In the discussion post of the men's 1500m individual event of the World Championships in the short track speed skating section of the Ice and Snow Kingdom Forum, ice fans are now anxiously discussing the upcoming competition.

513L: [SOS, this quarter-final grouping table, I really have a cardiac arrest......]

521L: [Absolutely, Xiao Chu's group is still the first group to appear, so after watching this group's games, are the audience still in the mood to watch the next few groups? ] The gap between the players is too big, right? 】

527L: [Alas, it's not that the strength of the players in other groups is not, the main thing is that the players in this group are too interesting, Samuel Adams, Harrick Blassy, Lee Jae-hyung, Marcus, Chu Rui, these 5 players are in the same group, you tell me that this is not a final or even a semi-final, just a quarter-final?! 】

533L: [I'm tired, I guess ISU put this group of games in the first group to start, and didn't adjust the group order, just to tell us - 'Look, this is the result of the computer's random grouping, we don't even change the computer's random grouping order, it's definitely not that we are operating in the dark!'" ’。 】

538L：【…… To be honest, in this game, I'd rather the ISU make a little bit of a dark box adjustment, not to mention completely dismantling, at least let one or two out, right? But ISU is really motionless, the list of 5 people in this group is really amazing, not a single paddling, no matter which one of them did not advance, it feels a pity. 】

539L: [Who's to say it isn't?] But in fact, this is the charm of competitive sports, all confrontations come from the unknown but ultimately determined by strength, there are such death groups on the field, and there are some strokes to advance, but in the end only the really strong players can win. 】

Everyone said a word, some of them regretted the contestants in this group, and some were worried about Chu Rui.

553L: [Although our Xiao Chu's strength is also very good, but in this group, I feel a little watery......]

556L: [yes, if I'm not mistaken, Samuel Adams was world No. 1 in individual points last season, Lee Jae-hyung was No. 3 in the world, Marcus and Harrick were No. 8 and No. 12 respectively? 】

As for Chu Rui, last season, it was not only that the 1500m individual points ranking did not enter the top 15 in the world, but that there were no individual points in the 1500m at all.

This is due to the fact that last season's World Cup individual registration rules are different from this season, last season and even previous seasons, the World Cup individual player can only register for a maximum of 2 individual events, and before this season, Chu Rui's strength in the 1500 meters was not too competitive, and the coaching staff of the national team will certainly not consider signing him up for the 1500 meters.

Therefore, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei's explanations just now only said that Chu Rui's 1500m points were not in the top 15 in the world, and in fact, he was a bit of a respecter for him, and he purely did not have any 1500m points in the World Cup last season.

This season, with Chu Rui's personal strength in some competitions at home and abroad, ice fans realized that Chu Rui was trying to broaden his career path and wanted to attack the 1500 meters, a long-distance individual event that he was not good at - some ice fans who know Chu Rui also know that this is because Chu Rui wants to fight for the title of all-around king at the World Championships, and if he wants to fight for the title of all-around king, then none of the points in each individual event can be seriously lame.

573L: [Alas, just for the current grouping, Xiao Chu's all-round king points are difficult again. 】

Although the ice fans don't want to say frustrating words, as the so-called seeking truth from facts, as far as Chu Rui's grouping situation is concerned, no ice fan can really touch his conscience and say that Chu Rui will definitely be able to advance to the semifinals.

After all, with the confusing situation of this group, even Su Liang could hardly judge whether Chu Rui was likely to break out of the encirclement and be lucky to advance in the end.

***

The ice fans outside the arena don't care what Chu Rui thinks, he is really a little excited in the pre-game ice warm-up stage, when he skates around the ice to warm up, he can feel that the opponents around him are also concentrating on adjusting their state, and his eyes are becoming more and more determined.

On the seat in the preparation area of the scene, Su Liang was sitting on the seat and looking intently in the direction of Chu Rui.

As a player who has stepped onto the short track speed skating arena out of pure love, Su Liang's greatest desire is to compete freely with his opponents on the ice for victory, an instinct engraved in his blood.

And he rarely sees the state of enthusiasm on the field in the eyes of other athletes, not that other athletes don't like short track speed skating - those who can reach this level in this event have their own love for short track speed skating, but he rarely sees other athletes on the field who can put everything aside and simply enjoy the game and speed.

Today's Chu Rui may be because of the successive stimulation or the persuasion of Su Liang's external force, he only feels that he has burst out with enthusiasm that he has not had for many years.

This enthusiasm is getting closer and closer to the time of the game, and it will burst out more and more intensely, and only the opening of this event in front of you will explode to the peak!

Su Liang looked at Chu Rui on the field, and a Xiaoice block who usually had no expression also showed a trace of expectation on his face, and Mu Yuansheng, who was sitting next to him, also showed a smile in his eyes when he saw this expectation of him.

***

On the field, the five players who participated in this group of quarter-finals have all arrived in the preparation area, and the five players from the innermost lane to the outermost lane are Samuel Adams, Chu Rui, Harrick Blassy, Marcus Grave and Lee Jae-hyung.

To say that among the 5 players on the field, except for Chu Rui, are the remaining 5 players dissatisfied with this grouping?

Ahem, that must be impossible to without.

In particular, Lee Jae-hyung and Marcus Grave, the two players who released water in the preliminaries to advance, fell silent after seeing the group list - they knew that they would not release water to save their physical fitness in the preliminaries, and in the current situation, it is better to go all out in the preliminaries!

It's just that no matter how much they regret and depress, when the competition officially came, their professionalism as a world-class individual athlete in the short track speed skating 1500m also cheered them up, adjusted their state, and put their concentration into the competition that was about to start!

When all 5 players have been prepared, the starter on the scene also blew the whistle at the same time to signal that the players are officially in position, and the game is about to begin!

Immediately afterwards, with the sound of the instructions in place, Chu Rui and other 5 players quickly came to their respective starting lines to wait for the next instruction, and soon, the starter's 'preparation' sound and the gunshot of the electronic starting pistol in his hand also sounded successively!

When the 'bang' of the electronic starting gun sounds, it also indicates that the game has officially begun!

"It's on!"

In the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei both stared intently at the arena in front of them.

I saw that when the quarterfinals of this one started, it was very similar to the situation at the beginning of the preliminaries where Su Liang was in the preliminaries - the five players led by Chu Rui, including Li Zaiheng, had already burst out with extremely strong strength and speed when the ice kicked started.

This is clearly a 1500-meter event, but in the start stage of the ice pedaling, several players have been driven by Chu Rui, and the rhythm of the game has reached a climax in an instant.

This is not because of anything else, the main thing is that Chu Rui was originally the top player in the 500m event, even in the 1500m long distance event, his future explosion and lead skating are one of the keys to his victory, including in this extremely difficult quarter event, the kick-off stage will inevitably be one of the key factors that determine whether he can advance.

If he can establish his absolute advantage in the starting stage, then no matter how strong the players behind are, Chu Rui is sure to win a promotion place of his own!

Samuel Adams and Harrick also know this very well.

Therefore, even if they are inferior to Chu Rui in terms of explosiveness and ability to compete for the leading position in the starting stage, they must also start the explosive power with all their might, control Chu Rui as quickly as possible, and suppress Chu Rui's advantage in the current stage - especially the talented bulldozer players such as Samuel and Harrick, they are even more unlikely to let their advantages be suppressed by Chu Rui, which is likely to affect their performance in the second half.

And as for Lee Jae-hyung, who originally lacked advantages in speed and explosiveness, why did he also sprint with the opponent in front of him in the starting stage?

In fact, Lee Jae-hyung, who is better at post-inheritance outbursts, faced a very similar situation in this game to Su Liang, who also used post-inheritance outbreak tactics in the preliminaries - the remaining 4 players were sprinting with all their might, and the remaining after-inheritance outburst players.

But why didn't he choose to be like Su Liang in the preliminaries, falling behind and waiting for the opportunity to surpass in the end?

In other words, there are many short track speed skating events in the world that seem to be similar, but when each competitor actually encounters similar competition scenes in a row, he will find that the actual situation is very different.

For example, Lee Jae-hyung on the field at this time.

Of course, he can choose to wait in the back for his opponents to compete with each other and then look for opportunities to overtake at the end – but that is because the players in front of him will lose too much energy in the second half of the race.

The athletes in front of them, including Samuel, Harrick, and Marcus, are all bulldozers, and their physical fitness is not at all comparable to that of Asian athletes, and even if they are allowed to sprint to the end at full speed on the field, they are not completely impossible.

In other words, if Lee Jae-hyung waits for an opportunity in the arena, it is very likely that he will be directly caught by the guys in front of him who are sprinting at full speed to compete for the lead position - once such a result falls, then it will be very difficult for Lee Jae-hyung to overtake again.

For this reason, even if Lee Jae-hyung does not join the competition for the lead position of several people in front of him, he must ensure that the distance between himself and his opponent is not seriously behind.

In this case, although he does not need to join the melee in front of him, for Lee Jae-hyung, who is accustomed to surpassing in the back, it also disrupts his habitual rhythm and consumes his physical energy extraordinarily.

Chu Rui is worthy of being the top star in the 500-meter event, his ability to grab the sliding position and defend the position in the first 500 meters is indeed not comparable to Samuel and other players, even if Samuel and others are also sprinting at full speed to chase, but in the future stage, Chu Rui still got the leading position, and also opened a short distance with the opponent behind!

On the coach's seat next to the arena, Pei Jing grabbed the edge of the sponge crash wall with both hands, and whenever Chu Rui's glide passed in front of him, he encouraged Chu Rui loudly on the sidelines: "Well done!" Hold!! Hold on!! ”

In the audience at the scene, several ice fans from Huaguo, such as Huang Wei, were already tense at this time, holding the red five-star flag representing Huaguo in their hands, and cheering for Chu Rui with a nervous face.

"Chu Rui, come on!! Come on!! ”

When looking at Chu Rui in the field temporarily in the leading position, Huang Wei and others had a trace of excitement on their faces, but at the same time, they also knew that Chu Rui's lead at this time was only temporary, and once it exceeded the stage of 500 meters ahead, it was the stage when Chu Rui began to be truly tested!

On the field, Chu Rui's state at this time seemed particularly excited and excited.

This is the first time he has competed against so many top international players such as Samuel, and he knows that the test awaits him is still to come, but that does not prevent him from feeling that his form is gradually reaching its peak!

In second place for the time being was Samuel Adams, an old friend of the Chinese team, although his coach told him before he came on the field that it didn't matter if Chu Rui of the Chinese team was temporarily ahead - he was a very talented player in the short distance, but you would definitely be able to beat him in the second half!

Samuel originally thought so.

But at this moment, in the real arena confrontation, Samuel faintly sensed that something was wrong - this guy from the Huaguo team was in excellent condition in this game, if he was allowed to continue to maintain such a good state and continue without paying attention, then among his people, it is very likely that someone will turn over in the quarterfinals!

Maybe it was because Su Liang suffered too much loss in the match with the Chinese team, anyway, in this quarter-final, such as Samuel Adams and Harrick Blasi, they were keenly aware of Chu Rui's excellent state for the first time.

Both Samuel and Harrick sensed this and tensed their nerves to make sure they were in the top three in this race.

Germany's Marcus Grave was not as vigilant as Samuel, and after a brief stalemate with Samuel Adams and Harrick Blasi in the early stages, Marcus did not continue to fight Samuel and the others - after all, it was only the quarterfinals, and Marcus felt that he still needed to continue to conserve his fitness.

Despite the tough opponents in front of him, Marcus doesn't think he will be able to make it through to the quarter-finals.

Although Chu Rui, a player from the Chinese team in front, has a strong future, Marcus feels that when the game enters the middle or late stage, Chu Rui will definitely have a significant slowdown, and he will inevitably be unable to maintain the leading position and continue to maintain the top three.

As for Lee Jae-hyung in the rear, his strength is indeed very strong, but in order not to fall behind in the future, Lee Jae-hyung has also consumed part of his physical energy, and it will be more difficult to surpass in the later stage.

And as for Harik Blasi in front......

The young player of the U.S. team does have some qualities, but in the past season, he didn't

Too impressive performance – while it seems to be due to Haric Blassi's lack of luck against the Hua Guo team in a few games, but he didn't really have a great performance in the end, didn't he?

In Marcus Grave's judgment, this quarter-final match will indeed be difficult, but it should not be a problem for him to make the final cut in the top two.

It was with this confidence that Marcus did not particularly insist on competing with the few competitors in front of him from the third lap onwards, keeping himself in fourth place.

In his thoughts, after the race reaches the fourth and fifth laps, the speed of Chu Rui at the front will decline, and by the seventh and eighth laps, he should have been able to reach the top three positions.

But he waited and waited for a long time, and the three opponents in front of him were still stable and immobile - or rather, Chu Rui did slow down during this period, but his slowdown was not as severe as Marcus expected, and he still held his lead position with his ability to control the route.

Of course, this also seems to be due to the fact that Samuel Adams and Harrick Blassi began to remain calm and composed after failing to grab the slip position in the early stages, and did not try to overtake them from the outside.

Chu Rui's form today is indeed excellent, but he also knows that with his physical strength and rhythm, it will be difficult to continue to hold the leading position in the late stage, but neither Samuel Adams nor Harrick Blasi behind him has any intention of challenging his leading position.

Chu Rui thought about it and understood, these two players also want to retain their physical fitness - like him, who occupies the leading position in the future stage and leads the whole process, in fact, the requirements for speed, endurance and physical fitness are very high, if he hadn't adjusted his training plan during the summer training, then he should have fallen to the last place because of physical exhaustion.

It is definitely not easy for Chu Rui to maintain his speed at this stage, but he still insists on holding his position - he also knows that although it seems that his leading position is very stable at the moment, Samuel Adams and others in the rear are not toothless tigers, and when the last three laps come, especially the sprint stage of the last lap, then it will be the biggest test for him!

Everything was just as he expected, when the race came to the last three laps, the men's 1500m quarter-final melee really kicked off!

Lee Jae-hyung, who had been disrupted in the early stages and had consumed a lot of extra energy, fell silently in the middle of the race, and as the race entered the rhythm of the penultimate lap, he suddenly swung onto the outside lane and began to speed up and overtake!

Samuel, who was behind Chu Rui, also began to swing on the outside lane, trying to overtake him and compete with him for the lead position.

The young player of the American team, Harrick Blasi, was not far behind, and also began to compete for places with Chu Rui and Samuel, but the German team's player Marcus was too confident, but did not pay attention to the instantaneous changes on the field in time, and fell to the last place in a blink of an eye.

Lee Jae-hyung is worthy of being the top player in South Korea, and his overtaking on the outside is very fast, but because Chu Rui, Harrick and Samuel are overtaking each other on the inside road, although Lee Jae-hyung has caught up with a few people from the outside road, he has never found a suitable time to insert into the advantageous position in front of him, and can only always keep looking for opportunities on the outside road.

When the time came to the last lap, the lap keeper rang the bell in his hand to remind the runners that the time had come for the final sprint!

At this time, Chu Rui's physical strength was actually exhausted, and the only thing that continued to support him was the excitement in his heart and the persistence of stalemate and transcendence with several opponents on the field.

Hang on!

Hold on!

Such persistent thoughts and the belief that he wanted to aspire to victory echoed in Chu Rui's mind, so that he, who was already about to run out of energy, actually had the strength to continue sprinting on the last lap!

"Chu Rui! Chu Rui's speed has increased a little more! ”

"There is hope!"

"Chu Rui! Hold on! Final Sprint!! ”

In the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei's voices were full of nervousness and excitement, and in front of the TV, all the audience was also nervously looking at the field in front of them, watching Chu Rui and Samuel Adams, Harrick Blassy, Lee Jaehyung and others cross the final finish line at almost a similar speed after the last corner!!

Who is it?!

The players who successfully advanced in the end...... Who exactly?

Chapter 295

The moment the skate blade under his feet really crossed the finish line, Chu Rui couldn't tell how he had persevered until this point, but the breath that had been gathering in his chest just now was finally completely released at this moment - his hands were raised above his head, and he waved his fist with his head tilted.