◎A terrifying rising star!◎
Ji Tiantian changed into a goose yellow costume this time. The skirt was still short in front and long in the back, and a clearly visible feather pattern was outlined by rhinestones on the dress.
She tied her hair into a ponytail with a matching light yellow headband, and wore shiny eyeshadow on her round eyes and a jelly-like light pink lip gloss on her lips.
If Ji Tiantian was a cute little swan during the free dance, then now she looks like a playful and cute little yellow duck.
Ji Tiantian also likes to dress up in different styles and then act out various stories. She is immersed in it.
The funding Xu Chi applied for before the competition was limited, and the last bit of money was used to make this goose yellow performance costume.
Tang Yi still made do with the old clothes he had gotten from Chang Yu in the adult group. He wore black pants and a white shirt, which was a modified version of the leaky style he had worn in the free dance at the National Championships. The clothes looked decent now, and the loose sleeves were very flowing. It should look good when the wind was blowing them up while skating at high speed.
Although it is an old dress that has been altered many times, Tang Yi has kept it well and it looks new. The styles of the performance clothes for male figure skating athletes are generally relatively monotonous, and ice dancing is no exception.
So far, Tang Yi has not worn the Costumes, a style of autumn clothing that Ji Tiantian dislikes, and Ji Tiantian thinks it is already very good.
"Tiantian, Tang Yi." The voices of the pair skating duo Yu Sha and Gao Zhe came from behind.
The duo, known as the Seafood Team by fans, won the championship this time, so they naturally had to participate in the exhibition skating. They were wearing matching clothes. The male partner's clothes were mainly black with white stripes and rhinestones, and the female partner's clothes were mainly white with black stripes and rhinestones.
I have to admit that sometimes clothes need to be compared. Ji Tiantian originally thought that Tang Yi's clothes were pretty good, but after seeing the duo's Costumes, she immediately fell silent.
Of course, the good-looking clothes of pair skating are closely related to their achievements over the years.
After winning the bronze medal this time, Tang Yi should not have to continue picking up old clothes from his seniors for the next season's Kosten, Ji Tiantian thought silently.
"The piece we're performing is Schubert's Serenade." Yu Sha saw Ji Tiantian looking at her clothes and couldn't help but smile and talk.
"Great." Ji Tiantian couldn't help but exclaimed. Because of the energy of advance preparation, the costumes of the seafood group were particularly well matched with the performance program. The clothes had the feeling of classical music and retro beauty.
I hope that next season, she and Tang Yi can also have such performance costumes.
It should be possible, right? After all, I got a medal.
Ji Tiantian was excited and suddenly looked forward to returning home.
"I heard that you guys improvised your performance this time?" Gao Zhe smiled in surprise, "That's amazing! We've never tried improvisation before. What piece of music did you skate to?"
The preparations for the exhibition skating of the Ji Tang group and the seafood group are very different. The seafood group has had competition experience before, and this time the gold medal is expected for them, so they prepared the exhibition skating and the corresponding costumes early. They will practice before the exhibition skating officially begins, but other than that, they don't spend time practicing on the field.
Ji Tang started preparing quickly after he came down from the podium, with sparks and lightning all the way, like a student before a final exam. The seafood group was not there when Ji Tang was rehearsing, so they only heard about Ji Tang's situation from hearsay.
"You will know our program soon." Ji Tiantian said with a smile while squinting her eyes.
Gao Zhe saw that there was no panic or nervousness in Ji Tiantian's curved eyes, and knew that they must be prepared, and he couldn't help but smile in admiration again.
"Tiantian, are you really only 13 years old this year?" Gao Zhe suddenly asked.
"What's wrong?" Ji Tiantian was surprised.
"We just feel that your mentality is comparable to that of a veteran in the game. It's very stable. Of course, the same goes for Tang Yi." Yu Sha smiled and said, "You will definitely go very far in the future."
"Thank you." Ji Tiantian nodded and smiled.
After all the contestants who are ready to perform have arrived, they will complete the final rehearsal to link all the programs together, and then wait for the exhibition skating to begin.
The spectators came in one by one, and the four seats surrounding the ice surface were filled in a blink of an eye.
Just today, fans of the four figure skating events gathered together in a warm and relaxed atmosphere.
As usual, Ni Chuan sat in the middle seat, and the international student lady who had chatted with him before sat next to him.
The international student rubbed her hands gently and looked a little nervous.
"It's just a skating performance, why are you so nervous?" Ni Chuan was puzzled.
"Did you see those people?" The foreign student pointed to the other side. Ni Chuan looked over there and saw many Asian faces. Some girls were holding shark and jellyfish dolls.
"They are fans of our seafood pair skating team. We usually chat in the forum, and I am very familiar with them." The international student ice fan paused and continued, "Basically, as long as the athletes are from our country, everyone will support them. However, the degree of support is still different. These fans have been with the seafood team all the way, and they tend to support the seafood team. As for me... I prefer sweet. Or rather, I prefer sweeter."
"Oh, then I also support Tiantang more." Ni Chuan echoed.
"In today's exhibition skating, outstanding athletes from the four events of figure skating will appear one by one. I wonder if Tiantian and the others will be overwhelmed by the momentum of other athletes." International student ice fans are genuinely worried about Ji Tang's group.
Different from competing with other athletes in the same event, exhibition skating is a competition where top skaters all show up and show off their unique skills. I wonder if my younger sister, who is showing her talent on the world stage for the first time, will be anxious.
"There's nothing we can do about being suppressed," Ni Chuan paused, "They only got a bronze medal..." He stopped subconsciously.
It's just a bronze medal. He said this subconsciously and easily.
Of course he knew how much effort Ji Tang had put in and how much misunderstanding he had endured to get to where he is today and win the bronze medal.
However, the bronze medal they worked so hard to win was indeed not dazzling enough in this expert area called exhibition skating.
Not everyone has the energy and willingness to pay attention to the efforts of every player.
A lot of spectators sit here just to see the champion at the top.
The world pays comparatively little attention to bronze medalists.
On this stage that needs the most support and audience interaction, Ji Tang may not have anyone to support him, or he may end up being a dull performance.
What's more, Ni Chuan knew very well that Ji and Tang were improvising in this performance. They were so nervous in their spare time before coming to Korea to compete that they had no energy to prepare.
As Ni Chuan thought about it, he gradually understood the concerns of the international student girl.
There is no contestant who doesn't want to be cheered and loved by the audience.
But for those cheers and love, Ji Tang has to compete with the top players in the four events of figure skating.
Exhibition skating is not without its own stress. It seems to be just as brutal as competition.
The lights in the audience seats dimmed, and the only light made the ice surface sparkle.
Different from competitions, exhibition skating will be accompanied by beautiful lighting, making the contestants' performances more beautiful.
The exhibition skating began amid the anxious anticipation of Ni Chuan and the international student ice fans.
The players of each event took to the court one by one in the predetermined order. Compared with the male singles players who were still wearing autumn clothes, the female singles girls had more tricks. Some of them carried fans, some wore ribbons, and fluttered around on the ice in beautiful skirts.
Generally speaking, the champions are the last to appear. The first four competitors to appear are the ones with the lowest rankings. When they appear, the audience's reaction is not too intense, and most of them just applaud symbolically at the end.
The atmosphere was somewhat depressed.
Ji Tiantian was feeling it quietly, and had already predicted the atmosphere when she came on stage. Unlike the competition, Ji Tiantian standing on the edge of the ice could not see the faces of the audience at all, and had no idea what their expressions were at this moment.
How many people would be looking forward to them? She couldn't help but wonder.
We are looking forward to a group of Asian ice dance duo that is still unknown on the international stage.
Ji Tiantian felt her fingers were cold.
Tang Yi seemed to sense something, and in the darkness, he reached out and held her hand. She was startled, and also held his hand tightly.
Fortunately, in this icy and snowy place, she has a steadfast comrade-in-arms.
"Next group, ice dance, bronze medalists, China, Ji Tiantian, Tang Yi." The cold broadcast voice echoed on the ice.
"Come on Tiantang! Come on!" The international student ice fans and Ni Chuan shouted loudly.
"Come on!" Fans of the seafood group also shouted.
But their voices were still a little thin, and were instantly lost in the noisy crowd. Many of the audience waiting to see the champion were already a little impatient and were whispering to each other.
Ji Tiantian came to the ice alone, looked up and waved to the audience.
"What's going on? Isn't this an ice dance group? Why is there only one girl?" A confused voice sounded from the audience.
"Ah... When will it be Katerina's turn? I don't want to watch kids skating and dancing..." Then a complaint sounded.
A yawn sounded from somewhere.
Amid the noise, Ji Tiantian stood quietly in the middle of the ice.
Soon, the music they chose, the cheerful and funny music from the cartoon "Tom and Jerry", started playing.
Ji Tiantian glided and spun lightly on the ice to the beat of the music, while looking around as if she couldn't find her male companion.
It was nowhere to be found. The little girl put her hands on her hips and made an angry expression. A low laugh broke out in the audience.
At this moment, a beam of light looked at the front row of the audience. The audience exclaimed.
Ji Tiantian's dance partner Tang Yi sat in the front row of the audience. He crossed his legs, folded his hands on his knees, and smiled quietly under the surprised gaze of the audience.
Under the light, he looked so handsome, and there seemed to be dazzling sparks hidden in the depths of his dark eyes.
He quickly took off the hard knife sheath on his feet, quickly climbed over the board wall at the edge of the ice, took a step with his long legs, and slid quickly towards his female companion.
The unique opening attracted the attention of all the audience. Those who were dozing off also perked up.
Tang Yi quietly approached Ji Tiantian who had her back to him. Ji Tiantian seemed not to notice anyone behind her and continued to look around.
"Look behind you!" A cooperative audience member shouted to Ji Tiantian.
Tang Yi quickly tapped the ice with his ice teeth, chiseling out a handful of ice flowers. Without waiting for Ji Tiantian to turn around, he grabbed the handful of ice flowers and threw them at Ji Tiantian's head.
Ji Tiantian was startled, and immediately turned around to glare at Tang Yi, with her hands on her hips and her feet stomped, looking extremely angry. Amidst the laughter, the two on the ice started a cat-and-mouse chase.
Tang Yi ran in front, and Ji Tiantian chased behind. During the chase, they changed their steps and performed a series of difficult steps. Three sets of fast twists were completed in one go. The audience burst into warm applause. Their steps were fast, well-performed, and very innovative.
Coming to the board wall, Tang Yi did a crab step and bent backwards, while sliding to the right, holding the ice with his left hand, and turned sideways to look at Ji Tiantian on his left. Ji Tiantian also did the same crab step and bent backwards to chase Tang Yi, but she held the ice with her right hand.
While chasing each other quickly, the two looked at each other, their hair flying as they slid quickly. Ji Tiantian's expression was filled with reluctance and joy.
The applause continued to grow.
"Ahhhhhh!" The international student ice hockey fans in the audience subconsciously covered their faces and screamed.
The most attractive thing about ice dancing, besides the skills of the contestants, is the atmosphere created between the two of them.
At this moment, the atmosphere created by the two overly young players on the ice made it impossible for her to take her eyes off.
It is not just about expressing pursuit, nor is it just about expressing companionship.
This feeling is like, at the end of the world, you and I fight our way out of the siege. I don't submit to you, I'm not willing to give in, but I also enjoy the feeling of being with you.
Very, very tempting.
"This is the inspiration I gave them!" Ye Yidong, a female singles player on the ice, jumped and exclaimed. Not long ago, she and Ji Tiantian had competed in crab steps.
"Very good." Yu Sha beside him gently touched Ye Yidong's head and said with emotion, "Inspiration is a cluster of flames. The moment it ignites, it creates infinite possibilities."
On the ice, Ji Tiantian finally caught Tang Yi, and the chase came to an end. Ji Tiantian curved her eyes and showed a sly smile.
Tang Yi lowered his eyes and looked at her with a faint smile on his face.
As Ji Tiantian slid backwards, she squatted down, lowered her center of gravity, exerted core strength, and then she supported Tang Yi's lower waist.
Amidst the cheers, Ji Tiantian lifted Tang Yi up. To be precise, it was more like Tang Yi was clinging to Ji Tiantian.
Tang Yi put his arms around Ji Tiantian's neck, his legs were on both sides of Ji Tiantian's waist, and he folded them over her legs, his feet off the ice. He looked like a koala hanging on a tree. He struggled to keep his balance on his little partner.
But no matter what, Ji Tang and his partner on the ice did work together to complete the ice dance specialty - the woman lifting the man.
In theory, ice dance competitions do not restrict the gender of the lifter or the lifted partner. However, female partners are generally unable to perform difficult lifting movements of male partners, such as Ji Tiantian. Therefore, the scene of women lifting men in the competition is becoming less and less common.
In addition, ice dance itself is a transplant of social dance onto ice, emphasizing the leading of the male partner and the display of the female partner. In order not to destroy the overall sense of coordination, choreographers will not easily include the woman lifting the man into the program.
With the laughter and applause from the audience, Xu Chi looked at Jiang Lin helplessly. Jiang Lin also smiled helplessly.
This exhibition skating program was thought up by Ji Tang and his partner. It was lighthearted and interesting, and very coherent as a whole, so the coaches did not interfere too much.
Ji Tiantian lifted Tang Yi for less than three seconds before putting him down, and then looked at Tang Yi with a sincere smile. Just now, she heard Tang Yi take a deep breath in her ear, and it was obvious that completing this lift was not easy for him.
The lift in ice dance mainly uses the core strength of the waist and back. After long-term high-intensity training, Ji Tiantian's strength in this area has been excellent, enough to complete a lift with a low difficulty coefficient in a short time. But it is still not easy for Tang Yi. It is not easy for the person being lifted to keep balance in the air, and there is also a psychological factor involved.
Ji Tiantian couldn't help but think of herself when she was practicing lifts. If she wasn't a dancer and had no experience of being lifted up on land and falling to the ground, it wouldn't have been so easy for her to complete so many lifts with Tang Yi on the ice. The person being lifted needs to overcome the fear of falling on the ice during high-speed exercise. Even if the partner is steady, there will still be concerns.
"I'll let you lift it just once this time, and don't think about it again." She still remembered what Tang Yi said to her before practicing the exhibition skating.
Before this, she did say that she wanted to try a woman lifting a man, but she just mentioned it casually. Unexpectedly, Tang Yi always remembered it.
She thought, well, now Tang Yi is 15 years old, still a skinny teenager, and his muscle mass has not yet increased, so it shouldn't be difficult to lift it. It's hard to say what will happen in the future.
Crab walk, women lifting men, all the inspirations made up their performance skate.
But more importantly, they all sincerely want to create a touching memory during their performance skating.
Not long after Ji Tiantian put Tang Yi down, Tang Yi lifted Ji Tiantian up and completed a standard, level 4 difficulty long lift.
Tang Yi walked forward in a straight line, while Ji Tiantian stood on one leg on Tang Yi's leg. She faced Tang Yi, held his hands, and raised one leg backwards, splitting vertically in the air.
Ji Tiantian's split split was like a sharp sword pointing to the sky, straight and slender, and the blade on the skates emitted a sharp cold light under the stage lights.
"Ahhhh!" There were cheers and applause from the audience.
In this cry, there is not only admiration from the heart, but also intoxication.
The audience could feel that there was something else in the atmosphere of the two people chasing each other. It was like a sublimation.
Ni Chuan, the foreign students, and Ye Yidun and others who were watching on the ice subconsciously held their breath and stared at the two people on the ice.
While moving forward quickly, Ji Tiantian looked down into Tang Yi's eyes, her gaze as firm as her movements.
Although we are chasing and arguing with each other, I understand that you are my best partner.
We will continue like this.
Ji Tiantian grabbed Tang Yi's hand and jumped onto the ice, raising her hands high towards the audience with a bright smile.
Amidst the applause of sincere admiration, they completed a smooth joint rotation, and the lively music ended.
Ji and Tang bowed to the audience. After Ji Tiantian bowed, she looked at Tang Yi beside her.
Tang Yi was waving to the audience and didn't notice her. Ji Tiantian immediately lowered her head and used the ice teeth on the front of her skates to shovel out ice flowers, then followed suit and grabbed the ice flowers and threw them at Tang Yi.
Tang Yi turned his head quickly, but before he could react, Ji Tiantian had already skated to the exit.
Amidst laughter, Tang Yi immediately chased after him.
"Huh? Was the last move of throwing ice flowers designed or improvised?"
"It's designed, right? It matches the beginning and the end!"
“But their expressions are so natural!”
"Oh my god, what a talent for acting!"
Amidst the discussions, the 2011 World Youth Championships ice dance bronze medalists, Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi from China, completed their playful and cute performance skate.
The applause was unprecedentedly enthusiastic and there were also whistles.
"This group of Chinese players is so strong and impressive! How can the new generation have such experienced ice dancers?"
"I really like the atmosphere when they play and joke around. It's a pity that I was so busy watching the men's singles that I didn't pay attention to the ice dance competition."
"Yeah, yeah, if I had known there were such interesting contestants in ice dancing, I would have definitely watched it."
“What’s your name? Ji… Tang? Ah… Really, a terrifying rising star!”
…The discussions in the audience continued.
"I can't wait to ask Brother Yi what he thinks about this exhibition skating." Ni Chuan rubbed his hands, looking very excited.
He suddenly heard something strange beside him, turned around and found that the international student was crying again.
Amidst the laughter, she cried uncontrollably.
"Hey, what's wrong? Isn't this very nice? Everyone gets their funny points and the difficulty of their movements. What's wrong with you?" Ni Chuan was a little confused.
"I... I just thought that this is the last game of this season." The international student ice hockey fan cried and said, "I really don't want to leave."
Ni Chuan paused and couldn't help but smile: "But, the ending is good."
"Yeah, that's great...that's great." The international student sniffed, put her hands to her mouth and shouted to the ice, "Tiantang, see you next season!"
Ji Tang went off the ice one after another and was greeted with hugs from his coach and teammates.
"Great, you performed very well in the last match." Jiang Lin hugged Ji Tiantian excitedly, "Whether it is the main competition or the exhibition skating, you have adapted very well. You will definitely get better and better in the future."
"Training abroad, it must be training abroad!" Xu Chi said impatiently, "Is there anyone in the country who is qualified to teach them? No!"
"Old Xu," Tang Yi couldn't help but said with a smile, "Are you scolding yourself as well?"
"You just want to ruin my show!" Xu Chi patted the back of Tang Yi's neck, "Have you grown wings?"
"It's really good!" Gao Zhe from the pairs skating group couldn't help but sigh, "I suddenly realized that some programs are meant to be improvised. If you prepare in advance, you won't have that kind of atmosphere."
Yu Sha nodded: "Yes, but not everyone is suitable for impromptu performance skating."
"That's right. It requires a strong on-site motivation." Gao Zhe nodded, and once again showed an expression of admiration, "In our team, I'm afraid only Tiantian and Tang Yi can do this."
"You used the inspiration I gave you!" Ye Yidong came over and looked at Ji Tiantian angrily, "You didn't even tell me in advance..."
Ji Tiantian smiled and reached out to hug Ye Yidong. "Thank you." She spoke softly in the little girl's ear.
"Well, it's nothing." Ye Yidong's tone softened. "Well... it's no big deal. You guys did okay... it was pretty good actually."
"Well, thank you for liking our show." Ji Tiantian let go of Ye Yidun and smiled with her eyes curved.
"Okay, okay, stop thanking me! You're so annoying!" Ye Yiddong stopped looking at Ji Tiantian, covered his face and ran away.
The exhibition skating continued. The silver medalist Spanish ice dance team used a Spanish pop song, while the gold medalist Big Goose team used a Russian folk song. The two teams completed their passionate programs one after another.
The gold medal seafood pair skating team came to the center of the ice with a gentle serenade. Gao Zhe lifted Yu Sha high above his head with one hand and completed a beautiful cable lift.
Amidst applause, the World Youth Championship came to a successful conclusion.
"Wow, the bronze medalists in ice dancing are so interesting. They are the ones who impressed me the most throughout the whole show."
"Yes, yes. Actually, humorous performances are difficult. They managed to master it in their first competition."
"The gold medals in pairs skating are also very beautiful. China is really amazing in this World Youth Championship. I am looking forward to the new season..."
The audience left one after another while talking about the show, with a look of wanting more on their faces.
For the youth players, the 2010-2011 season ended successfully.
Ji Tang, the coach and the national team players happily returned home with the glory they had gained. Ni Chuan said goodbye to the international student girl and followed them back.
The group passed security and walked into the airport.
"Next, it's the next season." Looking at the dark night outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, Jiang Lin couldn't help but sigh, "I don't know where I'll be at this time next year."
"No matter where we are, everything will be fine." Xu Chi shook his old partner's shoulders vigorously, and then they both turned their heads away.
At this time, Ji Tiantian was seizing the last moment to go to the duty-free shops in the airport to buy the cosmetics that Chen Yusheng needed. Tang Yi and Ni Chuan followed behind her, helping her carry the bags.
After paying, Ji Tiantian returned to the terminal hall and stared at her phone in a daze.
"Brother Yi, what is Sister Tiantian doing? Are you sad that she has spent so much money?" Ni Chuan was sitting next to him and talking to Tang Yi, and Ji Tiantian heard it.
"No." Ji Tiantian looked tangled, "I want to go to the forum to check it out, but..."
She didn't know how to continue.
Regarding the question "I really want to see what people say about me in the forum but I'm afraid of seeing screenshots and emoticons", she really wants to talk to someone but doesn't know how to start.
"But what? Are you afraid of negative news?" Ni Chuan went straight to the top, "What's the big deal, Sister Tiantian? Who among famous people is not at the center of controversy?"
Yes, that's true. Ji Tiantian hardened her heart and opened the figure skating forum.
As expected, in addition to the special discussion thread for the World Junior Ice Dance Championships, there are many posts related to ice dancing floating on the forum homepage.
The title of one of the posts quickly caught Ji Tiantian's attention.
The title is: I really hope I can be as good as Tiantang. The college entrance examination is coming soon, and I don’t know how I will perform...
Post body: My child has been repeating the same grade for two years. I have been having a breakdown recently. Thanks to Tiantang for giving me strength, otherwise I might not be able to do it.
1L: Come on, sisters! Persistence is victory!
2L: If you can’t hold on any longer, just think about sweets!
3L: I got a medal in ice dancing! What's impossible? Stand up!
4L: Come on, sisters! Let’s watch Sweet Candy together next season!
OP: Woohoo, thank you sisters, I cried so loudly.
Ji Tiantian looked at the post and couldn't help but smile.
It’s really nice to be able to walk here.
For herself and for everyone else, she would keep jumping on the ice.
Ji Tiantian quietly put on a forum vest and left a message under the post - "See you next season."
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