Chapter 306

On the ice, Chu Rui was on the fourth lane of the match, with Japan's Ryohei Honda on his left and the USA's Noah Lyles on his right.

On the innermost lane is Canada's Samuel Adams, and on the second lane is Russia's Daniel Paplov.

Speaking of which, the configuration of this game is very similar to the previous one, and Japan's Honda Ryohei is also a late-range player, which is mainly because Asian players are difficult to compete with European and American players in terms of natural physical talent, so Asian players often put more effort into the study of skills and tactics.

Chu Rui's stature is not comparable to the likes of Samuel Adams and Daniel Pavlov, and in this semi-final, it is unlikely that he will continue to use the same tactics as he did in the morning quarter-finals and continue his quarter-final victory.

"Chu Rui's battle is not easy to fight."

In the conference room of the domestic winter training center, the members of the coaching staff who were still happy because of Mu Yuansheng and Su Liang's continuous promotions not long ago couldn't help but shake their heads when they looked at the opponents Chu Rui was facing.

"In the quarterfinals in the morning, Chu Rui's state was stimulated, and there was a bit of luck."

"The difficulty difference between five into three and six into two is also here."

"Chu Rui's focus is still on tomorrow's 500m event......"

Everyone in the conference room talked about Chu Rui's difficulties, but the coaches' eyes were also clear, and it could be seen through the live broadcast that it was said that Chu Rui, who was not in a state at noon, was by no means a person who wanted to give up on the field.

Looking at Chu Rui, who looked like he was going all out, someone in the conference room muttered, 'This is not very rational...... but quickly retracted his voice.

In the case that two players from the Chinese team have successfully advanced to the finals, as the seeded player who won the gold in the men's 500m individual event, Chu Rui can actually give up this semi-final, symbolically skate to reduce the loss of physical fitness and condition, and better ensure the state of tomorrow's 500m individual event.

But Chu Rui not only chose to fight at the end, but also found the state that he had never been able to find before.

On the main seat of the conference room, Lin Guobin looked at the stubborn and persistent face in the live TV screen, and then looked at the hesitant coaches around him, he shook his head and laughed: "Why do you look like this?" I think Chu Rui is very good, he is a good example! ”

"Physical state is one thing, but the most indelible thing for an athlete is the sharpness in his heart."

Lin Guobin's fingers knocked on the table of the conference room again and again, but what he said was straight to the heart: "I know that in the past year or so, Su Liang has gotten up too quickly, and some players in the team will more or less feel that they have no hope - maybe some people in our coaching staff feel that the players they bring have little chance." ”

"I'll just ask, ask yourself in the heart, do you dare to say that you have never slackened in the past year or so?"

"Athletes need scientific training, and they need reasonable guidance in their mentality, so that they can continue to sharpen and exercise towards their goals with a firm goal."

"I won't say anything else, just look at the three players we went out this time - Xiao Mu and Xiao Chu, they were originally the only top players in our Huaguo team, even if they don't want to fight the long distance, they will definitely be able to get the big place with their own strength in the short distance."

"But what they actually did, I think you have also seen - including Shang Fei, who did not go out as a regular player this time, he also overcame his psychological obstacles and made a new breakthrough in personal strength."

"It's right that we have Su Liang in the team now, and I also understand that facing Su Liang will make some players afraid and give up, but you must know that no matter how strong Su Liang is, there is always only one him, you can take a look at Xiao Mu, see what Chu Rui, Shang Fei, and even Wu Gang are doing."

"I've heard some players secretly complaining that the national team doesn't pay enough attention to them – I think after the World Championships, you can also talk to your young players to see if the national team doesn't pay enough attention to them, or if they themselves don't pay enough attention to themselves first?"

Having said this, Lin Guobin finally stopped, and then looked at the live broadcast screen on the TV in front of him: "Okay, the game has started for a while, let's watch the game." ”

***

Ice fans outside the national team didn't know about the brief discussion in the conference room of the national team, and everyone still focused on the ice.

At the moment when the starting gun sounded, although the tactics that Mu Yuansheng had used in the last game flashed in his mind, Chu Rui finally gave up the idea of using the same tactics.

Although the two groups of players are similar, the two players that Mu Yuansheng needs to mobilize to fight in the last game are Harrick Blasi of the United States team and Eliezel Page, the two players are easy and impulsive, and the game experience is relatively weak, so they are more likely to be stimulated and successfully driven under the same tactics.

And Samuel Adams and Daniel Pavlov are both veterans who have been famous for a long time, and it will be difficult to fool them with the same tactics.

Therefore, after a short hesitation, Chu Rui still chose to fight hard - from the moment the starting gun sounded, he quickly brought the sliding speed to the peak with his excellent explosive power.

"It's another clash of speed and furious!"

In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Liao Yuwei let out a sigh of admiration after seeing Chu Rui's choice.

Chu Rui's choice is undoubtedly brave and risky.

Instead of choosing to be a tactical enforcer in the rear, he put himself in the position of 'live bait', and if he is lucky enough, he will hold out until the end, and if he runs out of stamina at the end and the ferocious 'beast' catches up with him, then he will also exhaust the last bit of his strength in this arena.

When Chu Rui slid on the ice at an astonishing speed in the face of strong wind resistance, he was ready to succeed if he didn't succeed.

Behind him, Samuel Adams and Daniel Pavlov also chose to follow up cleanly, and even Japan's Ryohei Honda, when Chu Rui started at full speed, the rest of the runners also went into a high-speed state.

In the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel, Lin Fangzheng and Liao Yuwei are trying to maintain a calm commentary rhythm.

"The semi-finalists in this group also chose to quickly enter the high-speed skating state after the start of the competition, which means that the physical exertion of the competitors in the competition will also increase exponentially, and it will be a great test of the physical fitness of the competitors——"

"At present, on the ice, my country's Chu Rui is temporarily in the leading position, and his control of the inside lane is very tight, and Russia's Daniel Paplov has come to the outside lane, looking for an opportunity to surpass Chu Rui."

"Samuel Adams kept his heel behind Chu Rui, the distance between the three was very close, and with 11 laps left in the race, there could be new changes on the course at any time!"

Everyone knows that Chu Rui's leadership at the current stage is very disadvantaged, just like the embarrassing position of Benjamin Williams, Harrick Blasi and others in the first two semifinals, but this is indeed the best choice Chu Rui can make in this game.

If lucky enough, he or

Xu can keep the lead position until the end, or fight for a promotion spot.

But obviously, Samuel Adams and others in this game didn't want to give him this opportunity, Daniel and Samuel Adams behind Chu Rui were putting pressure on him to continue to speed up, so that Chu Rui, who had come to the leading position, could not control the pace well and adjust the rhythm.

This pressure from the rear is undoubtedly telling Chu Rui that if you want to continue to maintain your advantage, you can't choose to slow down.

"Chu Rui's current state is a bit passive, but if he can maintain his current advantage, he should have a chance in the end...... Dangerous! Russia's Daniel Pavlov picked up speed from the outside and unexpectedly started the battle for the lead spot on lap three! ”

Lin Fangzheng, who was originally introducing Chu Rui's situation, didn't expect that before his words fell, a new situation appeared on the ice.

Samuel Adams and Daniel Paplov are both typical 1500m runners, and even if they choose to pick up speed quickly in the opening stages, they will actually reach their maximum lap time in the middle of the race, while Chu Rui, as a top 500m runner, should actually be his comfort zone for the first 4.5 laps when he wants to choose a high-speed rhythm that leads the way.

Because of this, many people think that Chu Rui may not be able to hold on to the middle and later stages, but he should have the ability to be absolutely leading in the future.

Daniel Paplov's choice of timing for transcendence was really unexpected, and even more unexpectedly, he did succeed in surpassing.

"Chu Rui should have tried to control the speed based on the allocation of physical strength throughout the race, but Daniel Paplov made the complete opposite choice and hit the lead position at full speed."

This famous player from Russia, not only in the technical movements of the skating is outrageous, but also in the arena there are always some unexpected operations, such as this decisive transcendence, which made Chu Rui, who lost the leading position in the future, quite passive, after a short hesitation, Chu Rui gritted his teeth and chose to overtake Pavlov in front of him from the inside lane.

Until the end of the fifth lap of the race, Chu Rui did not give up the position of leading the slide, but at the same time, Chu Rui's physical consumption was uncontrollable.

By the time the race entered lap eight, Samuel Adams and Daniel Paplov had already overtaken Chu Rui – a race that couldn't hold on to the victory.

When Chu Rui finally crossed the finish line with the fourth place in the group, the staff from the Huaguo team and the ice fans from Huaguo still sincerely applauded Chu Rui on the spot in the Huaguo team players' seats.

On the ice, when Chu Rui came to the mouth of the ice, Su Liang, Mu Yuansheng, Pei Jing and the staff of the Huaguo team were waiting for him here.

He smiled and shook his head at everyone: "It's a little regrettable, I tried my best." ”

When he started to fall behind, he was always determined to continue to move forward, but his physical fitness and condition really couldn't support him to go forward and speed up again.

At this moment, a voice came from afar in the audience: "Chu Rui is awesome - Huaguo ice fans will always support you!" ”

Along with this shout, there was also a small phalanx waving the flag of Huaguo in the direction of Chu Rui.

This voice made Chu Rui stunned, his eyes instantly reddened, and after turning to look in the direction of the audience, he finally smiled and waved his hand in that direction.

"Thank you."

After whispering these two words, Chu Rui turned around again, his mood seemed to have returned to calm, he looked at Su Liang and Mu Yuansheng standing in front of him, and smiled: "It's a pity, my game stopped today, but I will sit on the sidelines and continue to cheer for you." ”

"The next finals are up to you."

"Hopefully I'll have a chance to see it in a while...... The national flag of China fluttered over the field. ”

Looking at Chu Rui with a little regret in front of him, although Su Liang also knew that Chu Rui's 'hope' was more similar to blessings, he still responded 'yes' under the slightly surprised gaze of Chu Rui and the people around him.

Facing Chu Rui's somewhat widening eyes, Su Liang's gaze also turned to the small phalanx of national flags fluttering on the field, and then said firmly: "I said, okay." ”

"I said - after today's final, Brother Chu, you must see that the flag of our country is flying over this arena."

Chapter 307

Announcing a victory before the World Championship final?

Even Chu Rui, who was standing in front of Su Liang, felt that the preview in front of him was a bit unreal, but looking at Su Liang's eyes, Chu Rui suddenly felt that the 'hope' that he was just taking as a good wish would really be realized by the young man in front of him.

And following Su Liang's line of sight, Chu Rui looked back and saw a small red phalanx.

He suddenly vaguely understood the origin of Su Liang's firm belief.

***

In the temporary rest area, Pei Jing stared at Su Liang and Mu Yuansheng, who were back in their positions to rest, and sighed slightly in his heart.

Xiao Liang, this kid, is not in the right state.

If it weren't for the victory preview that Xiao Liang had just made to Chu Rui, Pei Jing wouldn't have noticed it for a while-it's not that Xiao Liang's state is not good, but his state is too high.

Of course, athletes want to be in competitive form, but it doesn't mean that the higher the competitive form, the better it is.

There's a saying that it's too much.

Of course, it is not okay to be too low, but if the competitive state is too high, the player's state is too excited, and it may also affect the player's rational judgment.

Especially for a technical player like Su Liang, his calm and meticulous mind is in no way inferior to his technical strength in the competition.

Once his emotional state of being too excited affected his rational judgment on the ice - on the short track speed skating track of 111.12 meters, in the race sport where the average speed can reach 45 kilometers per hour and the instantaneous speed can reach 60 kilometers......

Such a small field, such a crazy speed, even a small error of judgment is enough to bring a huge risk to the players.

Pei Jing would never want to see any danger to his half-accepted disciple.

Thinking of this, Pei Jing didn't care about the jet lag that was already late at night in China, so he directly found his mobile phone and dialed a cross-border call to China.

In the coach's dormitory building of the Winter Sports Center in China, Jiang Yibo had just coaxed Xiao Budian to lie down, but he didn't expect the mobile phone to ring suddenly, and he took out his mobile phone and looked at the number of the caller, so frightened that he answered the phone on the spot.

"Hello? Lao Pei? Xiao Liang has an accident? ”

"It's fine, but he's not in the right shape."

Pei Jingsan told Jiang Yibo about his guess in two sentences, and then hung up the phone - he had to reserve time for Jiang Yibo to contact Su Liang.

Jiang Yibo didn't expect that his eldest son, who hadn't been worried much for more than two years, actually had a fluctuating state before the World Championships finals.

However, after being surprised, Jiang Yibo was faintly relieved.

Regarding his own boss, although he put him under Pei Jing to train, Jiang Yibo has never really completely left his hands alone, so all along, he can directly or indirectly understand Su Liang's training content and competition status.

In the past two years or so, Su Liang has hardly made a mistake in the game, and his form has been perfect every time beyond everyone's expectations of him.

Of course, this state is good, but Jiang Yibo and Pei Jing both know that people are not machines after all, and Su Liang can adjust his competitive state, but he can't never make mistakes in the game.

The previous state of never making mistakes was more like Su Liang pulling himself into a tight rubber band, and constantly tightening would only make him break his state when he reached the limit one day.