The only direct flight from Jianglin Province to Japan goes to Osaka. It takes off at 8 am and lands around 2:30 pm, after which you have to transfer to Nagoya.
The Japanese leg is the chosen stop for the doubles event, so Guan Xiaoxuan and Zhang Bai naturally would not miss it. They set off with Lu You and the others, bringing the team doctor and their own coach. The flight they took belonged to a Japanese airline, and all the flight attendants were Sakura sisters. Even the airplane meals had a strong Japanese flavor.
As the competition was approaching, Lu Tingsong and Jiang Yang did not dare to let the children eat anything outside, for fear that they would eat something they should not. As a result, the only safe fish on the airplane meal was raw, and one child might get diarrhea easily. In the end, the children who were going to compete hardly ate anything and only filled their stomachs with fruits and biscuits for nearly five hours.
Lu You felt like he was going to faint from hunger when he landed. He took a taxi from the airport to the entrance of the high-speed rail station, and saw an Okonomiyaki shop and was completely unable to walk.
Lu You quickly grabbed Xie Yunjun and motioned him to lower his head and put his ear closer.
Xie Yunjun bent down, and Lu You pulled him down by the collar, and asked him quietly by his lips next to his ear -
"Are you hungry?"
How could Xie Yunjun not be hungry? Just now on the plane, he saw Lu You was so hungry that he felt dizzy, so he shared one of his oatmeal bars with Lu You. Boys get hungry quickly, and at this moment, his salivary glands couldn't hold back when he smelled the food.
Guan Xiaoxuan and Zhang Bai were also sniffing and swallowing their saliva.
Lu You knew what Xie Yunjun was thinking without him saying anything, so he stood on tiptoe and patted his shoulder: "Leave it to me."
After Lu You finished speaking, he turned and looked at the coaching team that was accompanying him this time, carefully searching for his target.
Originally, she wanted to throw herself into Lu Tingsong's arms, but after thinking about it, she felt that her uncle might not buy her trick, so she made a sudden change and threw herself onto Jiang Yang.
The little girl tugged at Jiang Yang's clothes, raised her head, and looked at Jiang Yang eagerly: "Coach Jiang, I'm really hungry..."
After she finished speaking, her eyes drifted towards the Okonomiyaki, she slurped her saliva, and then winked at Guan Xiaoxuan, who understood immediately and threw herself on her ice dance coach and howled, "Coach, me too! Please save the kids, they are starving!"
No one had the heart to refuse the request of the human cubs.
Jiang Yang sighed, feeling both amused and helpless, and had no choice but to lead the boys to the door of the Okonomiyaki store. Lu Tingsong walked up, made a four with his fingers, and used his hands and feet to speak in Chinese English, trying to tell the store not to put pork, cheese and sauce.
However, there is a natural gap between Japanese English and Chinese English. The Sakura girl selling Okonomiyaki obviously didn't understand and said in confusion: "What?"
Lu Tingsong: "..."
Everyone then slowly realized that among the eight people in the Jianglin provincial team, not a single one could speak Japanese.
The accompanying team doctor said: "Why are you looking at me? Although I am a bit of a homebody and look like an 2D character, it doesn't mean I can speak Japanese!"
Lu Tingsong had no choice but to take out his mobile phone and prepare to communicate using the translation software. At this moment, a series of magical tongue-clicking sounds came from behind him, and a blonde girl with gray eyes rushed to the door of the Okonomiyaki shop like the wind, her eyes wide open. Following closely behind her was a blonde boy with green eyes. The two of them stood head to head, huddled together, pointing at the Okonomiyaki in the display cabinet, and muttered something.
"Mr. Jiang?"
A voice with a thick Russian accent came.
"Olaf?" Jiang Yang turned around in surprise, not expecting to run into an old acquaintance here. He looked at the blonde girl and boy carefully again, and then he realized that they were Cavila, who ranked second in the Big Goose Youth Group, and her male companion Anatoly.
It’s no wonder that he didn’t recognize her at first sight. It’s true that he was born with a bit of face blindness towards all white people.
Olaf Reik is also a celebrity in the coaching world. He has trained many world-renowned figure skaters. Every year, countless athletes are sent to him for overseas training from various countries. For example, Rocabava & Wieskieff, who are now capable of competing with Chinese pair skating in the adult group, were brought to the international arena by him, and the mainstays of the Toronto Riders youth group, YM and VA, are also his trainees.
Jiang Yang gave Olaf a friendly hug. He had gotten used to Olaf's Russian-style English over the years. As the two talked, they learned that the Russian team had just landed in Osaka and were about to change trains to Nagoya. Coincidentally, they were on the same train.
Finally, with the help of a Russian translator, they successfully bought a reduced-ingredient version of Okonomiyaki. Together with Caveira and Anatoly, several children from different countries were each holding a large batter pancake and gnawing on it, as if they hadn't eaten for hundreds of years. The peculiar configuration attracted a lot of people's attention.
Caveira said in her broken English: "Oh my God! I swear this is the most delicious food I have ever eaten in my life!"
While Lu You was chewing on the biscuit, he nodded in agreement and responded with two "Yes".
In fact, she wanted to say that our country's hot pot is the eternal god, but unfortunately as athletes they don't have the blessing to taste it. Lu You thought his English was not bad, but Cavira's Russian English was too difficult to understand, and it was really difficult to communicate with her.
It takes nearly fifty minutes to take the Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Nagoya Station. Cavera and Anatoly were very energetic when they were eating the biscuits, but they felt sleepy after eating and were knocked down by jet lag on the high-speed train. When they arrived at the hotel prepared by the organizer, they were carried into the room by the coach in a half-asleep state.
"What are you looking at? This is the true portrayal of what you will experience when you go to Finland." Lu Tingsong tapped Lu You and Xie Yunjun on the head and tightened their lips. "Go back to your room and rest for a while, pack your things and go have dinner, and then come to me for training after dinner."
The two children had no choice but to pack up their things quickly and go off to eat and train.
Compared to Cavilla and Anatoly who needed to adjust to the jet lag, Lu You and Xie Yunjun who did not have the jet lag debuff were obviously in much better condition, while Cavilla and Anatoly were still a little sluggish until the public practice before the game the next day.
Before the competition, the players needed to go to the ice rink and perform their program in public in front of the media, which was also a hint for everyone. At this time, in the camera of a YouTube blogger, Olaf patted Kavela and Anatoly on the face, pointed at Lu You and Xie Yunjun who were performing on the field and said something. The two of them perked up a little and completed the short program when their background music played.
ISU (International Skating Union) has regulations on the types of short program jumps for youth skaters. Basically, all combinations will choose the highest-scoring Axel double and a half jumps among the specified jumps. Caveira's short program configuration is 2A, triple twist, and a triple lutz throw. Despite the jet lag debuff, Caveira directly turned the 3Lz throw into a double loop. After the skating, he went to Olaf with a sad face and obediently received a scolding.
Lu Tingsong frowned. "Cavilla and Anatoly have already released 3LzTh? During the Russian test match, their throw jump difficulty was still 3LoTh."
At that time, domestic ice fans were still analyzing and felt that the VA difficulty reserves of Lu You and Xie Yunjun were similar to those of Big Goose on paper. Everyone couldn't help but dream about the two youngsters winning the gold medals in the respective stations and making domestic pair skating proud. Although the possibility was very low, dreaming was not against the law.
As a result, when the OP (open practice) came out before the game, the dreams of domestic ice fans were shattered on the spot.
Even though Cavella missed the triple lutz, since it was included in the program, it means that their success rate of this throw jump in normal practice is at least 70%. Lu You and Xie Yunjun's 3LzTh currently has a success rate of less than half, and it is their first time on an international stage, so it is almost certain that they will be scored low. Therefore, the difficulty of this throw jump alone may create a gap of one or two points.
Not to mention the performance points will be taken into account.
Lu You took an energy bar and munched on it, comforting Lu Tingsong: "It's okay. Xie Yunjun and I can't raise the success rate of the triple hook to 70% overnight. Don't worry, because it's useless."
Lu Tingsong: "..."
"Just try your best to make the short program clean. If you don't get enough points, you can catch up in the free skating. If you can't catch up, go back and practice again. We'll fight again in the World Youth Championship!" Lu You hung on Xie Yunjun, "If the World Youth Championship doesn't work, don't we have the Youth Winter Olympics this year? Anyway, there's a long way to go..."
Lu Tingsong was completely convinced, but Jiang Yang was happy and patted Lu You's shoulder heavily: "Yes, this is the mentality you should have during the competition."
I don’t know who said, “Nan Yazhu is going to play.”
The group quickly turned their attention to the ice rink. Nan Yazhu has a typical Korean aesthetic. Her milk tea brown hair color and Korean makeup give her a gentle look. She has a slender figure. At 19 years old this year, she is estimated to be almost 1.7 meters tall. If her male companion was not a tall Australian man, he probably wouldn't be able to lift her up.
The fighting nation Kavira and her male companion Anatoly are not very fond of this style. Although Lu You, a pure Asian, thinks Nan Yazhu is still very pretty, this does not prevent Lu You from liking her.
"Pay attention to the difficulty of Nan Yazhu's wrist press and lift," Jiang Yang said to Xie Yunjun, "Nan Yazhu's head is facing downwards during the rise, relying entirely on the strength of her male partner for support, which requires a lot of strength."
"You and Lu You must also add corresponding difficulty to your future lifts. You can't just do a simple swallow style, otherwise it will be difficult to get to GOE."
The difficulty of Nan Yazhu's throw jump is 3LoTh, which is the same as the planned difficulty of Lu You and Xie Yunjun. But I don't know if it is because of Nan Yazhu's height of 1.7 meters that made it difficult for her male partner to skate in the later stage. When she was doing the twist at the end of the throw jump, Nan Yazhu didn't seem to be thrown into the air, but rather like she was thrown up by her male partner, and looked very clumsy.
Lu Tingsong shook his head: "Nan Yazhu's height and weight are still too high for pair skating, and it will be too much of a burden for her male partner."
“…”
Lu You silently put down the energy bar in his hand.
Xie Yunjun took it and helped her peel off some of the plastic shell: "Eat it. I will grow taller in the future. If you are too heavy, I can just do some more strength training."
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