As the most watched ice show every year, ElOI has a very impressive attendance rate. After the international women's number one Aurora presented the opening program, the atmosphere on the scene was completely mobilized.
Following Aurora, several popular single skaters appeared.
"Your program is in the last two parts of the first half," Aurora came to the three Chinese children after she finished skating, "After Yuto Nakazaki leaves, it will be your turn."
It is no exaggeration to say that this order is the worst in the entire ice show.
As the first half was coming to an end, the audience was entering a period of aesthetic fatigue. In the past, the programs in this time period would be allocated to those contestants who have retired and whose popularity has declined as much as before.
This year's ice show did not invite retired athletes, so naturally they were replaced by newly invited young athletes.
However, Aurora didn't say any of this. During the group dance session of the Finale, she was thinking about whether she could help these children get more shots.
The performance quickly came to the end of the first half.
Yuto Nakazaki, who was the third to last to appear, will continue to use the original two programs in the new season. As he did not need to polish his program, he skated to the OP of the classic Japanese anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion".
In the provincial team's physiotherapy room, Xu Yangbing, a senior ACG artist who was watching the live broadcast, was so excited that he sang along with the accompaniment:
"Brave young man - go and create -"
"Miracle!"
Zhang Bai, who came to do shoulder joint care, leaned against the bed, looking young, pitiful and helpless. He asked weakly, "Doctor Xu... are we still doing this moxibustion?"
"Look, I forgot about you in my excitement. I'll do it right away."
Xu Yangbing then placed the phone on the stand, asked Zhang Bai to take off one of his sleeves, and brought the lit moxa stick close to it and gently rubbed it in circles.
Guan Xiaoxuan held her phone and said enviously, "Hey, this is my dream show. When can we participate in it?"
Zhang Bai held his female companion's hand and said seriously, "There will be a chance."
As the event with the lowest commercial value and the least popular internationally, Lu You and Xie Yunjun, who were pair skating, were placed last.
After Lin Yinian's performance, he high-fived them, and then the two of them skated onto the ice rink.
When the announcer introduced Lu You and Xie Yunjun, most of the audience's first reaction was: Oh, the pair of young players who snatched a World Youth Championship gold medal from Russia with 3FTh+3F.
However, ice fans who follow figure skating generally prefer to watch single skating. The triple Philips jump is very impressive in pair skating, but in single skating it is a basic jump that everyone has.
After Lu You and Xie Yunjun's performances, except for some Asian ice fans who responded enthusiastically, the rest of the audience just applauded politely.
After the ice show, the children felt in advance the disparity in popularity between the adult group and the youth group.
Lu You was very open-minded about this, sipping water from his thermos cup: "The contestants in the youth group are all volatile stocks. If it were me, I would definitely prefer to buy more stable mature stocks."
The thought that your favorite player might fail to develop and never be heard from again is enough to discourage many people.
Fortunately, in the final group dance session, everyone took good care of the four children from the youth group. They were originally standing in the corner of the ice rink, but after they went on stage, they were pushed to the center of the rink by a group of adult players.
The super popular Japanese contestant who has long served as the captain of ElOI frequently interacted with them.
Aurora would occasionally bring the camera to Lu You and the others. This kind of treatment as if they were the group's favorites made it difficult for the audience not to notice these little kids.
Apart from anything else, these kids are really good-looking.
Many viewers thought that they would pay more attention to them when they were promoted to the adult group.
"After the group dance, there will be a curtain call," Aurora said, "I've already talked to Yoshimaru Hinata. He's the captain of this ice show. You guys will follow him and we'll put you in the middle. You don't have to worry about not having an audience to interact with you."
Lu You blinked his eyes, shook his hands to the rhythm and asked, "What is Curtain Call?"
Aurora explained: "It's a collective curtain call for all the skaters, and everyone will skate around the track together."
Yoshimaru Hinata is a gentle older brother with a smile that makes people feel warm. He also explained: "When the time comes, you need to high-five the audience members who bought tickets in the first few rows on the ice. If someone hands you a wreath, just accept it."
The four young contestants who were participating in a commercial ice show for the first time nodded as if they understood what was said.
Yoshimaru Hinata: "Then let's go."
After the group dance music ended, everyone bowed and Hinata Yoshimaru took the lead, skating along the edge of the ice rink and interacting with the audience.
Lu You grabbed Xie Yunjun's clothes and crossed the F6 area. At that time, Yamamoto Nanako snapped two wreaths on their heads with lightning speed.
Lu You didn't expect that this sister would even come to watch the commercial performance. She touched the wreath on her head, smiled, and then raised her hand to make a heart shape.
Xie Yunjun followed her and said in awkward Japanese: "Arigato."
Nanako Yamamoto held her face in her hands and laughed.
It was really great to be in close contact with the players. She deserved the ice seat ticket she had snatched by squatting at several facilities! Photos of today's ice performance will also be uploaded to the newly built information station!
Standing behind Lu You, Nakazaki Yuto only received a high five and a "Damn it" from him: "..."
So love will disappear, right?
Yuto Nakazaki knew Nanako Yamamoto.
When he was first promoted to the youth group, this sister would always come with banners to cheer him on!
The young Japanese singles player exaggeratedly covered his heart with his hands as if he was injured.
This made Yamamoto Nanako laugh non-stop: "Because the ice performance does not allow throwing gifts, I handed the gift for Yu-san directly to the staff."
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The ice show ended on the second day and the Jianglin provincial team set off to return home.
"The Olympic season will begin in two months. I heard that Nie Hanhan's injury is getting worse." On the plane back, Lu Tingsong looked at the white clouds outside the window and said worriedly.
"The two had been forced to cancel their original plans to throw the quadruple in the Olympics. Now they can only see if they can keep the quadruple twist."
Jiang Yang sighed, "The Four Twists is very taxing on Nie Hanhan's body, so she can't practice it too much. It's estimated that the two of them will start practicing the Four Twists around August or September."
The diet management for athletes is not that strict during the off-season. Lu You crunched a bag of melon seeds handed out by the flight attendant.
After hearing the conversation between Jiang Yang and Lu Tingsong, she held her face and said to Xie Yunjun, "I think we still have a lot of room for improvement in the third twist. You said we should start practicing the fourth twist now, and then bring the fourth twist to the adult group. Wouldn't that be cool?"
Xie Yunjun frowned: "The damage to your body is too great."
Lu Tingsong also reminded: "You should wait until you are in the adult group to learn the quadruple twist and quadruple throw. Stabilize your triple Philips jump and triple Philips throw, and it will be enough for you to sweep the youth group this season."
Lu You looked at Lu Tingsong innocently: "But, I will soon grow up in the adult group. If I don't try it now, it will be more difficult to practice the four-toss and four-twist by then."
Lu Tingsong: "..."
Damn, that seems to make some sense.
"If you want to do the quadruple twist, you should first improve your physical fitness, and then do it according to your ability," Jiang Yang said. "The twisting force of the quadruple twist is too strong, which puts a heavy burden on the female partner's body."
"This is especially true for the quadruple throw. Do you know why even 3ATh is rarely seen in competitions? Because the extra half turn doubles the impact force on the knees, which is too harmful to the female partner."
Since Jiang Yang said so, Lu You had to give up her idea and lowered her head to continue eating melon seeds.
While waiting for the flight attendant to serve the meals, Lu Tingsong asked for an extra box of milk for each of the three children, and then watched the two dwarfs, Lu You and Lin Yinian, drink up all the milk.
Generally, it is not easy for girls to grow taller after the age of 16. Even athletes' development will be delayed. Lu You is 15 years old this year, and Xie Yunjun is almost 1.8 meters tall, but her height is still around 155.
Lu Tingsong can be said to be both happy and worried. This height is naturally a good thing for figure skaters, but as an uncle, Lu Tingsong selfishly hopes that his niece will grow up healthy and taller.
Some technical movements in figure skating can easily affect growth, so Lu Tingsong can only find a way to give Lu You more calcium supplements.
As for Lin Yinian... this kid is about to start quadruple jump training, which has a greater impact on height. I don’t know if it’s too late for him to drink milk now, but it’s good to have some psychological comfort.
After the ice show, the long offseason is half over.
Si Nan and Xu Zhen's application for promotion was approved not long ago. After Lu You and Xie Yunjun won the gold medal in the World Youth Championship, the Ice Hockey Association also seriously considered whether to promote the Lu-Xie combination to become Olympic substitutes.
Considering that it has only been a year since the two officially joined the A-level competition, their mentality and competition experience are still not as rich as Si Xu's. In addition, there are only two places for the Winter Olympics doubles, and the domestic number one and two can still play, it is harmless to let Lu You and Xie Yunjun stay in the youth group for a season to settle down.
Thanks to the popularity of ice and snow sports in Huai City, as world youth champions, Lu You and Xie Yunjun received special admission olive branches from the best high school in Huai City, No. 1 High School, before the high school entrance examination.
Liang Jie and Lu Shi'an thought that during the summer vacation between junior high school and high school, their two children could take a break from their busy schedule. In addition to training, the couple also planned to take Lu You and Xie Yunjun out for a trip.
Unexpectedly, their second half of the offseason had already been arranged.
"I have already booked the plane tickets. This time the training will take a long time. The coaches all have their own work and cannot accompany you."
Lu Tingsong was extremely worried, and kept on nagging while checking the luggage of Lu You and Xie Yunjun: "Canada is quite cold in June and July, so bring some thick clothes...Xiaojun, did you bring your scarf? And your gloves and thick socks?"
"Also, bring the heat pack and ginger tea that Youyou will use during her menstrual period. I don't know if it's convenient to buy them there."
"Okay," Lu You held his uncle, "Senior Sister Jiang Ran and Senior Brother Yu Botao will also be there, so don't worry about it, uncle."
"We will take good care of ourselves," Xie Yunjun said, and after a moment's thought, he added, "I will also take good care of Youyou."
Lu Tingsong was worried: "This is the first time for you two to be so far away from home. How can I feel at ease?"
He thought that the General Administration of Sport's notice for overseas training in Canada was too hasty. They said just the day before yesterday that we would leave today. How could this be possible?
"Forget it, forget it. The country spent a lot of money to give you two extra places," Lu Tingsong could only comfort himself, "Follow your senior sister Jiang Ran and senior brother Yu Botao in Canada. If there is anything, just call home..."
It takes more than an hour to get from the Lu family to the airport. Liang Jie and Lu Shi'an both have to go to work. Lu Tingsong accompanied Lu You and Xie Yunjun to complete the check-in and boarding procedures, and bought a lot of things at the airport that Lu You was not allowed to eat before handing the two over to Jiang Ran and Yu Botao.
When they were about to separate at the security checkpoint, Lu Tingsong reminded them: "Follow your coach carefully when you get to Toronto, but don't get hurt. If you don't have enough money, send a message to your uncle. Your uncle's salary can still afford your pocket money."
"Okay, uncle, why do you nag about the same thing so many times?" Lu You hugged his uncle's waist and patted him.
Lu Tingsong squatted down and hugged the two children, his eyes were hot, and he sighed: "Uncle is just... worried about you."
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