After reading the letter, Lu You carefully folded the letter paper and stuffed it back into the envelope.
She never thought that her growth experience would have such a great impact on others. In fact, in her opinion, she was not as inspirational as she said in the letter.
She has been persisting in figure skating all along. At first, she simply wanted to skate with Xie Yunjun. Later, her uncle and coaches always had high hopes for them. Lu You followed everyone's expectations and moved step by step from the club to the provincial team, and from domestic competitions to international competitions.
There is no doubt that she loves figure skating and is also looking forward to winning her own honor in this event.
But before participating in the Grand Prix Finals, Lu You was merely training step by step according to her coach's plan. Although it was hard and tiring, she had never thought of breaking through herself at all costs for a certain goal.
It was not until this competition that Lu You gradually realized that the difference between the gold medal and the silver medal was not just about the color.
Because they only won the silver medal, the five-star red flag had to be hung shorter than the Russian flag during the award ceremony, and the March of the Volunteers had no chance to be played in the stadium.
When Lu You won the silver medal in the Japan race, he was filled with joy because it was his first time winning a medal in an international competition.
But the silver medal in the finals made her realize for the first time that there were many people in this event who were more talented and worked harder than her.
She also wanted to join Xie Yunjun in hanging the flag of the motherland at the highest position and letting the national anthem resound throughout the ice rink.
Fighting for the honor of the country is a belief rooted in the hearts of every athlete.
Lu You thought that the Japanese pair of contestants probably had the same idea as her.
After returning to Jianglin Province, Lu You and Xie Yunjun wrote a reply letter to the two Japanese pair skaters. The provincial team's jumping coach Qin Siyu majored in Japanese in college and helped the two with translation work.
The two children thought that since the other party wrote to them in Chinese, they should also reply in Japanese to show respect.
Lu You also took out the flowery paper he bought in Japan last time and carefully copied the Japanese version of the reply letter translated by Qin Siyu. At the signature, Xie Yunjun also wrote his own name.
There is a mailbox at the gate of Jianglin Provincial Team, but few people send letters now. Lu You was afraid that the letter would be lost if she put it in the mailbox, and she has never found the time to go to the post office. Fortunately, after training, she caught a postman who came to the provincial team to deliver a package.
The postman looked at the neatly written envelope in his hand with a look of surprise. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had received a letter mailing order.
"Send it to Japan? Of course you can, but you can't track it if you send it by ordinary mail, and you won't be compensated if it's lost," the postman said. "Send it by registered mail."
Then, under Lu You's expectant gaze, the letter was put into the bag of the postman, waiting to be sent across the ocean.
Later, although the letter showed that it had been signed, Lu You and Xie Yunjun did not receive any reply.
I don’t know whether the two young contestants did not reply or the reply was lost along the way.
Lu You and Xie Yunjun, who repeat the same routine between school, provincial team and home every day, have no energy to think about these things.
Just a week ago, Russia's head coach of pairs skating Olaf posted Ivlova and Mosokov's new killer move on his social media platform - a terrifying heart-pounding 3S+1Eu+3S.
At this time, only one month had passed since the Grand Prix Final.
Although the quality of execution of this sandwich jump is not high, it undoubtedly raises the difficulty of the pair skating combo jump to a higher level.
"Are those Russians still human?" Lu Tingsong watched the video. "In the previous finals, they used 2A+1Eu+3S. How long has it been since they changed it? I remember they used to have 3F in the single jump?"
Jiang Yang blew away the floating tea in the thermos cup, and said calmly: "Olaf is an old tactical master. If YM's 3F was really good, he would have used it during JGPF."
"And this double 3S heartbeat, it's probably just a one-time thing, Olaf's big beard is just to create anxiety."
Jiang Yang, who was Olaf's opponent during his playing days and became his coach after his retirement, knows Olaf very well.
It was probably because his two children unexpectedly won the silver medal in the finals that made this old Russian man feel a sense of crisis, so he hurriedly took out his secret weapon, wanting to tell everyone that although you are very capable in growing flowers, our big geese are still the best.
"There are more to pairs skating than just jumping. Unless the big guys can do a triple A or advanced triple jump, the threat is just that," Jiang Yang said. "You can't win by just jumping, and our young skaters are no worse than anyone else in jumping."
"If the goose dares to jump to 3F alone, we can jump to 3LzTh. The basic score is 5.3, so no one will lose to anyone, right?"
Lu Tingsong felt a drop of sweat dripping down his forehead. He knew, of course, that Jiang Yang was joking. The 3F throw that Lu You and Xie Yunjun were practicing recently could only be described as horrible.
Originally, the coaching staff thought that it would be enough to stabilize the difficulty at 3Lo and 3LoTh this season. Lu You and Xie Yunjun are still young, and there is no need to compete with the Big Goose at this age.
But I don’t know why, after returning from the Luyou Grand Prix Finals, I suddenly proposed to practice the triple lutz.
Although the triple lutz throw jump is indeed easier to practice than the simple triple lutz with the help of a male partner, 3LzTh or 3FTh has never appeared in youth competitions in recent years, which shows how difficult this throw jump is.
The triple lutz (3Lz) and triple Phillips (3F) are both point jumps, which are more difficult jumps in the advanced triple jump family. In single jumps, 3Lz is more difficult than 3F and the score is correspondingly higher, but in pair skating throw jumps, these two jumps have the same difficulty and the same score.
After three international competitions, Lu You and Xie Yunjun maintained a good form and their programs were well polished, so Jiang Yang did not stop them from performing more difficult programs.
It is a good thing for athletes to have fighting spirit. Before, no matter in training or competition, the mentality of the two children was as calm as water. The coaching staff was worried for a long time, afraid that they would be satisfied with the status quo and stop moving forward.
Although I don’t know what stimulated them, as long as the result is good, there is no need to delve into it.
When Jiang Yang and Lu Tingsong walked into the training ground, they heard a "bang" and Lu You fell to the ground like a rolling gourd. He rolled several times and his butt slid far away on the ice.
Xie Yunjun slid over quickly and helped the man up. Just as he was about to reach out to brush off the ice on Lu You's butt, the boy remembered that they were all grown up now, and many actions could no longer be done like when they were children.
Lu You didn't feel anything. He just reached out and patted his butt, and with two "duangduang" sounds, all the ice chips were flicked off.
The female coach of the provincial team who specialized in throwing jumps drew a cross on the score sheet and encouraged, "It's okay, let's try again."
From the practice at noon until now, Lu You couldn’t remember how many times he had fallen, but anyway, half of his body was a little numb.
Practicing throw jump is not like practicing single jump, because only the female partner needs to jump, so it is almost always Lu You who falls alone.
Xie Yunjun bent down and pinched the girl's thigh, asking for her opinion: "Do you want to rest for a while?"
Lu You shook his head: "No need to rest. Let's practice for a while while my muscles are stunned by the fall and not reacting to the pain. Otherwise, it will hurt more if I fall again after my muscles relax."
Since Lu You said she wanted to continue practicing, Xie Yunjun would naturally accompany her.
After the two of them skated for a while, Xie Yunjun held Lu You's waist, and Lu You also made a hook jump at the same time. After turning three times in the air, he fell on the ice again with a "pop".
The female throw jump coach covered her face helplessly.
"Xie Yunjun, please push a little more upwards. The height is not enough, and Lu You is falling too tightly on the ice."
“——Bang!”
"Lu You, adjust the axis and try again."
“——Bang!”
For a moment, the sound of bodies hitting the ice was endless.
As soon as Lin Yinian walked into the training ground, he saw Lu You fall to the ground. He simply turned over and lay down peacefully, with his hands on his chest, and said to Xie Yunjun: "Don't worry about me, let me be quiet."
Obviously he was hit.
But she only lay there for a while before she got up and continued to fall with clanging sounds. Falling after a throw jump is much more painful than falling after a single jump. After she fell too far, the female coach couldn't bear to watch it anymore and raised her hand to stop.
Lin Yinian watched for a while, then walked to the other side of the ice rink to find Qin Siyu for jumping training.
After he came back from the finals, he joined the Jianglin provincial team. After the Grand Prix, the national team expressed some intention to recruit him, Lu You and Xie Yunjun into the team, but Lu You and Xie Yunjun preferred to stay in the provincial team closer to home. After discussing with his family, Lin Yinian also transferred his academic record to Jianglin.
Firstly, Lin's mother wanted Lin Yinian to get away from his previous environment as soon as possible. Secondly, after participating in the finals together, Lin Yinian himself also liked the atmosphere of the Jianglin Provincial Team.
However, the leaders of the Jianglin provincial team also knew that the national team valued Lin Yinian, the future light of men's singles, and Lin Yinian would not be able to stay in the provincial team for long.
Jianglin Province has always been biased towards pairs events, and its single skating teaching level is not as good as the national team. When Lin Yinian really starts training in quadruple jumps, he will have to be sent to the national team.
Although putting Lin Yinian in the provincial team can earn Jiang Lin a lot of glory, and maybe he will be able to beat Xinluo Province in the future, but the honor of the country always comes first. After years of silence in the men's singles, such a young seedling has grown, so it is natural to transplant it into the best soil.
"Coach Qin," the female throw jump coach called Qin Siyu, "Are you free? Can you help me?"
"I suspect that this child's hook jump is always off axis. Not only is it that her male partner doesn't give her the right amount of strength, but her own hook jump also has some problems. You specialize in single jumps, so could you please help me take a look at it." The female coach said when Qin Siyu came over.
Qin Siyu nodded: "Lu You, show me how to do a two-week hook move first."
Lu You obediently made a 2Lz.
Qin Siyu: “?”
Now not only Qin Siyu, but even Lin Yinian could see the problem with Lu You's hook jump.
Qin Siyu was shocked. He had taught Lu You and Xie Yunjun to jump before, but at that time, Lu You's jumping axis was definitely not as crooked as it is now.
He took a deep breath and asked Lu You nervously, "Have you gained weight recently and your jumping speed has decreased?"
Lu You recalled: "No, I weigh myself every day..."
"So what's wrong with your axis?"
"Oh, you're talking about that? Don't worry. I tend to get my axis off center when doing hook jumps and Philips jumps. I used to raise my hands to straighten the axis when I did single jumps."
As he spoke, Lu You jumped into a 2Lz Rippon posture again, and the axis was straightened again as if by magic.
Qin Siyu held his chest and let out a long sigh.
He was scared to death. God knows how similar Lu You’s condition is to the development level!
At a certain moment, Qin Siyu even silently recalled all the papers he had read before on overcoming the developmental barrier.
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