After failing in their secret practice, the young contestants were pulled by the ears and scolded by the coaches. They had no choice but to go back to their rooms and lie peacefully on their beds pretending to be corpses for the whole night.
At breakfast the next day, the European players were shocked to see the yellow-skinned athlete who practiced excitedly late at night and was listless during the day.
Caveira gave Lu You and Xie Yunjun a bottle of probiotics brought from their hometown, and said with a smile: "You, you and Jun are now very much like the giant pandas, the national treasure of your Chinese nation."
Lu You lay on the table, letting Cavila rub her head twice, then she yawned deeply.
Her brain was active most of the night yesterday. Just when she was feeling a little sleepy, it was time to get up. She had to get up sadly and take the bus to attend the Official Practice (public practice before the game).
The breakfast at the Italian hotel did not suit the Chinese stomachs of the flower planting delegation. When they arrived at the competition venue, Lu You and Xie Yunjun squatted outside the barrier, chewing on the whole wheat bread brought by the coaching team from China, slurping the probiotics given by Caveira, and staring at the American duo, Christina & Irving, who were playing together on the ice.
What they are going to do now is a touch ice jump, a touch ice jump, which means that the contestants have to use the tip of the blade to touch the ice and generate force to jump off. However, the touch ice jump performed by Owen, the male partner of the American group, has the blade completely on the ice when jumping off. Lu You doesn't even know if it can still be called a touch ice jump.
Caveira, who also had a Chinese brand bread in his hand, felt it was unbearable to watch: "This ice jump is almost like an edge jump."
Who says it isn't? Although the skills of the American partner Christina are acceptable, the difference in their levels can easily lead to synchronization problems. It looks like they are doing separate dances, which makes pair skating not very entertaining at all.
Being squeezed out of the finals by such a combination, no wonder Italy was so angry that it was about to take out its own Italian cannons.
The American group ended, and the next group should have been Nan Yazhu, but for some reason, Nan Yazhu and Jerry had been standing on the ice for a long time, but the music was still not playing. The Korean coach stretched out his hand to signal the group to pause, and hurriedly ran to the playback station to find out what was going on.
The coaching teams from other countries didn't understand what was going on and thought there was something wrong with the venue's sound system. They were afraid that it would affect their own players, so they quickly gathered around to see what was going on.
After a while, Lu Tingsong came back and explained, "It's not the venue's problem. The music CD submitted by Nan Yazhu and the others was broken. It suddenly couldn't read the disc, but fortunately they brought a spare CD."
Jiang Yang breathed a sigh of relief: "At this year's International Skating Union meeting, the proposal to use USB flash drives instead of CDs to store audio was rejected. I don't know why this proposal that benefits the public was not passed."
"That's right. Every time I participate in a competition, I have to burn a CD in advance," Lu Tingsong also expressed his confusion. "CDs are fragile and can be damaged easily if you're not careful."
A few minutes later, Nan Yazhu and her team's background music began to sound on the ice rink, and the two began to play together.
Lu Tingsong pulled out two schedules from his bag and called to the two children who were chewing bread: "Youyou and Xiaojun, just watch your own thing and listen to what I am saying. The order of performance in the final will be determined by your points. In the short program, you and Xiaojun will be the third to perform."
"There are also advantages to playing in the front, at least there is less psychological pressure."
Lu Tingsong could only comfort himself in this way.
After all, the order of appearance in this finals is not based on luck but on hard power. The two little ones made it to the finals for the first time they participated in the Grand Prix, and earned themselves the fourth to last appearance, which is already very good.
A domestic live broadcast software, special section for competitive sports.
[JGPF (Junior Grand Prix Final)] Open practice OP before the pairs skating competition.
A live broadcast room with this title, and the status is shown as live broadcast.
The anchor, who specializes in broadcasting various figure skating events, opened his live broadcast room early and began to broadcast the Junior Grand Prix. At the beginning, the discussion area was sparse, until Lu You and Xie Yunjun came on stage, the lurking ice fans began to become active.
[The last time I saw the two kids was at the Finland station. Why does it seem like Lulu has grown a little taller? ]
[This 2A is beautifully done. In the past, Chinese pair skating relied entirely on guessing for single jumps. I wonder if this generation of LX will be better.]
[The above person should not be too happy too soon. Lulu has not passed the development stage. The two kids have only successfully passed the three types of 3T, 3S, and 3Lo in the game. There are not many types of jumps. It is not known how many will be lost after development. ]
[Personally, I feel that as long as 3S and 3T can be recovered after the development stage, it will be enough. After all, Wochao's lift, twist, throw and jump are very strong, and the referee also recognizes it. ]
[Ah, LX jump is very difficult, everyone should know it, although it is true that the number of crashes has decreased a lot recently. ]
[I'm just a passerby, I just clicked in randomly, why do sports games use abbreviations? I have no idea what everyone is talking about. ]
[The names of pair skaters are basically abbreviations. LX is our country's figure skaters Lu You & Xie Yunjun. Do you know more about it? Anyone who buys super talented growth stocks will know! ]
[3T and 3S are enough, seriously? It's okay in the current adult group, but when the big goose's few small groups are upgraded, if the LX single jump really only has 3T and 3S... hehe, then we can only rely on throwing four twists and four golds. ]
[I heard that Jiang Ran and Yu Botao are planning to go to Canada for training this off-season, and they should take Lu Lu and Xie Xie with them. The two kids have great potential.]
[It’s not a good idea to send them abroad for training at such a young age. The two kids are still in junior high school. They can’t speak the language and have no one to take care of them. The national team coaches are not so good that they can’t teach the youth pair skating team.]
After Lu You and Xie Yunjun finished their duet and left the stage, the discussion area fell silent again. The only competition that received a little more attention was the women's singles in the youth group. After all, there were waves of perverts in this event. However, in the pair skating and ice dancing events, many non-hardcore ice fans could not even name most of the youth group players.
Lu You helped Xie Yunjun cross the exit barrier and buckled the blade sheath on the skates. The short program music of the Canadian group Erica & Carlo sounded on the field. Although the prelude of their selected song had a strong curry flavor, the overall style of the music was still grand.
Lu You curiously asked Xie Yunjun: "What was the song selected for Erica's short program?"
Xie Yunjun had a habit of learning about this knowledge before the competition, and explained: "'Exodus' was originally the theme song and ending song of the 1960 movie of the same name. It was later adapted into a symphony by a famous composer in 1981 to commemorate the Jews' escape from slavery in Egypt."
"I remember that Canada's EC used to have a fresh style, like last season's "Für Elise" and "Piano Concerto in F Major," Lu Tingsong guessed, "The new program changed to an exciting and majestic piece of music, probably because they wanted to challenge a different style."
Jiang Yang: "Their choreography is much more compact, and the lifts are more difficult—"
"——Oh my god!!!"
“——Be careful!!”
Before Jiang Yang finished speaking, there was a scream from the side. When they reacted, they only heard the sound of human body weight hitting the ice, making a loud "bang". Then Erica collapsed on the ice in pain, and his male partner Carlo was pushed away and hit the barrier.
After he recovered, he went to help Erica, but found that Erica could hardly even hold up her body.
At this time, all the contestants who were going to take part in the competition tomorrow were present, including Lu You and his friends. They all witnessed the moment Erica fell, and they were all frightened to the point of being stunned.
Because Erica fell almost cervical first onto the ice.
Xie Yunjun subconsciously covered Lu You's eyes and pulled Lu You behind him.
There was chaos at the scene. The Canadian coach jumped over the barrier and reached Erica in the next second. The medical staff didn't even have time to change their ice skates. They rushed over in flat shoes to check if Erica was still conscious. Fortunately, although the Canadian girl couldn't stand up, she was still conscious. After emergency treatment, she was carefully lifted onto a stretcher.
"how so……"
Nan Yazhu was terrified by the direct visual impact. She saw with her own eyes a living person falling from such a high place, with his neck touching the ground at a bent angle. This horrifying scene made the hairs on her body stand on end.
Olaf, the leader of the Russian team, was silent for a while before explaining in English: "After Erica was lifted up, her center of gravity tilted too far forward, and Carlo couldn't control his balance, so he fell."
"In the final analysis, it's because of the lack of coordination between the two parties."
Everyone swallowed hard when they heard this.
Especially for the players who will compete tomorrow, they also have lifting movements, and the Canadian player's lifting mistake today has undoubtedly cast a shadow on everyone, especially the female players who will compete tomorrow.
Are they really confident that they can ensure adequate cooperation between themselves and their partners?
Thinking of this, Nan Yazhu's hands began to tremble a little, and Cavira also looked frightened. The American pair of contestants even started arguing over whether it was the male partner's or the female partner's mistake.
The only pairs whose situation is slightly better are probably Russia's Ivlova and Mosokov, and Lu You and Xie Yunjun.
One is a blood-thicker-than-water sibling, and the other is a childhood sweetheart who has been holding hands since childhood. The friendship of being together day and night has made the trust between each other stronger, and also made the two groups' ability to withstand pressure much higher than others.
Lu You held Xie Yunjun's hand tightly and watched Erica being pushed into the ambulance. The little girl leaned into Xie Yunjun's arms and asked anxiously, "Is she okay?"
"Don't be afraid. Although Erica fell with her cervical spine facing downwards, it was her side face that first touched the ice, which cushioned her injury," Xie Yunjun patted Lu You on the back. "It wasn't the most serious kind of fall."
Lu You responded sullenly.
The competition also ended in a depressing atmosphere. No one expected that there would be so many incidents in just one public practice before the Grand Prix Final for the Youth Group. Many ice fans were always concerned about Erica's condition.
At ten o'clock that evening, the Canadian coach broke the news.
After treatment in the hospital, Erica has basically recovered her mobility. Erica herself expressed her unwillingness to withdraw from the competition and will participate in the short program competition the next day as usual with her male partner Carlo.
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