This is the final version of "The Rocky Mountain" that has gone through countless competitions and is heading to the Olympics.
The entire piece of music is a mix of two songs, with "This is The Moment" used in the first half of the show and "Confrontation" in the second half.
The violin sound that connects the transition parts was recorded by Lu You and Xie Yunjun themselves.
Although "Right Now" and "Confrontation" are from the same musical, they have very different styles. The former is a song of hope full of expectations, while the latter is a crazy swan song of personality struggle.
At this time, Olivia Lee, who completed the choreography of this program herself, was sitting in the audience holding her young son.
Micha, a boy with black curly hair and a pair of grey eyes, slapped his face angrily. His left cheek was stamped with the Chinese five-star red flag by his mother, and his right cheek was stamped with the Russian tricolor flag by his father. He looked like a little tool.
When he saw an Asian player with black hair like himself on the field, Micha replaced the tricolor flag in his hand with a red flag and whispered "Come on" in standard Chinese.
come on.
Thousands of words can ultimately be summed up in these two words.
Lu You knelt on the ice. The temperature of the ice climbed up along her skin, absorbing her body temperature, while the hands on her waist were still warm. She half-knelt, raised her head, raised her arms, and gently placed them on Xie Yunjun's face.
Countless eyes, either expectant or worried, fell on them.
One of them is half-kneeling, while the other is leaning over. Sharp-eyed people will notice that their changed opening action has become more intimate and lingering. The boy and girl look at each other in dark eyes, with the darkness hidden in their eyes. They calmly and silently gather strength, quietly waiting for the arrival of dawn.
Costen shines dazzlingly under the light.
Long ago, these two performance costumes accompanied their two former owners to various ice rinks around the world, shining as witnesses of their sorrow and joy, honor and regret.
“Inheritance.”
Guan Lin's voice sounded steadily: "This is the youngest pair skating team in my country's Olympic history. They have overcome all difficulties and finally reached the highest arena, taking over the responsibility of fighting for the country from their predecessors."
The first key is pressed.
Lu You was picked up by Xie Yunjun, and the dancing posture he made when he was lifted into the air seemed as if he was stepping lightly on the clouds, light and agile.
The deep and magnetic English voice of the opera singer floated in every corner of the venue.
"Right now, today"
"I put all my doubts and fears into my heart"
"Throw it all away"
If Lu You and Xie Yunjun's previous performances were a re-creation of Jekyll and Hyde, then in today's free skating, in the first half they were more like completely displaying their mental journey of the past year on the ice rink.
In the beginning, fear and confusion surrounded them as they had just been promoted to the next group. The anxiety about their performance and the pressure from the referees made it difficult for them to see the path ahead. They could only move forward cautiously, clumsily accumulating experience from the adult group.
Lu You felt that she had entered a wonderful state. She no longer needed to imitate any role. At this moment, she only had to follow the most original emotions in her heart and show them to the judges and the audience.
This is a song that suits us perfectly. We won't make mistakes even when doing the twist of four or the difficult heartbeat.
A voice in her heart told her.
"Every time I've tried
"Today, at this moment, it will become a reality"
The blade made contact with the ice, producing a pleasant friction sound.
When the male voice was about to sing the lyrics of "This is the moment", Lu You closed her right foot and made preparations before touching the ice. At the same time, Xie Yunjun's hands had already covered her waist.
Their twirling movements perfectly coincide with the lyrics "right now".
Add ice! Toss!
The heavy sound of Lu You tapping the ice was drowned out by the heavy sound of the music. She felt that she had risen to an unprecedented height. When she raised her arms and began to roll in the air, Xie Yunjun also spread out her arms, level with her shoulders.
The twisting around was completed in an instant.
Even someone as calm as Xue Chengze couldn't help but slam the baffle hard.
When he was caught, Lu You heard suppressed cheers and applause coming from the audience.
This is the second quad twist that appeared in the free skating today!
Jiang Ran and Yu Botao, who performed in the last group, had mature four-twist techniques and they brought the twisting skills to the extreme, while Lu You and Xie Yunjun's four-twist was a pure visual enjoyment!
They didn't have much experience, but both the height the man threw and the speed of the woman's throw were amazing.
For a moment, Olivia thought she saw a light bird.
Four-turn twist (4Tw)
Level: 3
Base Value: 7.6
Grade of Execution: 1.97
In order to win the bronze medal, the free skating of "Jackson Holmes" is very difficult. In order to ensure that there are no mistakes in the difficult moves, Lu You and Xie Yunjun must complete all the moves with low success rates at the beginning of the program when they have plenty of energy.
For example, this 4Tw, and the next 3ATh.
Before the ISU changed the bonus rules, many female singles athletes with incredible physical strength and jumping abilities would frantically put all seven jumps in the second half of the program in order to get extra points, which is commonly known as the 0-7 program.
In pair skating, there are a total of five jumping-related movements, and Lu You and Xie Yunjun will present a completely opposite 4-0 program today.
They packed all the throws, twists and single jumps into the first half of the program and performed them perfectly in sync.
In just two minutes, the crisp sounds of ice tapping and falling were heard continuously. The movements were so densely choreographed that it could be called an extremely difficult ice acrobatics show, which made the audience in the audience sweat.
It wasn't until the two of them entered the spiral that everyone felt relieved.
[Damn it, they tricked me. ]
[My childhood sweetheart and childhood friend’s physical strength was so abnormal that I didn’t even dare to drink a sip of water, for fear that I would miss a jump in the blink of an eye.]
[That's not right, folks! Why did Lulu do a 3Lo jump for "Thank You"? I remember their original arrangement was 3F! ]
[Yeah, I was just thinking about this, but I heard that Lulu hurt her foot, so she probably doesn't dare to do some ice jumping.]
[But when he was twisting the ice just now, Lu Lu looked like he wanted to smash a big hole in the ice.]
Regarding the question of why the difficulty of single jump was reduced, Lu You and Xie Yunjun quickly gave an answer.
The singing became louder and louder. Xie Yunjun skated in the arabesque posture, while Lu You, who was being led by him, performed a leg-bending movement with an angle of nearly 150 degrees. After the two completed the difficult entry, Lu You jumped lightly and was lifted into the air by Xie Yunjun.
Arabesque + front leg pull, a very classic lifting and entry posture.
When doing the pull rope lift, Lu You did not forget to show off his incredible flexibility. The hand that served as a fulcrum was immediately retracted after rising to the top. Xie Yunjun placed one hand on the girl's waist, lifted her up and turned her around a few times.
Lu You held onto Xie Yunjun's supporting arms with both hands, bent down in mid-air, and made a reverse C-bend. With the support of Xie Yunjun's arms, he looked like a small mushroom breaking out of the ground with a "pop".
This lifting posture, which appeared on the field for the first time, was affectionately called "Mushroom Lifts" after the game, which means mushroom lift. It has been imitated and never surpassed in the following years.
The "Mushroom Lifts" has also become one of Lu You and Xie Yunjun's classic moves. Of course, this is all a story for later.
5 sets of reverse cable lifts (5RLi)
Level: 4
Base Value: 7.0
Grade of Execution: 1.54
"This is the moment, success or failure depends on it"
"I will always remember this glorious moment, this great moment"
When the climax of "Right Now" passed, the violin duet sounded, and as the transition came, a lonely and desperate male voice whispered softly in song -
Am I a good man?
Am I a mad man?
Am I a good person? Or am I a lunatic?
The low self-questioning seemed to come from the bottom of their hearts. At the same time, Lu You and Xie Yunjun spread their arms out and began to buffer before jumping.
Apolova, who was preparing on the sidelines, suddenly frowned.
In her memory, with the jumping ability of this pair of young Chinese players, the 3S+2T+2T jump combo does not seem to require such a long preparation time.
——Lu You and Xie Yunjun really don’t need it.
But they weren't going to do a triple jump.
"It's coming." Lu Tingsong stared at the field, wishing he could stare through the ice.
After a few breaths.
The two blades completed the three turns in unison, and then - take off! Triple Salchow (3S)!
Just when everyone habitually thought that they would follow up with two 2Ts and were still wondering why the two did not raise their hands this time, Lu You and Xie Yunjun rolled over, exerted force on their waists, and did another edge jump!
Lu Tingsong half-closed his eyes, wanting to look but not daring to: "Hold on, hold on, hold on—"
When Lu You landed on the ice, his body was clearly shaking, but his feet seemed to be stuck to the ice. The muscles in his hips and legs suddenly burst out with amazing strength, and he managed to hold the second 3S.
3S+1Eu+3S!
Their new killer feature – double 3S sandwich heartbeat!
No matter what kind of pressure they face, even if the goal seems out of reach, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Lu You and Xie Yunjun will reach out and grab it, and keep moving forward.
Justice and evil, kindness and ugliness always coexist, just like the competitive sport of figure skating, where there are gray areas hidden beneath the glamour, but the storm will always stop, the night will always turn to dawn, and absolute strength can wipe out all prejudices.
This is what the two wanted to convey after performing "Jackson Holmes" countless times.
They are used to defeating the impossible with the incredible.
Incredible 3ATh, incredible 4Tw3, impossible double 3S sandwich.
The final combined rotation ends with a half-kneeling lift.
Through the high-definition camera, we can see that during the Ending Pose, Xie Yunjun's hands began to tremble due to the heavy load. Lu You, who was put down, leaned back and lay on her side on the ice, gasping for breath. When her head touched the ice, Xie Yunjun, who was kneeling beside her exhausted, used his palm to cushion her.
The overwhelming screams and cheers reached their ears, like the clarion call of victory.
Xie Yunjun leaned over and put his arm beside Lu You's ear. The two looked at each other and then hugged each other tightly.
I don’t know how long this shot took.
The red ocean in the audience seats was boiling, dolls and flowers were constantly thrown into the ice rink, and led by a voice, all the Chinese audiences who came to the scene began to shout their names in Chinese in unison.
Shout after shout, everyone was paying tribute to their little hero.
Lu You and Xie Yunjun knelt down and solemnly thanked the audience in all directions before hugging their coach and being escorted to the Kiss & Cry.
“Representative of China.”
“Lu You&Xie Yunjun.”
When the score was announced, several people looked up together.
Free Skate Score: 154.78
Final total score of the two events: 240.64
The overall ranking will be updated soon afterwards.
First place: Jiang Ran & Yu Botao [Medium]
Second place: Lu You & Xie YunJun [Medium]
Two five-star red flags were lined up side by side in the first and second positions, and at this moment, only the last group of Russian athletes had not yet entered the stage.
This also means that no matter how Apolova and Biman perform, there will be two bright red national flags rising on the podium.
They really did it!!
The Chinese ice hockey fans in the audience were screaming and cheering, and everyone raised the national flag at the same time. Wherever the camera passed, the red flames were dancing brightly and passionately.
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