***

No matter what Jiang Yibo thinks in China, the short track speed skating in Gothenburg, Sweden at this time is the field of the World Championships, and the players in the women's group have completed the warm-up before the game, and the players in the second and third groups of the semifinals have gone down the ice one after another, and soon only the players in the first group of the semifinals are left on the field.

Jiang Yufei happens to be a contestant in the first group of the semifinals of the women's group.

On the field, she was in the same group as five players from South Korea, Canada, Japan, Russia, and the Czech Republic, among which the strongest were South Korean women's Wu Xiujing and Canadian women's Sharna Harrison, especially Sharna Harrison from Canada, who ranked in the top four in the year-end individual standings in the women's short track speed skating 1500m this season, and was undoubtedly the seeded for the women's 1500m medal at the World Championships.

In addition to South Korea's Wu Xiujing and Canada's Sharna, Japan, Russia, and the Czech Republic are by no means easy to match.

In the short track speed skating section of the Ice and Snow Kingdom Forum in China, ice fans who are following the event have already had a heated discussion around the question of 'how Jiang Yufei can qualify'.

According to one of the altar friends, [Jiang Yufei wants to advance, unless one of Wu Xiujing or Sharna makes a serious mistake. 】

Although this is a bit long, it is really difficult to see Jiang Yufei's chance of victory if he compares Jiang Yufei's current international results with Wu Xiujing and Sharna.

***

In the men's preparation area at the scene, Su Liang, Mu Yuansheng and Chu Rui had already put on and checked the equipment on their bodies, but Chu Rui, one of the three, was obviously in a sluggish state at this time.

In the quarter-finals in the morning, Chu Rui narrowly defeated South Korea's Lee Jae-hyung in the group of death, winning the semi-finals by just one-third of the ice blades.

But as Chu Rui himself and his coaching team expected, after a hearty game in the morning, no matter how Chu Rui tried to adjust during the midday break, it was difficult for him to get into the excitement of the quarterfinals.

Sitting in the preparation area of the men's group at this time, even if Chu Rui clearly knows that the focus of his event should be on tomorrow's 500m event, this still can't change the anxiety at the moment.

After all, as a short track speed skater, who can hold back their longing heart when they see an opportunity to break through their career highs?

It was the conflict between this inner desire and the energy released in the morning race that was always pulling in Chu Rui's heart, making his whole person fall into an anxious mood and difficult to alleviate.

Su Liang and Mu Yuansheng both saw the abnormality of Chu Rui's state, but the emotions of the game can only be adjusted by the players themselves in many cases.

As a veteran, Chu Rui originally had a wealth of experience in this area, but today he is still abnormal.

In the audience at the scene, with the on-site commentator's introduction of the first group of players in the women's semifinals one by one, the atmosphere in the audience gradually became hot.

When Jiang Yufei, a Chinese female player on the fourth lane, was introduced, on the field, the female players representing the Chinese team raised their hands and waved to the stands on all sides.

Although the fourth lane of the road means that Jiang Yufei's results in the preliminary stage are not dominant in this group, the female player of the Huaguo team is obviously in high spirits at this time.

In the preparation seat, looking at Jiang Yufei on the field, Su Liang suddenly opened his mouth: "Brother Chu, let's watch Sister Yufei's game seriously." ”

Chu Rui, who was still being coerced by anxiety, was stunned, then took a deep breath, and turned his gaze to Jiang Yufei, who was waving to the stands on the ice.

Chu Rui vaguely realized what Su Liang asked him to watch the game seriously, and he himself realized that his current state was unbalanced, perhaps...... According to what Su Liang said, focusing on the arena in front of him has a chance to change his bad state at the moment.

***

On and off the field, the players, spectators, and coaches who have already appeared and have not yet appeared on the field...... Everyone's heart is nervous, excited, and anxious for various reasons, just waiting for the starter on the field to give an order, and then completely vent this complex emotion.

After the noon break between the games, the audience should have fallen back with the athletes, but this time it was unexpectedly burning, with the on-site commentary to each athlete after the introduction, the scene also sounded a burst of applause to express the encouragement of all the athletes, and occasionally some fans cheered for the athletes.

And when all the sounds stopped at the signal of the on-site staff, the previous light-hearted atmosphere had completely dissipated, replaced by a tense atmosphere on the ice for a moment.

Everyone is clearly aware that the first race of the semi-finals of the women's 1500m is really about to begin!

In the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei were also nervously observing every detail on the field through the live broadcast monitoring screen, and silently cheering for Jiang Yufei in their hearts.

On the field, six runners, led by Canadian athlete Sharna Harrison, have already arrived at the starting line of their respective tracks under the instructions of the starter.

From the innermost to the outermost, there are Russia's Yulia Kahina, Canada's Sharna Harrison, South Korea's Wu Xiujing, Huaguo's Jiang Yufei, Japan's Mayumi Watanabe, and Czech women's Barbara Losolova.

Unlike Jiang Yufei's reason for being in the fourth lane, Canada's Sharna Harrison did not appear in the innermost lane, purely because she did not play at her full strength in the morning heats, and the 1500m semi-final innermost lane position was not worth Sharna's full fight in the preliminaries.

On the track at this time, Sharna Harrison is undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention, even if she surpassed Sharna in the innermost lane of the Russian player Yulia with her excellent performance in the preliminaries, she could not hide Sharna's brilliance.

When the starter at the scene fired the starting pistol in his hand under the command of "each in place" and "ready", under the "bang" of the gun, the six players on the ice had already started kicking the ice for the first time.

The competition has officially begun!

The six players in the field had different choices in this match, among which the most in-lane Russian Yulia was represented by Yulia, who gave her all in the starting stage, obviously intending to maintain the advantage of the innermost in the inner lane until the end with her explosive power and physical advantage.

But Sharna Harrison on the second lane clearly didn't intend to give Yulia a chance to lead the whole way - of course, she didn't seem to have any intention of overtaking Yulia in the future, and she was firmly attached to Yulia's outside from the start of the skate, and even the audience in front of the TV could see that Sharna Harrison was completely capable of surpassing Yulia......

But she doesn't.

What is true mental oppression and strong confrontation?

Many spectators who had just laughed at Harrick Blasi in the morning men's preliminaries, after seeing Sharna's confrontation and oppression against Yulia, couldn't help but want to call those guys to learn - look, what is effective pressing?

In the morning men's quarterfinals, Chu Rui's group of confrontations with

At this moment, the confrontation in the semifinals of the women's group finally let the audience see what the real confrontation form is.

For the audience, of course, it was a wonderful feast, but for Yulia, who was targeted by Sharna all the way on the field, it was not a very good experience.

Outside the scope of the 'fairy fight' between the two players in the innermost way, another confrontation group has been formed between Wu Xiujing of South Korea, Jiang Yufei of the Huaguo team, Mayumi Watanabe of Japan, and Barbara of the Czech Republic.

The starting rhythm of these people is also not slow, but it can't be compared with Yulia and Sharna, this confrontation group also wants to occupy the dominant position in the inner lane, but because the starting rhythm between several people is similar, it is difficult to open a significant distance in the initial stage, so they have become their own obstacles.

In just the second lap of the game, Jiang Yufei's second echelon opened a significant distance between Yulia and Sharna in the first echelon.

"At the moment, there are two skaters from Russia and Canada in the lead, with Russia's Yulia in the lead position for the time being, but we can see that Canada's Sharna behind her is constantly putting pressure on her, and this lead position could change at any time!"

In the live commentary room of the domestic sports channel, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei were observing and commenting on the situation of the leading first-echelon players, and at the same time, of course, they were also observing Jiang Yufei in the second echelon in the rear.

Jiang Yufei's starting reaction is considered fast, but her path is in the fourth lane, and there are runners like South Korea's Wu Xiujing on her left, even if she has the consciousness of changing lanes inward at the first time she starts, but from starting the skate and then connecting to the fast skating, Jiang Yufei has not been able to find a suitable opportunity for her to surpass during this period.

And with the distance between Yulia and Sharna in front and the second echelon in the rear widened, the team in the second echelon in the rear temporarily formed a gliding team led by Mayumi Watanabe, the female general of the Japanese team seized the opportunity of the confrontation between Jiang Yufei and Wu Xiujing, completed the transcendence from the inner road, and temporarily occupied the leading position in the second echelon.

"Jiang Yufei's current position is relatively passive......"

In the live broadcast commentary room, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei both noticed Jiang Yufei's passivity on the track at the same time, because Wu Xiujing was more wary of Jiang Yufei, so Jiang Yufei never found a good opportunity to surpass after starting from the skate, and the stalemate between the two allowed Mayumi Watanabe on the fifth lane to find an opportunity.

At the same time, Barbara of the Czech Republic is also eyeing Jiang Yufei at any time on the outer road.

flanked left and right, and there were also opponents in front of them to block - the 'relatively passive' in the mouths of Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei is already quite a euphemism.

Domestic ice fans looked at the form in front of them, and even the mouth cannon party didn't know how to save it, but Jiang Yufei on the field did not give up.

This little girl, who is not even a starter in the national team, is in the most passive position, but there is obviously no meaning of giving up in her eyes, and in such a passive position, she is even extremely calm.

She was thinking, in such a arena, what would Chu Rui do and what would Su Liang do? What will those established players do? Her opponents...... And what will be done?

The current race has entered the fifth lap, the lap times of the players on the ice are gradually improving, from the third lap to the fifth lap, the stalemate between the players on the ice is relatively stable for the time being, but everyone knows that this is just an illusion, the stability in front of them is only temporary, and everyone is waiting for someone to come out to break this 'smooth' illusion.

Everyone wants someone to break the 'balance' in front of them, but no one wants to be the one to break the balance......

***

In the preparation area outside the arena, Su Liang, his senior brother and Chu Rui were all paying attention to the event in front of them, and when the players were about to enter the sixth lap of the slide, Su Liang's eyes moved slightly.

"She's moving."

Mu Yuansheng and Chu Rui beside him were both slightly stunned, and in the next second, they understood who 'she' was in Su Liang's mouth.

In the live commentary room of the domestic sports channel, Liao Yuwei looked at the changes on the field and shouted: "Jiang Yufei!" ”

"China's player Jiang Yufei started the ...... This is not a particularly suitable time to overtake, there are still 7 laps to go in the next race, and Yulia and Sharna are also in a state of peace for the time being, and choosing to overtake at this stage is likely to not lead to an effective change of rhythm, but will become a catalyst for a new round of start-up for other runners......"

Liao Yuwei's voice was worried, but at this time, Su Liang's voice in the preparation area on the scene was full of ease.

"It's not the right time, so what time is it?"

"Sister Yufei does not have an advantage in this group of players, all she can do is to do her best or be surprised, when she breaks the rules, maybe it is her opportunity...... Here it is. ”

While speaking, I saw Mayumi Watanabe on the ice, perhaps because of Jiang Yufei's unexpected start of acceleration, when Jiang Yufei overtook her from the outer way, she wanted to accelerate and overtake again from the inner way, but accidentally fell on the ice with a butt - just like Su Liang said, the 'opportunity' may have come at this moment.

Chapter 300

"Mayumi Watanabe made a mistake! Here's a chance! ”

Lin Fangzheng watched the changes on the ice and shouted nervously, but if it was just a mistake by Mayumi Watanabe, then even if there was a chance, it would still be very slim.

But like dominoes, when the first opportunity presents, the format of the field begins to change again in an instant.

With Jiang Yufei's early start and Mayumi Watanabe's accidental fall, the overall skating rhythm of the competitors in the arena also changed.

Yulia in front also took this opportunity to suddenly speed up, wanting to get rid of Sharna, who had always suppressed her by her side, and Sharna no longer seemed to intend to continue to maintain the pressing follow-up, but instead showed a strong aggression to press forward, the two players in front of the lead entered a high degree of anxiety situation, Sharna relied on a very aggressive imminence to successfully complete a surpass from the outside lane, but Yulia did not want to give up her temporary lead, and soon took advantage of Sharna's not yet completely locked the inside lane, From the inner road, he completed a forced overtake dangerously and dangerously.

In less than a lap of the course, the lead Yulia and Sharna made two alternations.

In the anxious battle between Sharna and Yulia, the situation between Wu Xiujing, Jiang Yufei and Barbara of the Czech Republic in the rear was not far behind.

Jiang Yufei, who was the first to break the calm situation, temporarily occupied the third dominant position with her own initiative, but South Korea's Wu Xiujing was eyeing her behind, just waiting for a new opportunity to appear to complete the overtaking of Jiang Yufei, while the Czech Republic's Barbara temporarily followed, and the last was Mayumi Watanabe, who fell in the previous slide - the female player from Japan looked remorseful at this time, although she still followed the last slide, but it is clear that she has lost her fighting spirit and basically has no chance of qualifying.

The change in pace brought about by Jiang Yufei seemed to have an impact on the situation on the field, but it did not seem to have a decisive impact on the final result.

Just when the hearts of the Chinese audience in front of the TV were lifted but returned to boredom, everyone saw that when they entered the ninth lap, Jiang Yufei, whose rhythm had slowed down, once again increased his speed!

Almost at the same second, Wu Xiujing behind Jiang Yufei also increased his speed simultaneously, and the two players, who had always maintained a quarter-lap gap with Yulia and Sharna in front of them in the previous stage, suddenly began to slide forward at high speed with all their might, as if they were refilled with strength!

What happened?

Why did Jiang Yufei choose to suddenly speed up at this stage?

Many ice fans in front of the TV are a little puzzled by the situation in front of them, after all, they watch the game through the live broadcast of the TV, and it is difficult to accurately observe the overall situation, while the ice fans on the scene are much more intuitive when watching the game.

The audience in the audience had already discovered it - it was Yulia.

The Russian athlete had a fierce battle between her future and Sharna, but after a long lead and a high-intensity pressure and aggressive overtake from Sharna, the Russian woman finally made a clear mistake as her physical strength went through and her mentality was unbalanced.

And the sudden acceleration of Jiang Yufei and Wu Xiujing is based on the observation of the battle situation ahead.

They did not join Yulia and Sharna in the confrontation, but they were always paying attention to the changes in the battle situation ahead, and at the same time, they were naturally waiting for this moment in front of them.

The next battle is to constantly surpass and block, confrontation, on the coach's command seat next to the arena, Pei Jing's hands tightly grasped the edge of the anti-collision sponge wall, looking at Jiang Yufei on the field, Pei Jing shouted hoarsely: "That's it!" Hold on! Defend !! Rush up!! ”

In the long-term confrontation and sliding, Yulia had already fallen to the end due to a mistake due to physical exhaustion, and Sharna continued to occupy the leading position with her strong physical fitness and sliding ability, and Jiang Yufei, who seemed to have no hope of advancing at all in the starting stage, had already occupied one of the promotion positions at this time!

"It's crazy......"

Liao Yuwei and Lin Fangzheng nervously watched the real-time live broadcast on the field, for fear of missing any details.

With everyone on the ice doing their best in the final two laps, the South Korean Goh so-kyung remained the biggest threat to Jiang, and the South Korean star didn't seem to be as good as he could have in today's race, but as the race got closer to the finish, the South Korean woman showed a lot of resilience.

In the last two laps of the slide, Wu Xiujing always kept an eye on Jiang Yufei, wanting to seize any opportunity for her mistake and overtake her in the last chance again.

Puff, puff.

In the high-speed sliding, the consumption of oxygen and physical energy made Jiang Yufei fall into the danger of making a mistake at any time, but the ambition before the race still remained in her heart, as if it was the pillar that supported her to continue to slide at this moment.

- Since all the contestants jumped from the preliminaries to the semi-finals, why can't others continue to sprint for the finals?