performed.

It can be seen that Su Liang is still very relaxed about this 1000-meter semi-final, although he is in the most disadvantageous position on the outermost road, he does not feel too impatient."

"Yes, judging from the situation of the first two preliminaries and quarterfinals today, Su Liang should still use the tactics of accelerating and overtaking in the back stage in this game - but compared to the preliminaries and quarterfinals, the opponents that Su Liang needs to face in this semi-final are much stronger than before, and it is unknown how effective the same strategy will be."

"At this point, we still believe in Su Liang's judgment, after all, since this World Cup in Beijing, Su Liang has always maintained a high degree of calm, and has his own complete logic for the game, I believe he will be able to find the most suitable game and the most suitable way to play his current state."

After chatting a few words with Su Liang, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei also discussed the status of Benjamin Williams and Lee Jae-hyung.

When it comes to Benjamin Williams, of course, it is inevitable to talk about his good brother, another Canadian double star Samuel Adams.

Lin Fangzheng said with a smile: "Speaking of which, in the post-race interview of the men's 500m final yesterday, Samuel Adams expressed his hope that he would never see Su Liang again before the final - it seems that Samuel Adams's wish has been well satisfied, and Samuel is indeed not in the same semi-final group as Su Liang today." ”

Many ice fans in front of the TV almost didn't burst out laughing after hearing Lin Fangzheng's ridicule - this is too bad, although Samuel Adams didn't meet Su Liang, but when he met Chu Rui and Shang Fei, and then met a South Korean Cui Shangyong, can this make him feel happy?

On the short track speed skating section of the Ice and Snow Kingdom Forum, some of the friends who were watching the live broadcast of the game while scrolling through the forum were on the spot in the forum post.

312L: [Mr. Lin, I really didn't expect you to be such Mr. Lin, from Sichuan Province, right?] Your hobby is bamboo shoots, right? You've pulled out all the panda shoots, right? 】

Someone is hahaha, and of course there are people discussing it seriously -

323L: [Speaking of which, which big bull analyzes, what tactics will our Young Master Liang use in a while? ] It won't be second in the group again to advance to the final, right? 】

333L: [No matter which set of tactics, the black cat and the white cat are good cats if they can catch mice, what happened to the second in the group and advanced to the finals? ] Wouldn't the second place in the group advance to the final? 】

337L: [That's not what it means, the main thing is that I really want to see Su Liang's great power - hey, don't talk about me, just ask yourself, do you want to see the three consecutive group first races in the 1500m race the day before yesterday and then directly won the championship? ] 】

cough, as soon as these words came out, the ice fans didn't say anything - they must have thought about it, but they also knew it, after all, even if Su Liang was awesome, he was only 16 years old when he said that he was going to break the sky, in this case, you let him win in a crushing state for three consecutive days of competition, is that possible?

353L: [Oh, speaking of which, I really can't wait to see Su Liang grow up early, with the strength of our Young Master Liang now, when his physical condition is better, what kind of power will it be to participate in the competition at that time?] 】

359L: [Hehe, my friend in front of me, I may not be able to answer you if you ask other questions, but if you only say what kind of power Su Liang will be when he participates in the competition as an adult, I think I may be able to give you an answer.] 】

As soon as the words of the 359th floor came out, the ice fans who were still eating melons were shocked - ah, what does this mean? What else can you answer to this thing?

Soon, the ice fan on the 359th floor appeared on the 369th floor again, only to see him reply: [We can't see in advance what kind of power Su Liang will be when he participates in the competition in a few years, but we can see what kind of power Su Liang is at the World Youth Championships! It's just 1 month later, on January 9th, it's still in our Beijing City, the Short Track Speed Skating World Youth Championships - the one where our Su Liang swept the whole field last season and won the triple crown plus the all-around king! 】

All of them:!!!

Good guys, what about this idea?

This is really a paradigm opener.

But who's to say it isn't?

After all, what they want to see is how Su Liang will perform in the international competition after there is no age difference - and in the World Youth Championships, all players are under the age of 20, don't look at some of these players who are older than Su Liang are still playing in the World Youth Championships, because their strength is really not enough for the adult competition, so they have not been promoted to participate in the group at all.

But these players, regardless of whether they are promoted or not, they are the best among the young players in all countries.

And they are the best of the young players...... Hey, it's a coincidence, isn't Su Liang too?

Immediately, there was an ice maze and said: [, good idea! I'm going to go and book tickets! 】

379L: [There are smart people who have already paid the deposit with the ticket!] 】

As a result, before the end of the short track speed skating World Cup in Beijing, the tickets for the short track speed skating World Youth Championships one month later quietly ignited the domestic ticket market again.

***

No matter how heated the discussion is among the fans on the Internet, it will not have any special impact on the upcoming game.

On the field, Su Liang stood in front of the starting line of the fourth lane, and his state was very stable.

To his left, South Korea's Lee Jae-hyung glanced at him slightly, then withdrew his gaze as well.

The competition with Su Liang in the past two days also opened the eyes of Lee Jae-hyung, who has always thought that his ability in route control and lane changes is already very outstanding, but the competition with Su Liang still tells him that he is still some distance from the real top.

In particular, Su Liang's prediction of the route in the game and the capture of those fleeting opportunities are all places where he is not compromised.

Lee Jae-hyung was thrilled to find out, and today he had the opportunity to compete with Su Liang – perhaps the happiest of the three players besides Su Liang.

In the second lane, Benjamin Williams only had as much of a place as he could qualify for the final - relatively speaking, he and Su Liang were the most distracted players in this match.

When the 4 runners in the semi-finals were ready before the starting line, soon, the starting sound sounded again -

"Ready!"

"Bang!"

The starting gun sounds, and the game begins!

When the starting gun rang out at the same time, the four players on the track had already started kicking the ice for the first time, the four figures were running quickly on the ice, and the four figures were quickly converging in the direction of the innermost road, so that if the audience did not pay attention, they often couldn't tell what happened and the confrontation of the players on the field at the beginning of the game.

In the live commentary seat, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei started the synchronous commentary at the first moment of the game.

"It's on!"

"The 4 players moved in response, hey, Su Liang did not use the tactic of delaying the start in this game!"