Chapter 108 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Results
◎Free dance full grade◎
The first arc lift is completed, followed by the second arc lift.
Tang Yi squatted down, with one leg bent in front of him and the other stretched out at his side. Ji Tiantian lay on his side, the two of them facing each other, stretched out one hand in the air at the same time, and held it tightly. Amid applause, the joint lift was completed.
Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi stood up and skated on the ice face to face. Ji Tiantian held Tang Yi's hand with one hand, lifted her floating leg high and skated in a swallow-like manner. Then she quickly twisted twice and entered a joint rotation with Tang Yi.
When the petals leave the flower, the fragrance remains
They followed the music and began to spin together. Ji Tiantian held Tang Yi's hand with one hand, and at the same time raised her floating foot skate with the other hand. Her body bent backwards into a graceful arch, and her floating leg was raised, almost forming a vertical line in the air.
Tang Yi held Ji Tiantian's hand with one hand and supported her sliding leg which was straight on the ice with the other hand. His sliding leg was bent and his floating leg was extended forward parallel to the ice surface. Ji Tiantian maintained the Biellmann posture while Tang Yi maintained the squatting posture and began to do the first part of the joint rotation.
After three turns, Tang Yi stood up and held hands with Ji Tiantian. The two changed their feet and directions and performed the second part of the joint rotation.
Ji Tiantian's face was facing upwards, and she raised her straight floating leg at the side, at a 90° angle to her sliding leg. Tang Yi leaned his back against Ji Tiantian, in the same posture as her, but in the opposite direction. Ji Tiantian held Tang Yi's waist with one hand, and leaned her upper body gently on Tang Yi's raised floating leg, and Tang Yi did the same, leaning his upper body on Ji Tiantian's floating leg. The two of them maintained a swallow-like posture, back to back, leaning against each other, and began to rotate.
Ji Tiantian closed her eyes and couldn't help but smile. In the high-speed rotation, they seemed to be integrated. Perhaps, without realizing it, they had become one.
Three weeks later, the joint rotation ended.
Tang Yi gently picked up Ji Tiantian, and her snow-white skirt fluttered lightly. After a small lift, they began to do the first set of synchronized twists.
Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi simultaneously sucked their floating feet to the side of their sliding legs' knees, and the sliding feet spun forward at high speed. Their hands imitated the posture of blooming flowers, slowly opening from above their heads to the sides.
Someone in the audience gasped. This was a twist with changing hand positions. It was hard for two people to change their hand positions in unison while maintaining the consistency of the rotation.
Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi performed five twists in perfect harmony, just like a well-organized army. After two transition steps, they quickly entered the second set of synchronized twists.
Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi bent one leg and stretched the other leg out at their side, lowering their bodies and doing squat twists. Their hands were spread out at their sides, like plum blossoms blooming in the wind and snow.
After five weeks, they stood up, clasped their hands overhead, and completed their third set of quad twists.
Five weeks, five weeks, four weeks of high-difficulty synchronized twists were successfully completed. Two plum blossoms flew at high speed on the ice against the cold wind.
There was a burst of loud applause in the venue, while Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi's free dance continued.
The fragrance disappears after the wind and rain, no one comes to smell it
After Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi did the face-to-face crab walk, they began their second set of connecting steps.
They slid diagonally backwards, changing their steps quickly, side by side, one arm around the other's waist.
Ji Tiantian looked around at the rapidly speeding scene with a bewildered expression. She stretched out one hand with her five fingers spread out, as if she wanted to grab something in the torrent of time, but she couldn't.
Tang Yi slowly reached out and grasped Ji Tiantian's hand. Ji Tiantian turned around and saw Tang Yi's firm and powerful eyes. Her eyes gradually became clear and a smile bloomed on her face.
No matter how time and space change, or how fate changes, they will always be together, walking side by side.
Tang Yi took Ji Tiantian's hand, quickly changed positions, and skated face to face with her.
Tang Yi moved forward and Ji Tiantian moved backward, they were still moving along a straight diagonal line.
They faced each other, knelt on one knee together, stood up, switched legs, knelt, stood up, switched legs. Their steps showed the hardships they had experienced and their passion for ice dancing. No matter what obstacles they encountered, they would move forward together and never stop.
They performed double twists together, changing their footwork and leaving wide scratches on the ice. Ji Tiantian looked at Tang Yi's face so close, and couldn't help but smile, her eyes gradually moistening.
Time flies, and looking back on this journey, their upward trajectory is fast and crazy. And they are intoxicated by it, painful and happy.
Ji Tiantian gently stroked Tang Yi's face with one hand, and Tang Yi looked at her deeply. Tang Yi lifted his floating leg backwards and slid in a swallow-like manner, while Ji Tiantian put one hand around his waist and lay on her back under him. Her long floating leg was tightly intertwined with his floating leg. They slid out their follow-up steps in a swallow-like manner, entwined with each other.
If the heart dies in splendor
Love will be reborn from the ashes
Following the music, Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi started their third lift, spinning on the spot.
Tang Yi bent his legs backwards, stretched his arms out to the sides of his head, imitated the appearance of a blooming flower, and performed a single-leg spin. Ji Tiantian held Tang Yi's waist with both hands, crossed her legs behind her, and gently swung up, spinning with him.
"How beautiful!" Someone in the audience couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Unforgettable whispers
Use your smile to pay tribute to me
The first choreographed move, the choreographed lift, began. Ji Tiantian put one leg on Tang Yi's skates, while Tang Yi held the other leg. She did a vertical cross in front of him, and then leaned back. She stretched out her arms at her side, and in the wind brought by the skating, she smiled happily with tears in her eyes. Warm applause rang out again.
The fire burned the grass
Look, it's another spring breeze
After the choreographed lifts are completed, the choreographed twists and turns follow.
In the second half of the free dance, Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi performed their technical moves almost one after another, with clean and concise steps without any redundancy. The rapid changes showed their crazy entanglement and crazy love in their two lives.
Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi squatted together and did synchronized squat twists in perfect harmony.
Her light skirt and his flowing sleeves spun at high speed on the ice. In the overhead shot, they looked like two plum blossoms in full bloom.
"Ahhh Tiantang is the best!" There was applause and shouts from the audience.
A set of five synchronized twists is completed, and it is time for the final solo twist part of the choreographed twist.
Tang Yi skated around Ji Tiantian with a wide stride, and in the middle of the ice, facing the referee's seat, Ji Tiantian slowly lowered her eyes.
At this moment, she was standing in the center of the ice, and the eyes of the 12,000 spectators were all focused on her.
She raised her floating leg high at her side, with one hand stretched out at her side and the other hand raised high. She looked up and looked at the lights above the competition venue along the extension line of her fingers. Her straight sliding leg spun rapidly on the blade, rolling up large pieces of ice flowers.
The lights shattered into stars in the rapid rotation, and the past flew before Ji Tiantian's eyes like a scroll.
She saw the birthday present she received when she was young. It was a music box with a little ballet dancer spinning inside. She saw the students practicing diligently in the dance studio. She also saw her teammates spinning and whirling on the ice...
The dancing figures turned into stars, gathered together and formed the starry sky. And she joined in without hesitation.
She couldn't help but smile brightly through her tears.
I am lucky enough to be able to dance to my heart's content under the gaze of tens of thousands of people.
Five weeks of fast and frantic single-turn twists ended.
When the petals leave the flower, the fragrance remains
Ji Tiantian turned and looked at Tang Yi.
She slowly pushed forward on the ice, and at the same time reached out to Tang Yi. At this moment, she needed to show the exhaustion after trying everything to pursue the one she loved, and the real her had indeed exhausted her physical strength.
She reached out her hand to Tang Yi, with a hint of sadness in her expression, as if she was asking for help.
At this time, the audience was silent, and everyone was staring at Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi, waiting for their next move.
Soon, Tang Yi responded to Ji Tiantian's call and slid towards her. He hugged her with his strong arms and made his body her support.
Ji Tiantian reached out and tightly grasped the clothes on Tang Yi's back, and the smile on her lips became brighter.
They are crazy, they are spinning, they are moving forward desperately. But they are always together.
"Ahh..." When they hugged each other, many viewers couldn't help but shed tears and exclaimed in amazement.
As the song ended, Ji Tiantian turned to look at the referee's seat, her eyes and smile firm and fearless.
The free dance "Hidden Fragrance" by Chinese group Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi ended here.
When the music ended, there was warm applause in the audience.
"Ji Tiantian! Tang Yi!"
“Good job!”
“That’s great!”
There were whistles and roars, and dolls like Melody and Sugar Goose kept landing on the ice.
Surrounded by dolls and cheers, Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi hugged each other tightly.
"We know that Wang Anshi, a poet in the Song Dynasty, has a famous poem called "Plum Blossoms". There are several plum branches in the corner of the wall, blooming alone in the cold. I know it is not snow from afar, because of the subtle fragrance." The host's commentary sounded at the right time, "In "Warning to the World", there is also a sentence like this: the sword is sharpened by grinding, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. I think the free dance performed by Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi on the ice today is not only to express their love and dedication to the ice dance career, but also to show the attitude of all our ice and snow athletes. After working hard and practicing day and night, we finally ushered in a Winter Olympics, allowing everyone to witness their blooming and smell the stubborn fragrance in the ice and snow! I believe that people from all walks of life can be moved and inspired by the outstanding performances of Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi! If you keep thinking about it, there will be a response!"
The host stopped. In the live broadcast, Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi hugged each other for a long time. Ji Tiantian's eyes were red, but with Tang Yi's comfort, she finally did not cry, and saluted to the audience together with Tang Yi.
Plush dolls continued to fall onto the ice, and it seemed as if it was raining dolls above the stadium.
"Coach Feng also looks very excited today." The host spoke again after a while.
"Wow..." Coach Feng whispered, his voice choking with obvious sobs, "I just really like their program. They performed very well. It was really...really good."
“So beautiful!”
"Sweetie! You guys are the best!"
The violent shouting at the scene continued.
"Ji Tiantian! Tang Yi! Ji Tiantian! Tang Yi!" Feifei, Chen Yusheng, Qian Xiyue, Ni Chuan and Wang Hao all joined the shouting team.
Zhang Lilian looked at Ji Tiantian who kept saluting in the middle of the ice, with a faint smile on her face from beginning to end.
"You seem very calm today." Ji Ze glanced at Zhang Lilian with a hint of surprise in his voice.
"Yeah, I also thought I wouldn't be able to control myself...but actually it's okay. I've seen scenes like this thousands of times in my dreams." After saying this, Zhang Lilian turned around and looked around the auditorium filled with 12,000 people.
At this time, the audience continued to boil, some people shouted loudly, some cried uncontrollably. The five-star red flag and the banners with Ji Tang's photo were flying non-stop, and this spectacular scene happened because her daughter had just completed an excellent performance.
"My Tiantian, this is how it should be. It should be seen by everyone." Zhang Lilian curled the corners of her mouth and was about to say more, but tears fell without warning.
She couldn't hold back and covered her face, crying loudly. Tears of joy and heartache kept falling.
Liu Hui hugged Zhang Lilian's shoulders and couldn't help crying.
"Sweet sugar! Sweet sugar! My god!"
"It's so beautiful!" The cheers from the audience continued.
"China's JT is really amazing. There are no very intimate actions between the male and female partners, but it looks more shocking than the previous two groups." Some foreign audiences in the audience expressed surprise.
"Yeah. The first two groups performed so enthusiastically, I thought JT's emotions would be outshined. But I didn't expect that not only were they not outshined, but...the first two groups seemed like a foreshadowing." Another foreign audience member nodded in agreement.
“It’s not just superficial enthusiasm, but a longer and deeper impact that is worth savoring over and over again.”
"Yes, Canada One and Goose Two express emotions like surging rivers. And the emotions expressed by China JT are like surging magma under the ice and snow..."
"Ah... I like JT's way of expressing his emotions more and more... Their progress is really terrifying..."
Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi got off the ice and hugged Xu Chi and Jiang Lin tightly. Then the four of them put their arms around each other's shoulders and headed to the waiting area.
"I think Tiantian and Tang Yi were in really good shape today. Their performances were more stunning than in the past tournaments and finals." Coach Feng calmed down and began to explain seriously, "Not to mention the performances, their technical moves were also very well executed. There were no flaws, and there were even many surprising details. The five-week synchronized twist and lift were both perfect. What was rare was the two sets of step sequences, which were not only very difficult, but also full of emotion. Although the scores haven't come out yet, I believe... I have every reason to believe that the score will definitely surprise us!"
"Okay, let's wait together for Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi's scores!" The host's voice was filled with excitement that was hard to conceal.
In the waiting area, Ji Tiantian held Melody and Sweet Goose, smiled at the live camera, and greeted the audience watching the game. She took a deep breath, raised her head, and looked at the score display.
At this moment, her heart was as calm as the sea level after a storm. She did not feel nervous, but rather a little detached.
She had already given her best performance on the ice, and subconsciously, she also felt that the upcoming score would not disappoint her efforts.
Soon, their scores appeared on the score display screen.
The technical score was 63.85, the program content score was 59.33, and the free dance score was 123.18. This was the highest free dance score in the group's career and the highest score of the group this season.
Including the short dance score of 83.48, the total score is 206.66, ranking first in the competition.
“Ahhhh!”
"Sweet sugar! God forever!"
"It's so high! Over 200!" The audience in the auditorium continued to scream.
"This score... is it the full grade?" Ni Chuan looked at Fei Fei and Qian Xiyue, two knowledgeable experts.
"Yes, but this is not the most important thing at the moment." Qian Xiyue stared at the display screen and spoke in a daze.
"Yes, it's not the most important thing." Feifei nodded excitedly, "Before this, including the Sochi Winter Olympics, no combination could score over 200 points! Tiantang... broke the record of 200 points in total for two programs!" After Feifei finished speaking, she couldn't help but cover her face and shed tears of joy.
"Dear audience friends, now the scores of Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi are out. Congratulations to Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi for a total score of 206.66!" The host's high-pitched voice was transmitted to thousands of households through the live broadcast. "This should be the highest score obtained by ice dancers after the 2010 ice dance competition was changed from three events to two events! Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi are the first pair of ice dancers to break 200 points after the rule change! This day is destined to be an unforgettable day!"
"I just saw the score sheet sent from the scene... Tiantian and Tang Yi got full ratings for the free dance. Now both of their programs, the short dance and the free dance, have received the highest rating, full ratings! Judging from the current world situation, apart from Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi, only Russia No. 1 has the strength to get full ratings for two programs!"
Coach Feng tried his best to suppress the trembling in his voice and continued, "Absolutely... the vast majority of judges gave them the highest execution grade. Their program content scores were also very good, and many judges gave them 10 points. In the performance item under the program content, all the judges gave them the highest score of 10 points, and they got full marks. This is very... very... rare. It's not common among Western players either!"
"Yes! Although there is still one pair that has not competed yet! But through the scores we can know that Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi have performed their program brilliantly! Their dance moved everyone present!" The host continued with a joyful voice, "Ji Tiantian once told reporters that dance is a form of expression. She wants to work with Tang Yi to create touching ice dances. This is also her original intention to establish a dance troupe and perform ice dance dramas. No matter what the final score is, the goal they wanted to achieve in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics has been achieved. Let us congratulate Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi again! Thank them for bringing us such an outstanding work!"
"Congratulations!" In the waiting area, Jiang Lin and Xu Chi hugged Ji Tang tightly again.
They went to get the score sheet together. Ji Tiantian quickly looked at the scores and found nothing unsatisfactory.
The step sequence that she had always wanted to improve, she finally got the rating she wanted in the final battle of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
"Finally I got the maximum level! All my efforts paid off!" Xu Chi hugged Ji Tiantian tightly, his voice full of emotion.
"Coach Xu, Coach Jiang, thank you." Ji Tiantian hugged the two coaches and spoke softly.
She looked at the score display screen again, still a little dazed. At this moment, she felt something was unreal, so she wasn't very excited.
After several years, she and Tang Yi not only bridged the gap between themselves and the top players, but also created unprecedented high scores.
"Okay, stop being polite and just go where you should be." Xu Chi said with a smile.
Ji Tiantian nodded, said goodbye to the coach, and entered the next process. Under the guidance of the staff, Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi came to the small house next to the waiting area.
According to the tradition of the Winter Olympics figure skating competition, the top three skaters will sit in this small house. Once the top three rankings change, the people in the small house will also change.
Before Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi competed, the three pairs of players staying in the small house were Katerin Ivanov with a total score of 189.57, Rita Thompson with a total score of 191.20, and Judy Jayne with a total score of 194.35.
At this time, Ji Tang came, and Katerin Ivanov, who had the lowest score in the small house, stood up and prepared to leave.
"The competition is very intense. Are you nervous?" Katerin asked while hugging Ji Tiantian.
"It's okay." Ji Tiantian exhaled, "Actually... just a little."
"You performed very well this time. Katerin was crying when she watched it." Ivanov hugged Tang Yi and said this.
"I really envy your relationship with Tang. The bond that you showed on the show is something that Ivanov and I will probably never have." Katerin blew a kiss to Ji Tiantian, "Come on, porcelain doll." After that, she took Ivanov and strode away.
After Ji Tang briefly greeted the other two groups in the small house, he sat down and waited for the last group of players to start the competition.
The atmosphere became uncontrollably tense. No one spoke in the small house and everyone's expressions were solemn.
Soon, the last pair of free dance contestants, Big Goose No. 1, came on stage to compete.
Darya and Nikolay, wearing red and black costumes respectively, began their free dance. Their background music was "Curse of Love" from the musical "Rock Red and Black".
Soon, the arc lift between the two began. Darya stepped on Nikolai's thigh with one foot, raised the other leg high in the air, and split straight vertically in the air. They looked at each other and smiled faintly.
Also performing a combined lift, Dalia and Nikolay performed an arc lift followed by a turning lift.
Darya turned her back to Nikolai's chest, wrapped her legs around Nikolai's waist, and reached back with one hand to touch Nikolai's face. They pressed against each other and spun at high speed on the ice.
This is all
The trouble caused by the word love
Tell me don't dodge
Romance drama lingering passages
You control my destiny
After finishing the joint lift, the two faced each other, held hands, and raised their floating legs high backwards. They looked at each other with smiles full of helplessness. The long-term companionship was like a curse, but it made people happy.
"Both express the long companionship between two people, but the Russian couple's seems to be more long-lasting," someone in the audience commented.
“Yes, it is very touching.”
Darya and Nikolay put their arms around each other's shoulders and glided across the ice in smooth succession steps.
Ji Tiantian sat in the small room, staring at the ice surface.
Big Goose No. 1 has almost no weaknesses. If you have to find fault with it, it is that compared to Daria, the male companion Nikolai's ability to control the blade is slightly weaker.
Dalia also has very flexible and soft knees, which allows her to walk on ice skates as freely as a fish swimming in water.
Although she was a little nervous before going on the court, Dalia looked confident as she stepped onto the ice and sped away.
Ji Tiantian watched Big Goose No. 1 skating back and forth on the ice.
She is not sure that she can beat such a skilled veteran in this competition. But her mentality is very calm now. She has presented a perfect free dance and she has no regrets in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
On the ice, Daria and Nikolai smiled at each other.
They slid back a few steps and jumped into a synchronized twist. One, two, three... The first set of five twists was completed successfully.
There was a burst of enthusiastic cheers from the audience.
Following the cheers, they entered the second group and completed the five-week twist successfully.
Then the last set of quad twists was successfully completed, and the two of them slid out with crab steps.
There was even more intense applause.
Darya and Nikolai's final move was a choreographed spin.
The two faced each other and held hands. Nikolai held Dalia's waist with one hand, and Dalia spun in the air in his arms. Then she gradually fell down, and continued to spin on the ice with her feet. From beginning to end, the two stared at each other deeply. A warm atmosphere lingered on the ice.
I swear to you for this life
Addicted to this game
how do you say?
With the lingering music, Goose No. 1 ended their game.
"Daria! Nikolai!" Amidst cheers, Daria and Nun La saluted to the audience in all directions.
They hugged each other and then went to the waiting area to wait for their results.
"Dear audience, now is the last free dance group, Russia's No. 1 Dalia and Nikolay have finished their free dance!"
In the TV station, the host's voice sounded again, "The whole program was completed very beautifully, fully showing the sadness and joy that the two encountered along the way. At the same time, they also successfully completed the five twists that our contestants completed!"
"Coach Feng, what do you think about the technical movements?" The host paused and asked Coach Feng beside him.
"The overall performance was very good." Coach Feng's voice sounded very calm. "But I just saw the video. After the three groups of synchronous twists, they used the difficult crab step to slide out. The crab step was not done perfectly. After so many twists, the male partner seemed to be a little exhausted and his center of gravity was unstable. When he slid out, he had a more obvious upper tooth phenomenon."
"What are upper teeth?" asked the host.
"In ice dancing, skating steps, including crab steps, are usually performed with the inner or outer blade of the skates. But if the center of gravity is unstable or the footwork is not particularly clean and neat, it is easy for the front teeth of the skates to scrape the ice surface." Coach Feng explained at the right time, "This situation is called upper teeth. The upper teeth will rub out a lot of ice flowers, which is also a relatively obvious mistake in ice dancing. You can watch the replay later."
"Ice dancing really requires very high footwork." The host's voice was a little emotional. "Will this result in a downgrade?"
"No. The difficulty of entering and exiting the difficult postures, and the difficulty of the twisting postures are not low... Their synchronized twists meet the level 4 grading standards. However, mistakes in the upper teeth will reduce a certain amount of execution points." Coach Feng took a deep breath, "Let's see how their final scores are."
"Okay, let's wait for Dalia and Nikolay's scores!" The host's voice became louder and louder. "Once their scores are out, the winner of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will be determined!"
At this time, in a hot pot restaurant in the capital, the guests all stood up and gathered in front of the TV. They stared at the ice dance live broadcast, not daring to look away.
"From what the commentator said, Goose One's technical score should not be as high as ours, but it's hard to say about the program content score..."
"Yes! And their scores in the short dance are higher than Tiantian and Tang Yi. We still don't know who has the higher overall score!"
"Ahhh, I'm so nervous, I'm so nervous!" The guests' voices rose one after another.
Wei Xiao and Chang Yu both looked at the TV without saying a word, with varying degrees of tension in their eyes.
There was a constant noise in the audience. Chen Yusheng, Feifei, Qian Xiyue and many other Chinese ice hockey fans were all looking at the score display anxiously.
Zhang Lilian and Liu Hui held each other's hands tightly and closed their eyes at the same time, not daring to look at the score.
Ji Tiantian in the small house couldn't help but hold Tang Yi's hand tightly. Xu Chi and Jiang Lin outside the small house stared at the score display with bated breath.
At this moment, in front of the TV, thousands of viewers were sitting next to their families, staring at the TV screen nervously.
At this moment, every second seems particularly long.
I don't know how long it took, but numbers appeared on the score display.
Big Goose No. 1, Dalia, Nikolay scored 62.95 in technical points, 59.12 in program content, and 122.07 in free dance.
Including the short dance score of 83.71, the total score was 205.78, ranking second in the whole competition.
"Ahhhhhh!" After a moment's silence, screams broke out from the audience.
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