In the end, Jiang Shi won the bronze medal in the women's singles skating at the Four Continents Championships, creating the best result for women's singles in recent years.
For a returning female singles athlete, this is simply a miracle. I wonder how many retired players it has inspired.
When the final results came out, Jiang Shi jumped up and down clutching his score sheet, screaming excitedly, "Coach! It's a bronze medal! What a big bronze medal! I got the Four Continents medal!"
Lu Tingsong smiled and said, "Well, well done. The coach saw it."
Jiang Shi smiled and hung the bronze medal around Lu Tingsong's neck.
This medal also belongs to the coach who has always stood behind her.
It’s a long journey, but we will eventually see the light of day as we walk forward with a lantern.
At this point, the 4CC men's singles, ice dance, and women's singles competitions have come to an end, and the results have come out one after another, and naturally some are happy while others are sad.
Interestingly, at the award ceremony, those who won bronze medals were often happier than those who won gold medals, while many silver medal winners had depressed expressions on their faces.
After all, the silver medal is only one step away from the gold medal, and the third place winners are more grateful for not falling off the podium.
When Lu You came out of the warm-up room to get some fresh air, he happened to run into Xiao Jiang Yumi who was using her hands and feet in the contestant channel.
Yumi Koe is the silver medalist in the women's singles event. The Japanese girl had a small camera hanging around her neck and a bunch of dolls in her hands. She gestured to the staff with great effort: "Handbag, you know?"
After saying that, she made a gesture of putting things into a bag and looked at the volunteer with anticipation.
Japanese English was so confusing that the volunteers couldn’t understand it. They could only scratch their heads awkwardly: “Is this English or Japanese?”
Lu You walked over and rescued the volunteer from the dire situation. She helped Xiao Jiang Yumei pick up the doll that had fallen on the ground and patted her on the shoulder.
"Arigato," Xiaojiang Yumi turned her head and opened her eyes wide, "Ah, you are one of the twin stars of the empire!"
Lu You choked for a moment, then comforted himself that this nickname was at least much more normal than the "Deep Sea Devil" and "East Sea Dragon Prince" on the swimming team.
Lu You asked in English: "Do you need a handbag?"
Xiao Jiang Yumei nodded and looked at the doll in her hand in distress: "This is the first time I have received so many gifts. I want something to pack them up and take them home."
——Yumi Koe is 15 years old this year and has just been promoted to the adult group. She was so lucky to win the silver medal in the Four Continents competition where there were no top-tier competitors.
"I don't think the volunteers have such a big pocket. Let me find one for you," Lu You waved at her, "Follow me."
Xiao Jiang Yumi said "nei" and followed Lu You, calling out softly "tori Anaisan", which means Youyou sister in Chinese.
Lu You turned and looked at her: "What's the matter?"
The little girl said happily: "You can understand my English, but they can't."
Lu You: Thanks to her friends, she can now not only understand Japanese-style English easily, but has also made great progress in Mao-style English.
Because of this, her accent was almost distorted, and when she unconsciously started to click her tongue during the oral English class, she earned a questioning look from her English teacher.
Lu You touched Xiao Jiang Yumei's head and pushed open the door of the warm-up room.
Xie Yunjun was practicing land jumping. The boy's black hair was soaked with sweat. He stepped on the jumping box, took a step forward with his long legs, rotated 900 degrees in the air, and made a "bang" sound when he landed on the ground.
A 2A with a strong sense of air retention.
Xie Yunjun bounced a few times on the ground to steady his center of gravity. A few beads of sweat hit the ground with his movements, while more of them followed his graceful neck line, rolled into his lapels and disappeared.
Hearing the door open, the boy turned around.
Yumi Koe opened her mouth and the doll in her hand fell to the ground.
"Kou, kounijiwa." The Japanese girl greeted Xie Yunjun shyly.
Lu You walked over and picked up a towel, then stood on tiptoe and put it on the man's head, ruffling his hair capriciously: "I just put on your makeup, but if you sweat, all my efforts would be in vain!"
Xie Yunjun bent down following the girl's strength, lifted up a corner of the towel, raised the corners of his lips, and said lazily: "I'll pay attention next time."
Lu You hummed softly.
The sunlight poured in through the window, casting a soft golden hue on the overlapping outlines of the two people, and the boy's beautiful eyes sparkled with soft light.
The 15-year-old Yumi Oe simply thought the scene was as beautiful as an oil painting.
The way Kimi Nissan looks at Tori Anaissan is like a knight in a fairy tale who loves a princess.
Yumi Koe subconsciously raised the camera in front of her chest and pressed the shutter.
Finally, Lu You dug out an oversized paper bag from somewhere and gave it to Xiao Jiang Youmei to put the doll in.
Before leaving, Yumi Koe pulled two bananas out of her pocket and handed them to her brother and sister: "I'll come to cheer you on in the afternoon's game!"
Yes, the only event that is still uncertain is pairs skating.
At the competition site, the ice-preparing vehicle slowly drove onto the ice surface to carry out pre-match preparations for the afternoon's pairs free skating.
Two groups of athletes from the Flower Planting Team entered today's free skating. In addition to Lu You and Xie Yunjun, Si Nan and Xu Zhen also advanced with seventh place in the short program.
At 1:30 p.m., the 4CC pairs free skating kicked off on time.
Si Nan and Xu Zhen were the fourth group to perform. They scored 111.65 points in their free skating to "La La Land". Before the last group of players came on stage, they were the only pair whose free skating score exceeded 110 points.
"It would be great if they could be in this state in the qualifying tournament," Jiang Yang looked at the large screen on the ceiling of the ice rink, "This way they can earn themselves an Olympic spot and don't have to wait another four years.
Xue Chengze said: "There is no other way. The qualifying tournament is related to the country's Olympic quota. The pressure is huge."
"Sinan and Xu Zhen had few opportunities to participate in international competitions this year. Once their mentality collapsed, they were prone to failure. They couldn't even stand still after a jump in the Wudi Cup."
Xue Chengze finished speaking and glanced to the side.
At this time, two representative figures of the flower-growing team with big hearts were sharing the same pair of headphones, and they both chewed bananas that they came from nowhere.
Lu You was still humming the song of the free skating that would be performed soon.
If Sinan and Xu Zhen could have their steady mindset, Xue Chengze wouldn't be so worried that his hair almost fell out.
When the music of "How to Train Your Dragon" sounded on the stage and the American band began their performance, the coaches all showed an expression of "What kind of weird song selection is this?"
"Why do they have to play such exciting music when their skating speed is not good? It makes me want to go up and give them a push," Xue Chengze couldn't help but say, "And does this choreographer have a grudge against them? Why didn't they choreograph the steps in the section with the most distinct rhythm and instead made a spiral line?"
Jiang Yang shrugged, saying that he really couldn't understand the aesthetic taste of Americans.
The referee sitting in the referee's seat also shook his head.
The athletes really need to practice their skating well. They spend most of the time in a program on pressing steps, which makes the program look incoherent.
They thought to themselves that it might be because there were no top players from the four continents this year and the overall quality was too low.
At this time, the competition had entered the last group, and there was not even a pair that scored over 130 points. Even the Korean pair Nam Ya-joo & Jerry, who were temporarily ranked first, only scored 125.34 points in the free skating.
Now there is only one pair left to play.
Xue Chengze looked behind him: "Lu You, Xie Yunjun."
"have!"
After Lu You took off his headphones and coat, a strong smell of medicine filled the air.
If you look carefully, you can see that under her flesh-colored elastic mesh, sports tape is applied from her shoulder joints to her hands.
"call--"
The girl twisted her shoulders and adjusted her state by taking deep breaths.
Although the coaching team always says that she has a big heart, as an athlete, she will feel more or less nervous the moment she steps onto the field. If she doesn't secrete any adrenaline, how can she skate a touching program?
Xie Yunjun took her hand, and they both took off their knife sheaths and stepped onto the ice.
"Go," Xue Chengze pressed their shoulders with both hands and pushed them forward, "Go and bring back the gold medals from the four continents."
Not far away, Lu Tingsong, who had just finished a post-match interview with Jiang Shi, hurried over here.
Lu You curled up the corners of his mouth and waved to his uncle from a distance. The two of them slid to the center of the ice rink with the help of Xue Chengze, and saluted gracefully as the announcement was made.
When he stretched his arms, Lu You felt a sense of soreness in his arm muscles, but now with the sports tape applied, the discomfort was much better than on the nights when he had frequent growing pains.
At least within the tolerable range.
She shook her hands calmly. When she met Xie Yunjun's worried gaze, Lu You suddenly winked at him and said in a relaxed tone: "As long as you hold me firmly, I will definitely be able to complete the four-turn."
After Lu You finished speaking, her soft little hand slipped into her male companion's broad, dry palm, and Xie Yunjun also tightened her fingers, using action instead of answering.
The two people on the ice rink have their pulses connected, feeling the resonance of each other's hearts.
The prelude to "Confrontation" sounded.
Dr. Jekyll and the devil Hyde appear again.
The first move of Lu You and Xie Yunjun was 3S+2T+2T. They slid backwards and twisted their bodies in unison, then used their waists to exert force and jumped from the left rear inside edge.
A combined jump led by a triple Salchow jump!
The falling ice at 3S brought up a bunch of ice flowers, followed by the "crackling" and "crackling" sounds produced by the falling ice.
Full Rippon stance triple jump!
Jerry, a naturalized Korean athlete, couldn't help but sigh: "The LX combination's jumps are still so strong. They have practiced this jump combo to perfection."
"But Lu has so many sports bandages on her hands. Is she injured? Why didn't I hear about it during the short program the day before yesterday?"
Nan Yazhu carefully observed the figure on the ice rink, was silent for a while, and then said firmly: "She has begun to grow."
Although Lu You's axis deviation is not obvious yet and is not enough to affect the overall integrity of the jump, Nan Yazhu, who is also a female athlete, knows very well what it means when a athlete suddenly has an axis deviation.
If male athletes develop by growing muscles, then female athletes develop more by growing fat. The increase in chest and hip circumference both rely on the accumulation of fat, and the changes in these data will subtly erode the difficulty reserves of female athletes.
——First the axis shifted, then it developed into a crooked axis, and finally the techniques were lost one after another.
No matter how talented a player is, he or she will face the challenge of development.
Nan Yazhu herself grew almost 20 centimeters during her growth spurt, directly from 1.5 meters to 1.7 meters. All her skills were ruined. After she stabilized completely, she even had difficulty completing a double jump and had to start from scratch.
Nan Yazhu looked at the figure speeding on the ice rink and whispered, "I hope you can get through the development stage safely."
However, even though the axis is biased, Lu You can still force his ice landing posture back, so their GOE is not low.
Their second move is 3ATh.
Lu You has always relied on the deep squat landing method to complete the Axel throw jump, and this time was no exception. However, his golden knees don’t work every time. When you are in the world, there will always be times when you fail.
She was almost able to stand up, but the ice blade under her feet suddenly tilted as if she had drunk fake alcohol!
However, Lu You always has a hundred magical ways to remedy mistakes.
When everyone thought her butt was about to kiss the ice, the girl quickly pushed on the ice with her right arm, pulled her floating leg inward, pressed down the deep blade, and performed a Hydroblading on the spot.
Other people’s Hydroblading: elegant, agile and flowing.
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The referee paused when he was about to deduct points, and a big question mark appeared on his head.
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