【Wu Shi Shui, about the selection of songs for the new season of the national team’s adult group】
[Jiang Ran & Yu Botao JY: SP-Tianqiu Song, FP-Memories of the Forbidden City]
[Lu You & Xie Yunjun LX: SP-Unknown (new), FP-Musical Transformation into a Strange Doctor]
In mid-September, the Lombardy Cup, the Challenger Series, kicked off the Olympic season. With the start of the new season, the figure skating discussion forum, which had been silent for a long time, began to build up again.
Although it is only a B-level competition, Lu You and Xie Yunjun, who are almost certain to participate in the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Winter Olympics, must frequently appear in major B-level competitions in order to earn points.
The entry requirements for the Olympics are not strict. The country only needs to have quotas and the athletes must reach the minimum scores set by the ISU and the Olympic Committee to be eligible, but the order of appearance in the short program is determined by the points in the standings.
As for the later groups, everyone assumes that the scores will be higher.
For the entire 2020-2021 season, Lu You and Xie Yunjun only had a silver medal of 225 points in the JGF Japan Station, fourth place of 219 points in the JGP Finland Station, a silver medal of 315 points in the Grand Prix Finals, 500 points in the World Youth Championship, and some points in the B-level competition.
They only had points accumulated from one season in total, and they were not even ranked on the adult group's standings. Jiang Yang and Lu Tingsong were worried about these few points every day, racking their brains to figure out how to maximize their points before the Olympics.
However, there is no shortcut to earning points. The only way is to participate in more competitions. As soon as the Challenger Series started, Lu You and Xie Yunjun immediately showed up on the field.
[What? What happened after not paying attention to figure skating for an off-season? How did LX become a senior group? ]
[Nie Hanhan is injured, Nie Han announced his withdrawal from the Olympic season. Given their age, they are unlikely to return, which is actually equivalent to retirement. Therefore, Lu Xie was urgently promoted to the group.]
[Pinching the horse, is it so exciting? Pupils tremble.jpg]
[With Lu Xie's points, even if he participates in the IC (Challenger Series) crazily this season, it won't help. The world rankings calculate the total points based on the current season and the previous two seasons' points. ]
[It’s so difficult. The first year after being promoted to a higher level, the score is still suppressed. I guess I can only see the world in the Olympic season. ]
[Although, I remember LX has trained 3ATh, right? In the adult group, apart from the Russian team that competed with Jiang Yu for the championship, is there anyone else who can do this throw jump? ]
[No, but it's useless. LX will not be competitive unless it releases the Twist 4.]
[I agree. According to the degree of suppression in the first year of upgrading the group, plus the twist four, Lu Xie has to use the current highest configuration on paper 3ATh, 3FTh, 3F, 3S+2T+2T, in order to have a chance to stand on the stage.]
[This configuration is so exaggerated that even aliens would shake their heads when they saw it.]
[But the truth is so cruel, I don’t want to laugh anymore. ]
[It is impossible to do this level of difficulty. LX is the future of figure skating. At least we have Jiang Yu this year, but if there are no new talents in the next few years, only LX will hold up the sky in the Turin Winter Olympics four years later.]
[Wait a minute, wait a minute, why are you so sure that Lu and Xie will support the future of the 2026 Winter Olympics? If I remember correctly, these two children haven't passed the growth test yet? ]
[Fuck, someone upstairs reminded me, I feel terrible]
In the figure skating discussion area, there are more than 600 discussions about the Lombardy Cup. This B-level competition, which was rarely discussed before, has also received widespread attention from domestic ice fans due to the participation of Lu You and Xie Yunjun.
Bergamo, Italy.
Lu You put her legs straight on the wall. Her body had not become much stiffer in the past two years, and she hardly needed anyone's help when stretching her ligaments. However, Xie Yunjun's body had become much stiffer as she grew taller, and even Berman rarely stretched it anymore.
At this time, Xie Yunjun was sitting on a yoga mat, asking Qin Siyu to help him stretch.
This season, Jiang Shi, who has regained all triple jumps except the 3A, will also make a comeback, but to be on the safe side, she will choose the second round of the Challenger Tournament - the Autumn Classic to be held in Montreal, Canada in six days.
Compared with the Lombardy Cup, this competition will have more strong players to choose from. For Jiang Shi, who has just returned from injury, the autumn competition is the one that can best experience the current level of international women's singles.
Anyway, there is no way to get into the top five and get points, so it is better to go to a more hellish competition and directly feel the fierce competition in the most involuted women's singles event, so that Jiang Shi can find the state of previous competitions.
Because Lu Tingsong had to accompany his young apprentice to participate in the Autumn Cup, he was unable to come with the team to the Lombardy Cup, so Qin Siyu took his place.
For this year's Challenger Series, Lu You and Xie Yunjun have a clear goal, which is to get as many points as possible and try their best to get a better appearance order in next year's Olympics.
While the two were warming up, Jiang Yang came over with the freshly released match results: "The top spot is currently held by a pair of Korean players, but this record will definitely be broken. The pair you need to pay attention to in this Lombardy Cup is the pair from Georgia."
"Let's not talk about first and second place. As long as the Canadian and American pairs are clean, with their experience in the adult group, the first and second place will be theirs. But you can compete with the Georgian pair for third place."
"This pair of players have been in the senior category for three years and have good luck with the referees, but the difficulty is not as high as yours. If the two of them face off, we still have a chance."
Lu You did a split, leaned forward, and put his chest on the yoga mat. "What is the difference in PCS (Program Content Score) between us and the Georgian pair?"
"It's about ten points per show," Jiang Yang said. "It all depends on the performance. That pair of contestants is known for their explosiveness. If they explode more, the score difference will be smaller."
Xie Yunjun thought for a while and said: "So the configuration of the short program is still 3FTh, three twists, 3S, back inner spiral, five sets of reverse pull-to… Let's change 3S to 3F."
Lu You nodded: "Only the top five in the Challenger Series will get points. Others may make mistakes, and we may also make mistakes. We should try our best to get a higher score. Otherwise, if we fall out of the top five, our trip will be in vain."
Qin Siyu silently stretched Xie Yunjun's legs. He didn't know if it was because after they were promoted to the next group, all the pressure of number two fell on the two children. Qin Siyu felt that they seemed to have grown a lot suddenly.
Although Lu You usually loves to laugh, when it comes to training and competitions, the little girl will frown.
Although she and Xie Yunjun's mentality is still as steady as an old dog... Oh no, as steady as a rock, but the scene of leisurely sucking water under the pressure of Ivlova at last year's World Youth Championship has never appeared on Lu You again.
“The next, from China, You Lu & Yunjun Xie.”
The announcement voice that had not been heard for almost half a year sounded. Lu You took off her coat, revealing a bright yellow coat and a beautiful bow on the back of her neck. Her skirt was decorated with layers of tulle, and her elbow-length gloves were dotted with diamonds, with intricate and gorgeous dark patterns.
Xie Yunjun wore a palace-style top with European patterns, paired with slim-fitting black pants that made her legs look longer.
This is a performance costume modified from the costume of the live-action movie "Beauty and the Beast". It was made by Capital University of Fashion Technology. It took more than a month from design to material selection to finished product for the two sets of clothes.
Qin Siyu: "I heard that the legal department of the production company of this movie has fought all over the world. They won't be sued for copyright infringement, right?"
After all, there is a rumor online that if you are trapped on an isolated island one day, you only need to draw a Mickey Mouse head on the beach, and the company’s legal department will find you and take you to court to escape.
Jiang Yang: "Yes, so the General Administration bought the copyright for them."
"Okay, just pretend I didn't ask."
Lu You put her hands on the backboard and pressed her waist. After listening to Jiang Yang's pre-match speech, she put her hand in Xie Yunjun's palm. Together, they pushed hard on the backboard and slid to the center of the ice rink using the reaction force.
Japan, Sapporo.
Haruna Anjo skillfully found the Lombardy Cup broadcast on YouTube, knocked on the door of the neighboring house with her laptop, and rushed into Kentaro Yoshioka's room.
"Tori-san and Kimi-kun's competition is about to begin," Anjo Haruna put the computer on the table, "This outfit... Is their new short program Beauty and the Beast?"
Kentaro Yoshioka replied: “It should be.”
Last year, after receiving replies from Lu You and Xie Yunjun, Anjo Haruna and Yoshioka Kentaro decided to stick with pair skating despite their coach’s opposition. They trained at their own expense for nearly a year and finally proved their worth at this year’s Youth Grand Prix.
Before the Lombardy Cup, the Grand Prix for the youth group had already been held for three rounds. Haruna Anjo and Kentaro Yoshioka achieved a good result of fifth place in the French station, which was almost a milestone for Japan's doubles event.
At this time, they have begun to be trained intensively by the club.
Anjo Haruna said: "I thought I could stand on the same field with Tori-san and Kimi-kun this year, but I didn't expect them to be promoted to the next level at such a young age."
"I heard that it was because of the changes in the domestic Olympic team members," said Kentaro Yoshioka. "They are very strong. Not only are they practicing 3ATh, but I heard that they also have plans to start practicing the four-point twist."
Anjo Haruna praised sincerely: "That's amazing."
They are only one year older than her, but they have to shoulder the pressure of being the second Olympic player. Tori-san and Kimi-kun must be very tired. I heard that after the Lombardy Cup, the two of them can only rest for less than ten days, and they have to go to Germany with their seniors Sinan and Xu Zhen to participate in the Fodi Cup.
The difference is that Sinan and Xu Zhen are trying to earn the third Olympic spot, while Tori-san and Kimi-kun are trying to gain points for the competition.
"Haruna, their short program is about to begin."
Kentaro Yoshioka reminded her, and Haruna Anjo quickly turned her eyes to the screen.
The music of "Beauty and the Beast" flowed slowly. Xie Yunjun put one hand on his chest, bent down and performed a gesture towards Lu You to invite a lady to dance.
Lu You gently bent his knees, placed his hand in Xie Yunjun's palm, and then, guided by Xie Yunjun, raised his hand above his head and turned around lightly.
Shh, Princess Belle and Mr. Beast's ball is about to begin.
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