It is not uncommon for ice hockey fans to photoshop athletes into emoticons. There are a lot of collections of all kinds of funny scenes on domestic video websites. From another perspective, athletes being photoshopped into emoticons is a symbol of popularity.
Fans of Lu You and Xie Yunjun were delighted by this and didn’t even think there was anything wrong. They happily added “Buddha does not save fools” as their favorite emoticon of the year.
Haven’t you noticed that the emoticons of Japan’s super popular player Hinata Yoshimaru have been made into a series and put into the download store?
Someone even posted a video online of Lu Tingsong grinning silly while dancing to Chopin's "Farewell" ("Look how happy I am grinning.jpg"), suggesting that stupidity is a family thing.
After the Asian Open, Lu You and Xie Yunjun will have a short rest period. During this period, Xie Yunjun will be in the capital to recuperate his leg for a week, and a rehabilitation team composed of experts from Yanxi Hospital will take turns to see him.
As a result, Lu You, who accompanied her male companion to do electroacupuncture, was also given a checkup order by the orthopedic expert of Yanxi Hospital, asking her to take an X-ray and measure her bone age.
"Open the five fingers of your left hand naturally, with your palm facing down and your arm flat."
Lu You somehow got the chance to have a physical examination with the national team. The next day, an expert wearing a white coat and with a bald head called the provincial team coaching staff into his office.
The Yanxi expert put the X-rays of Lu You and Xie Yunjun's left hands together and said slowly, "Xie Yunjun's knee pain and leg cramps are just common growing pains. You don't need to worry too much."
"Although he hasn't completely stopped growing, his height has basically stabilized. Just give him some calcium lactate, calcium gluconate, or other supplements when you go back. I called you here today mainly for the other child."
Lu Tingsong looked nervous: "Doctor, is there something wrong with Lu You?"
"Don't be nervous, it's not a big problem, I'm just giving you a heads up," the doctor pointed at Lu You's X-ray, "She's already sixteen years old. Normal girls at this age are almost fully developed, but this girl's epiphyseal space is still very wide, so I guess she'll have a period of rapid growth in the future."
"I have received many patients from the national team over the years, especially the female figure skating team members. Menstrual disorders and growth hormone imbalance are common problems."
"This girl's various indicators...are considered normal for a figure skater, but generally speaking, a girl's epiphyseal line tends to close around the age of seventeen. If Lu You develops late, her development time will be shortened. In other words, she will have to complete her puberty physical development in a shorter time than others."
"At this time, children's nutrition must be kept up. There was a female singles athlete who dieted during her growth period. Malnutrition caused her to not grow well, her bones were very brittle, and she often suffered pathological fractures during training and competitions. She was forced to retire."
Lu Tingsong nodded seriously.
Whether it was towards his own two children or towards his later disciple Jiang Shi, Lu Tingsong always held the philosophy of rather losing skills than health.
He was a little bit disapproving of Lu You's dieting in Canada to practice speed flow, and even wanted to stop Lu You and Xie Yunjun's 3ATh and twist four exercises and let them take good care of their bodies.
But every time Lu You practiced under the pressure of the Olympics, fell on the ice again and again and got up again, just to perform the most difficult performance in the Olympics, Lu Tingsong could not say "We don't want to continue".
He had already discussed with Jiang Yang that once the Olympics were over, he would ask the canteen aunt of the provincial team to prepare more muscle-building nutritious meals for the two children so that they could get back on the bright road of strength.
The expert pulled out the analysis report from the computer: "We initially predict that Lu You's future height will be around 160cm, but no more than 163cm."
Lu Tingsong touched his chin and said, "Only 1.6 meters tall? Will I have a chance to grow taller if I drink more milk?"
Yanxi orthopedic specialist: “?”
In all his years of coaching the national team, this is the first time he has heard of a figure skating coach who thinks his skaters are too short. Regardless of whether they are men's or women's singles, every coach would prefer that their skaters do not exceed 1.6 meters in height.
"1.6 meters is about right. If he's taller, I won't be able to eat." Jiang Yang quickly killed Lu Tingsong's dangerous idea. "Doctor, can you estimate when this child will grow taller? We can prepare early."
The doctor said: "She has a late development history. Girls usually finish their development before the age of 17, so it will be within the next six months at the latest."
Hearing the doctor say this, Jiang Yang and Lu Tingsong couldn't help but look a little worried. This time period can be said to directly cover the entire season, including the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Winter Olympics to be held in February next year.
However, with the Flower Planting Duo so short of players now, it is impossible to suspend both of them to develop, so they can only take things one step at a time.
Lu Tingsong took out a notebook and carefully wrote down the foods that the doctor recommended to eat more of during the growth period. Then he went to the physical therapy room to meet Xie Yunjun for electroacupuncture. He took Lu You with him to say goodbye to the leaders of the national team and prepared to return to Huai City.
Before leaving, Liang Xu, director of the National Figure Skating Coaches Committee, came to meet with the Jianglin Provincial Team. He kindly held Lu You and Xie Yunjun's hands and said, "Two little friends, skate well. The national team welcomes you at any time."
Lu You respects this godfather of figure skating very much. If he had not trained world-class pair skaters such as Xue Chengze and Jiang Yang under extremely difficult conditions, China's pair skating achievements would not be as dazzling as they are today.
Liang Xu is now 64 years old. Although he had long handed over the responsibility of head coach of the national team and head coach of pairs skating to his student Xue Chengze, Liang Xu has not retired. He still comes to the national team from time to time to guide training, and is therefore affectionately called Coach Liang.
The little girl held the grandfather's hand and nodded vigorously: "We will definitely work hard. Xie Yunjun and I will do our best in the Grand Prix, the Four Continents and the Olympics!"
Liang Xu touched Lu You's head, patted Xie Yunjun's shoulder, took their hands and put them together: "You are all good children. No matter what ups and downs there are in the future, you must rely on each other and walk hand in hand."
Xue Chengze's eyelids twitched. Coach Liang, do you know that what you said sounds like a marriage testimony?
Liang Xu: "Hanhan and Feiyang were forced to withdraw from the competition. You will have a hard time this Olympic season."
In the 2021-2022 season, the second pair skating player Nie Han withdrew from the competition, and Lu Xie had to take on the burden of his predecessors. Flower pair skating is indeed very difficult.
After the start of the Grand Prix, in order to avoid competing with Lu You and Xie Yunjun and to help them get good rankings, Jiang Ran and Yu Botao did not even choose to compete at home, but instead went to IDF (France) and SA (USA) where the points pressure was severe, but still advanced to the finals with two gold medals.
Lu You and Xie Yunjun won a bronze medal in the Japan station. In order to compete for a place in the finals, they had to take the risk and try the 3ATh in the China station. Fortunately, the result was satisfactory. This 3ATh finally allowed them to win the silver medal in the China station.
After the last Grand Prix in Sochi, Russia, Liang Xu received the GPF (Grand Prix Final) list released by the ISU.
[Central] Jiang Ran & Yu Botao, first in France and first in the United States
[Russia] Apolova & Biman, first in Russia and first in China
[Canada] Isabella & Aubrey, first in Canada, first in Japan
[US] Sally & Jeffrey, 2nd in the US, 2nd in Canada
[Central] Lu You & Xie Yunjun, 2nd in China, 3rd in Japan
[Russia] Ivlova & Mosokov, second in Russia, fourth in the United States
Substitutes: Kavela & Anatoly (Russia), Erica & Carlo (Canada), XXX & XXX (Russia)
The Chinese figure skating godfather looked at the document published on the ISU official website with deep emotion.
Those two kids really fulfilled their promise that "we will skate into the finals with Senior Sister Nie and Senior Brother Han."
They took over the baton handed over by Nie Hanhan and Han Feiyang, allowing the five-star red flag to shine brightly in the final list.
On the flight from the capital to Osaka, Japan, the lights were dim and the plane flew smoothly in the darkness.
The armrests between two of the seats were pushed up. Lu You closed his eyes and leaned on Xie Yunjun's shoulder. Xie Yunjun also tilted his head and gently pressed his cheek against the top of Lu You's head. The two snuggled together, breathing evenly.
Jiang Ran in the front row pushed Yu Botao into the corner, using his male partner as a human pillow and sleeping with his legs spread out.
Xue Chengze, the national team's head coach, who was immersed in studying the Grand Prix documents, suddenly slapped his head and said, "I suddenly remembered something!"
Lu Tingsong pulled the blanket for the two children and asked in a low voice: "Teacher Xue, what's wrong?"
"Has Xie Yunjun changed into new pants for Costen?" Xue Chengze asked, "Is he still wearing Aubrey's pants?"
Xie Yunjun grew taller so fast in just a few months that, in Lu Tingsong's words, all the meat he ate grew on his legs. When the Grand Prix just started, no one, including Xie Yunjun himself, thought that he should order a new Coaster after growing taller.
It was not until the OP of the China station that everyone was horrified to find that the pants they wore before had exposed their ankles. If Isabella's male companion had not sponsored a pair of Costen pants, Xie Yunjun would have had to wear the black pants of his training suit on stage.
"It was replaced last month, and Xiaojun has gotten used to it. There are no quality issues such as loose threads," Jiang Yang said, "Don't worry."
Xue Chengze touched his forehead and couldn't help sighing: "Oh, I remember, it has been changed... Hey, people, when they are under pressure, they always think about things."
Jiang Yang was also helpless when he heard this.
Although there was a temporary replacement for the athletes at this year's Winter Olympics, the Olympic targets of one gold and one bronze medal given by the top leaders remain unchanged. If no results are achieved, the funds allocated by the General Administration to figure skating next year will have to be discounted, not to mention sending athletes abroad for training.
Xue Chengze said: "Coach Liang also suggested that if there is an opportunity next year, we should send a group of national team players to Switzerland for training to learn their signature spins."
The old coach insisted that technology and art should go hand in hand. If one only pursues difficulty, the sport of figure skating will become distorted.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, the Chinese team landed in Osaka, Japan. Lu You moved his wrist which was a little sore from sleeping too long, and was led to the luggage carousel by Xie Yunjun with sleepy eyes, where he sat on the luggage cart and waited for him.
When picking up their luggage, a Japanese girl who was on the same flight as them walked up to Xie Yunjun, wrote a number of phone numbers on a napkin and handed it to Xie Yunjun, saying in Japanese English that if Xie Yunjun didn't have a girlfriend, he could add her contact information at any time.
However, Japanese English was so powerful that even Xie Yunjun, who always scored 140 points in English, did not understand what this Sakura sister said at all.
But from the action of giving her phone number, we can infer that this Japanese girl is essentially trying to strike up a conversation.
Under the watching eyes of Jiang Ran and others, Xie Yunjun politely returned the napkin, then looked at Lu You not far away and said, "We are a pair."
Translated it means: We are a couple.
The ISU calls pair skating partners Pair. As for how people who don't know the inside story interpret the word "Pair", it depends on personal understanding.
But this Sakura girl obviously understood it on another level. She nodded as if she had suddenly realized something, said "Smimasai (I'm sorry)" in Japanese, and then got her phone number back.
Lu You squatted on the luggage cart, looked at this scene, and chuckled twice.
Xie Yunjun came over pushing the suitcase, reached out and touched the top of Lu You's head, trying to push down her bangs that had curled up from her sleeping on the plane. As a result, the stubborn little hairs just trembled and then returned to their original state.
Xie Yunjun asked: "Why are you squatting all the time?"
Lu You tilted his head and rubbed it in Xie Yunjun's palm, then stretched out his hand to him honestly: "My legs are numb."
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