Before the free skating, Lu You was stared at deathly by three coaches and a team doctor.
Lu You pinched Xie Yunjun's fingertips, and the boy gently pulled her towards him.
Lu Tingsong: "You two must go to the fourth round, right?"
Lu You yelled, "I have worked so hard to learn the Four-Fold Twist. If I don't use it, then all those times I have vomited it in vain! It's even a question whether I can get it back after I grow up! I don't care! I just want to do the Four-Fold Twist!"
Xie Yunjun also said: "The Four Continents is the last training before the Olympics. If we don't do the Four Twists once in a formal competition, we won't have any confidence in the Olympics."
Lu Tingsong: "..."
Uncle Lu confronted the two men for a few seconds and became completely discouraged.
How could he not see that Lu You deliberately said these words in a childish and willful tone in order to make them feel at ease?
Jiang Yang patted Lu Tingsong on the shoulder and said, "Don't talk about the child. When you were sent to the Wudi Cup to compete for an Olympic spot, you tore your ligament during the short program and your foot was swollen like a pig's trotter. Didn't you have to go the next day even after getting a closed injection?"
"You all have the same stubborn temper. No one can change your mind about something you've decided on," Jiang Yang commented. "You're both the same."
Lu Tingsong warned Lu You and Xie Yunjun: "This is the only time. Go back and take good care of yourself."
Lu You nodded and whispered, "There's also the Winter Olympics."
Lu Tingsong: "…Only twice."
"Okay, uncle..." Meeting Lu Tingsong's gaze, Lu You quickly changed his words, "Okay, coach."
Half an hour later.
Lu Tingsong stood up from the stool: "I still think it's unnecessary."
"The BV of the second-level twist four is 7.2, and the BV of the fourth-level twist three is 6.0. It's not worth it for one or two points. Besides, there are many players who can't even get the third level with 3Tw. It's already great that we can do the fourth-level twist three. Isn't it a bit of overcapacity to force the fourth level?"
"Anyway, we've already got 72.83 points in the short program, which is six points ahead of Georgia. Even if you two fall in the free skating, we still have a good chance of winning. I think we should withdraw the four-spindle exercise."
Lu You's face was full of black lines.
Jiang Yang poked Lu Tingsong in the waist and said, "Go away. What are you talking about? How can you assume that your child will fall before he even gets on the field? Lu You, hurry up and spit a few more times to spit bad luck."
Lu You was sitting on the yoga mat holding Stella Lou, and he couldn't agree more: "Pah pah pah."
Jiang Yang stared at Xie Yunjun again: "Xiaojun, and you too."
Xie Yunjun said helplessly: "...Pooh."
Jiang Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu You unscrewed a bottle of water and handed it to Lu Tingsong: "Little... Coach, Sister Jiang Shi has replaced Costen and come out. Go and help her warm up. We have practiced the four-stroke so many times, so don't worry."
In yesterday's short program competition, Jiang Shi advanced to the free skating with 68.09 points and ranked fifth in the short program. Although there were many Japanese, Korean and Kazakh players ahead of her whose short program scores exceeded 70 points, for the steady Jiang Shi, the free skating is her home court.
The TV in the warm-up room was replaying yesterday's men's free skating award ceremony, in which the gold medal was won by Yuto Nakazaki, while the silver and bronze medals went to the United States and Canada.
Lu Tingsong has been following the competition.
He looked at his watch. The women's singles free skating would start this morning. Jiang Shi would be the last one to appear in the second to last group and would be on stage in about two or three hours.
"Youyou and Xiaojun have us here," Jiang Yang took the things in his hand, "Go and accompany Jiang Shi. She looks quite nervous to be on the 4CC ice rink again after a few years."
Jiang Yang saw that this girl had gone to the toilet three times since she confirmed the order of appearance. She had just come out of the toilet and started drinking a bottle of water.
Lu Tingsong walked over and snatched the water bottle from Jiang Shi: "Don't drink it, you'll need to go to the bathroom later. There's still some for you to drink for the urine test after the game."
Jiang Shi wiped the sweat off his palms on his clothes: "Coach, why do I feel a little short of breath?"
"Don't be nervous. If we're lucky, our 3A can even get a foot fall. But look at this year's 4CC. How many of those golden-age women's singles have 3A?" Lu Tingsong sat down beside him. "You're already 20 years old. It's not shameful to lose. If you win, you're still sharp and sharp."
When Jiang Shi heard this, he was filled with grief and indignation: "You actually said that a young girl is old!"
Lu Tingsong remained silent: "That's not what I meant... I noticed that your focus is easily lost."
Jiang Shi pursed his lips: "Life!"
Lu Tingsong quietly watched his apprentice, a talented actor, show off his acting skills. He picked up the foam roller used to reduce muscle density and handed it to the female coach next to him.
Because of his gender, Lu Tingsong has always asked other female coaches to do things like foam rolling that involve frequent skin contact.
As Lu You grew older, Lu Tingsong rarely helped her massage her muscles to relax them.
Jiang Shi lay down on the yoga mat. After being comforted by Lu Tingsong, she was not so nervous anymore.
She is currently studying at a top university in China, and figure skating is not the only path she can take in the future. Moreover, as a returning athlete, her superiors have not set a requirement for her to get into the top few places like they did for pair skating.
She just needs to purely enjoy the game.
Two and a half hours later, Jiang Shi stepped onto the ice rink with this belief.
A soft female voice repeated in both languages: "On the ice, from China, Shi Jiang."
"Go ahead." Lu Tingsong took Jiang Shi's coat and said only these two words.
The long-lost announcement sounded in his ears. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Jiang Shi placed his right hand on his chest, took a deep breath, and nodded to Lu Tingsong.
The commentator's voice sounded: "Now the skater from our country, Jiang Shi, is on the stage. This is the second time she has stepped onto the Four Continents competition in her career. As a comeback skater, Jiang Shi won fifth place in yesterday's short program. Her free skating piece this time is Rubia."
When Jiang Shicheng stood in a T-shaped stance with her eyes lowered in a ready posture, she saw Lu Tingsong outside the venue carefully placing her water cup and tissue box in his arms to prevent any possibility of them being touched by strangers.
Jiang Shi wondered why she was so determined to become Lu Tingsong's disciple?
Perhaps it is because of this gentleness and responsibility that treats everyone equally.
For a long time, people believed that as a singles coach, Lu Tingsong's only outstanding students were pair skaters, which was a sign of his unqualified status as a coach.
But as bystanders, they didn't know that just like when he was with Lu You and Xie Yunjun, Lu Tingsong would also stay up late to revise the plan for her and Chi Hui, and even make a precise diet plan for each day.
Chi Hui's family was not well off, and Lu Tingsong even clumsily learned needlework, altering the Costumes she had worn before into the size of a little boy stitch by stitch.
Lu Tingsong never showed bias towards Lu You and Xie Yunjun just because they were related to him.
He will not neglect any of his students.
Jiang Shi slowly withdrew his gaze and stared at the ice skates on his feet.
She thought, she found the meaning of this free skate! She wanted to use this song "Rubia" to justify herself and her coach!
Jiang Shi on the ice rink suddenly had a burning fighting spirit in his eyes.
Off the field, Lu You took the time to relax his arms and poked his head out from behind his male companion: "What happened to Sister Jiang Shi? Why do you seem to be full of energy all of a sudden?"
Xie Yunjun gently pinched her arm and gazed at the girl's profile tenderly: "Maybe you have found the meaning of standing on the ice."
When a person knows why he is standing on the ice rink, he will have the courage to move forward.
Lu You turned his head and said, "How do you know so much?
Xie Yunjun helped her tuck the loose hair behind her ears and calmly changed the subject: "Your hair is messy, do you want to comb it again?"
Lu You said "hmm", stopped asking questions, and turned his attention back to the competition scene.
On the white ice surface, an ethereal human voice was sung. Jiang Shi, wearing a light green Costume, turned lightly and opened with a beautiful 2A+3T.
Jiang Shi, who has already passed the development stage, is different from Lu You. She is a pure power-type female singles player. Her action of jumping off the ice is very neat. When she exerts force, her leg muscles instantly explode like a small cannon. Although the rotation speed is not fast, the height is enough.
Jiang Shi is better at point ice jumping than edge jumping. Although she fell during the second 3Lo, she got up as soon as she turned over, and calmly changed the jump in the middle of the program to a higher-scoring 3F, trying her best to make up for the points deducted from the fall.
"Rubia" is a song with very complex emotions. People who hear this song for the first time often feel it is gentle and healing, and that their souls are instantly cleansed by the sacred singing. However, if they listen to it carefully, they can feel the sadness and sigh hidden in it.
The same is true of Jiang Shi’s performance. Having experienced peaks and troughs, and then climbing up again from the foot of the mountain, her emotional tension has already reached another level.
The light green figure was flying on the ice rink like a spring elf. When Jiang Shi temporarily changed the original 3A plan in the fourth-to-last jump and completed a Salchow triple jump, Lu Tingsong frowned.
In single skating, the last three jumps in the free skating have a 1.1 times bonus point coefficient. Jiang Shi's 3A was most likely either in vain or he fell, and the foot loop fall was just luck, so when choreographing, they gave the bonus points to the more stable 3S.
But Jiang Shi obviously wanted to change the difficulty temporarily during the competition.
"Everyone has their own ideas," Uncle Lu leaned back, holding his chest, "I will have heart problems sooner or later because of you. I will train you all when you go back!"
Lu You who was indiscriminately shot: You You was furious! I am innocent, okay!
At this time, Xue Chengze, who was used to strong winds and heavy rains, had skillfully taken out a bottle of VC tablets and held them in his mouth as if they were quick-acting heart-saving pills.
Lu Tingsong finally understood how his coaches felt when they coached him. He stretched out his hand and said, "Coach Xue, give me one too."
Xue Chengze showed an expression that said "so you deserve this day, kid".
Sure enough, just as Lu Tingsong finished taking VC and entered the next jump, Jiang Shi began a sliding buffer that stretched across half the ice rink.
"ah!"
Lu You covered his mouth and exclaimed in a low voice.
Jiang Shi on the competition field jumped forward with all his might, crossed his hands tightly in front of his chest, and after spinning desperately, he still fell heavily to the ground when he landed on the ice. Because he had no way out for himself, Jiang Ran fell down almost without any preparation, and there was a "bang" sound.
She supported herself on the ice with her arms before climbing up and continuing with the next action.
Normally, figure skaters use their heads to feel whether they have completed the number of foot turns, but the judges' judgment of foot turns is based on the legs. Therefore, Jiang Shi was not sure whether his 3A would be marked as "<" (insufficient turns).
"Jiang Shi fell down... The real-time technical score has been updated. It's a full-loop triple Axel!" The commentator's excited voice came, "Our country's female singles player jumped a full-loop triple Axel in the Four Continents!"
"Time flows through the world, and my journey will never end."
"Until I can hug you and give you a madder"
Accompanied by the ethereal chanting of human voices, Jiang Shi completed the joint rotation and raised his hands towards the sky.
She only maintained the Ending Pose for a few seconds before she knelt on the ice in exhaustion. She took a long time to recover before sliding off the ice, panting.
Those who could understand Chinese at the scene heard Jiang Shizhong's full-throated voice coming from the exit: "Is it done? Is it done?!"
Lu Tingsong: "It worked! It worked! Although I fell, it was a healthy A jump, not marked <, a full 3 and a half laps!"
Jiang Shi immediately came up with a beautiful Chinese quintessence, and then said: "I am so awesome!"
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