Suddenly, someone pressed his lumbar vertebrae lightly, and then his skin was gently touched by warm fingertips. A wonderful tingling and comfortable feeling rushed to his head, causing Lu You, who had just finished intense exercise, to feel weak in the legs and almost fall onto the ice.
Fortunately, Xie Yunjun was quick to hug them, and the seductive charm they exuded during the show ended with the music. They gracefully saluted and expressed their gratitude to the judges and the audience.
The European Sports commentator's excited voice came: "It's incredible that Lu and Xie's styles can change so thoroughly! How much does Hermes, the God of Sports, favor these two children to allow them to have superb skills and abundant appeal at the same time!"
“Stray Cat Strut will definitely be the best short program for pairs in the 2022-2023 season! There is no doubt about that!”
At this time, the whole place was covered with rain of flowers and dolls.
The little ice kids stared blankly at the densely packed cheering items on the ice. They felt that the more they picked up, the more they saw. In order to clear the ice as quickly as possible, the organizer had to send another team of ice kids to help.
Xie Yunjun quickly grabbed a bunny doll that was flying towards Lu You's forehead. Turning around, he saw a girl in the first row of the audience clasping her hands together because she almost hit Lu You. From her mouth shape, it seemed like she was apologizing continuously, saying "Smith Masai" in Japanese.
"Is there anything else you want? I'll go pick it up for you." Xie Yunjun stuffed the Owl into Lu You's arms and leaned over to ask her.
Lu You raised the doll and waved it towards the audience, shaking his head.
The purple StellaLou is wearing an orange and yellow Tang-style dress, which is Disney's authentic Mid-Autumn Festival limited edition. The original price was 359 yuan, but now the price has probably been driven up to more than 1,000 yuan by scalpers.
Thanks to ice fans all over the world, she has now realized her life dream of collecting various styles of StellaLou while lying down. Half a month ago, Tokyo Disneyland released a new autumn limited edition product. Before Lu You had time to ask Lin Yinian's sister to buy it for her, more than a dozen autumn limited edition shoes flew out from the audience seats at the Dennis Tan Memorial Tournament.
As more and more dolls are thrown in by the audience, Lu You and Xie Yunjun have changed from packing up all of them to taking them away to now only selecting a few at a time, and then picking out the letters given by the fans to take home.
After the little ice kids have selected the dolls thrown down by everyone, they will be handed over to the organizers to be donated to the local welfare home.
After the performance, Lu You hugged the coach and choreographer who were waiting outside, and finally hugged Xie Yunjun's waist and let out a long sigh.
"Luckily, nothing went wrong. This is the first time my heart beat so fast after participating in so many competitions."
Olivia and Xue Chengze handed over two towels. The head coach looked at Lu You and said with a smile, "So you get nervous too? I remember someone once said that even if the sky falls, we can still skate the way we want to skate in the competition."
Lu You took the towel, rubbed it on his head twice, and muttered, "It's different now, isn't it?"
In the past, not many people paid attention to them, and no matter how they skated, it was all their own team's business. But as more and more people supported them, when he learned that there were many people in the audience who came from all over the world just to buy tickets to support their competition, Lu You wanted to do his best to give back to them.
For athletes, presenting a wonderful show is the best gift to ice fans.
Several people were sitting in the Kiss & Cry area. When Lu You used the towel he used to wipe his face to wipe his skates, Olivia gently pulled her ear and said, "Lu Xiaoyou, how many times have I told you not to use the towel you use to wipe your face to wipe your shoes!"
Lu You said confidently: "Ice skates are like lovers. What's wrong with me using the towel I use to wipe my lover's face?"
Xie Yunjun: “…”
When this scene was broadcasted by the camera, it instantly amused the audience.
At this time, the scores of the short program came out quickly.
The standard Chinese announcement sounded: "The third contestant in the first group, Lu You and Xie Yunjun, scored 78.63 points in the short program, 40.30 points in the technical element, and 38.33 points in the program content."
Nie Hanhan and Han Feiyang in front of the TV also high-fived.
"Bayekov's muscle-building method is very effective. Lu You's triple Salkhov jump already shows the signs of air suspension," said Nie Hanhan. "The jumps made by the power type are indeed more agile."
If the skill flow jump is more of a visual impact with high rotation speed, then the power flow jump is like pressing the 0.5x speed play button during the jump - calm, elegant, and neither fast nor slow.
Japan's phenomenal skater Hinata Yoshimaru is a representative of the power type. His high, floating jumps with delayed turns often make ice fans sigh: Seeing him do it so easily, it gives me the illusion that I can do it too.
However, in order to achieve this, strong core strength is required to support it, which is why Bayekov asked Lu You to gain muscle.
When leaving the KC area, the camera followed the flower planting delegation. Lu You's voice could be clearly heard on the TV: "The score of the short program was quite average. This event is our home event. We must at least win the silver medal to advance to the finals. So should we increase the difficulty of the free skating?"
Xue Chengze nodded: "The score is indeed not very high. The axis of the throw and jump just now was too crooked, otherwise the GOE would definitely be more than this."
Xie Yunjun: "We will pay attention to this in the free skating."
Deng Manyue and Fu Wenxing, who were sitting in front of the TV, looked at each other and fell silent.
Is 78.63 a low score? Obviously, the configurations in the short program are similar, but they have not yet scored more than 73 points in the short program... Looking at the green four-level ratings of the seniors, and recalling the two-level step sequence in the JGP station, Deng Manyue felt that it was too discouraging.
"Your seniors went through the same thing back then," Han Feiyang comforted the pair. "There are clear rules for grading the moves, and even the referee can't influence them too much, so as long as you put in enough effort, you'll definitely see the rewards."
As for what it means to give enough... you can tell by the ice packs tied to the joints of Lu You and Xie Yunjun when they were interviewed. Fortunately, Lu You has a history of Achilles tendonitis and cannot use cupping, otherwise the audience would not be able to see Lu You with his back exposed this time.
On the second day, the China Grand Prix of Figure Skating ended.
At the award ceremony, when three pairs of Asian faces stood together on the podium, it was truly a wonder in the figure skating world. In the pairs skating event, Jiang Ran and Yu Botao stood on the championship podium, with Lu You and Xie Yunjun on their left, who won the silver medals, and Anjo Haruna & Yoshioka Kentaro on their right, who took third place.
"One, two, three, eggplant!"
The three female athletes leaned against each other intimately, raised their medals, and smiled sweetly at the camera.
Several reporters started taking pictures, and soon the award ceremony for the men's singles began. It was once again full of Asian faces - Zhao Zixuan, Lin Yinian and Nakazaki Yuto.
After hanging up the medals, the three of them hugged each other's waists and stood in front of the camera.
Starting from the 2022 season, it is destined to be a year in which Asian athletes will flood into the international arena. The crazy competition in figure skating technology has gradually spread from women's singles to men's singles. As the athletes are getting younger and younger, even the difficulty of pair skating has begun to increase crazily.
You should know that Jiang Ran and Yu Botao have clearly stated that due to age and injuries, they would not consider using the throw-four-twist-four before the World Championships. If Lu You had not encountered a developmental barrier, with the difficulty shown by Lu You and Xie Yunjun in the Olympics, the two of them would have a great chance of winning the gold medal in this CoC.
Youth is their greatest asset.
As the sun rises and the moon sets, and the tides rise and fall, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou cycle has witnessed the glory of the previous generation of veterans, and in the Milan cycle, the figure skating rookies will reach their peak.
However, before reaching the peak, Lu You and Xie Yunjun probably need to find a way to overcome the problem of their female companions' development.
It is not a good thing to go too smoothly in the China Cup, which is known for dehydration. At the French station not long after, Lu You and Xie Yunjun immediately fell on the soft ice in Grenoble.
Because the difficulty decreases after development, coupled with the debuff of the ice surface, the referee's scoring starts to get messy again.
Lu You and Xie Yunjun are probably the few players in China who have good relationships with referees. As long as it does not involve the interests of their own top players, referees from Japan, Mao and even Western European countries are still very friendly to them. The premise is that they can do what they did last season and not make mistakes despite their outstanding skills.
Otherwise, don't blame the referees for being double-standard.
For example, in the free skating competition in France, Lu You and Xie Yunjun were deducted GOE for reaching out to hold the ice during a jump error, while Sally & Jeffrey of the United States actually received a positive execution score.
When technology can no longer compete with unfair treatment, the pressure of nationality bias creeps in again.
As November draws to a close, with the Russian Grand Prix over, the final list for the Grand Prix is announced.
Lu You and Xie Yunjun won a silver and a bronze medal and entered the finals as the fourth place. Before them, the ranking in descending order were: Sally & Jeffrey from the United States, Apolova & Beeman from Big Goose, and Jiang Ran & Yu Botao from Planting Flowers.
Following closely behind are Ivlova & Mosokov, and Japan's Anjo Haruna & Yoshioka Kentaro.
Even if the referee lowers the points, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. As third in the world points list, Lu You and Xie Yunjun will have no problem entering the Grand Prix Finals.
As for the youth group, the list had already been finalized and the competition for the spots was full of drama.
At the last stop of the JGP, the Russian duo, who were originally sure of victory, made mistakes in the short program and free skating like sleepwalkers. The Canadian pair of small doubles won the fourth place in the last stop with their extraordinary performance, directly pushing the Russian pair to the fifth place.
Such a variable invisibly helped the flower-growing team a lot. Deng Manyue and Fu Wenxing, who had basically lost their qualification for the finals at that time, were lucky enough to successfully win the last ticket to the finals with their total points.
Deng Manyue asked Lu Tingsong to buy a scratch ticket at that time. Unexpectedly, he actually won 500 yuan. Lu Tingsong added some money and took Deng Manyue, Fu Wenxing and Chi Hui to the seafood market for a meal.
Because most of his disciples entered JGPF and GPF, Lu Tingsong would also join the team for the finals. As the only person coached by Lu Tingsong who did not enter the Grand Prix Finals, Chi Hui has been in a low mood these days.
Lu Tingsong discovered that recently this kid not only stopped arguing with Mi Qia, but he even kept silent during the most painful crotch-tearing segment.
The provincial team's training ends at 10 o'clock in the evening. Lu Tingsong has discovered several times that Chi Hui would sneak back to practice 3A before the ice is repaired.
A week before the national team was to leave, Lu Tingsong threw a towel that he had personally ironed and sterilized on the child's head and said, "Chi Hui, bring your passport here tomorrow to apply for a visa. Then you can go to Lake Placid with the national team to watch the finals. The team will reimburse you."
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