Chapter 103 103 Team Gold Medal
After the men's singles came the much-anticipated women's free skate, with AKA He Hui and Ophelia Park facing off in the first round in Pyeongchang.
Lu Nanfeng was obviously working harder in his explanation. Of course, the theme of his explanation was still inseparable from He Hui.
for example--
"Yuko Kamie succeeded in her free skating 3A, but her height is still not that high."
For example——
"Olia Petrova succeeded in two 3A and one 4S, but the difficulty is much lower than He Hui's."
"Hahahaha, I am dying of laughter. Bai Ying probably didn't expect that Lu Nanfeng is a die-hard fan of He Hui. She looked so embarrassed trying to smooth things over."
"But Lu Nanfeng's professional ability is still beyond doubt. He explained many details about blade use and the judges' scoring, and it was easy to understand."
Lu Nanfeng's first career as a commentator received rave reviews, which unexpectedly opened the door to another career for her.
"Now entering the court is Ophelia Park from the United States."
Bai Ying's voice became serious, and even Lu Nanfeng, who had been acting unruly, straightened his back.
Lu Nanfeng continued, "Ophelia's free skating routine is still planned to be five quads, one less than He Hui. At the same time, during the short off-season, Ophelia also successfully developed a triple A. I wonder what her success rate is in the routine."
Obviously, this configuration has deterred other players and they have continued to challenge He Hui, who is currently number one in the world.
Bai Ying continued, "According to the latest jump arrangement submitted by Ophelia, the difference between her free skating BV and He Hui's is less than 7 points, which greatly narrows the gap between the two."
The few words exchanged between the two in the studio were enough to portray the image of Ophelia, who was eyeing the championship.
The music started playing in the venue, with 4Lz+3T as the opening move. The take-off was crisp and the landing was smooth, the quality was impeccable.
“The second 4F was also completed well.”
Tang Meng's heart was pounding as she watched, and she unconsciously turned her head to look at He Hui's expression.
But at this moment, He Hui's face can only be described by four words - expressionless, oh, or calm and composed!
Ophelia on the field showed off a set of 4T+2T jumps, but He Hui remained calm.
Tang Meng turned his gaze back and felt that his worries were completely unnecessary!
Bai Ying: "Ophelia completed the first half of her free skating very smoothly."
Lu Nanfeng: "There are two quads and one 3A in the second half."
He Hui watched the competition very seriously. She would carefully observe and study each competitor.
Compared with last season, Ophelia's jumping stability has improved a lot. She should have sought tutoring for her previously weak connection and performance. Overall, she has made rapid progress.
Ophelia's sandwich jump has not changed, it is still her more skilled 3F+1Lo+3S. As the debut jump in the second half, it is very morale-boosting.
Accompanied by the cheerful drum beats, the atmosphere in the venue was immediately ignited.
"The second 4Lz was completed, also without any problem." Bai Ying said.
"4S is also done." Lu Nanfeng took over the conversation tacitly, "Now Ophelia only has the recently released 3A that has not been completed."
The newest also means the most unstable, but Ophelia boldly put this jump at the end, which shows her ambition.
Under everyone's expectant eyes, Ophelia started a new triple-and-a-half-week challenge with a simple entry step.
The height of the leap after taking off is sufficient, and the whole person looks very tense.
Ophelia's posture in the air seemed good, and everything was going in a smooth direction.
But when she fell on the ice, Ophelia still lacked control over the ice blade and her body. She staggered and rolled over before she could barely stand on the ice.
"The result of the challenge is not perfect." said Lu Nanfeng.
Ophelia on the field remained calm in the face of mistakes and continued to complete the final steps and rotations with a smile, still showing the demeanor of a general.
"Technical score 119.02, program content score 73.85, total score 192.87."
Regarding the content of this program, Lu Nanfeng was silent for three seconds.
"The way Lu Nanfeng hesitated to speak was so funny. It felt like there were eight hundred question marks popping up in his head."
"I'm trying to explain this to you from a professional perspective. It sounds incredible that Ophelia could get this program content score, so as a professional contestant, Lu Nanfeng might be...envious! (dog head)"
"What a speechless score..."
Tang Meng was also indignant off the court. She glanced at the camera lens that suddenly turned on a red light and held back the angry remarks that were about to come out of her mouth.
The camera turned to Tang Meng, who decided to give a forced smile.
What can I say? Just laugh it off!
On the other hand, He Hui, who was waiting on the sidelines, was closing her eyes and rehearsing in her mind the free skating that would take place soon, and was not affected at all.
"Our He Hui is here!" As soon as Lu Nanfeng saw He Hui, he became more talkative. "I'm going to show you the world's best set of six quadruple plus triple axel."
After being deeply speechless, Tang Meng gave He Hui the warmest applause when he came on stage, clapping so hard that her palms almost turned red.
Tan Ling, who was standing by, held his forehead and said, "Why don't you save some energy for the game later?"
Tang Meng finally woke up from her dream and obediently put her hands on her knees.
Bian Jing was shocked when he saw it: "You changed your gender?"
"Save your energy." Tang Meng replied with a sweet smile.
Bian Jing was very considerate: "Then I'll call for your share too!"
Tang Meng's mouth twitched: "...Thank you."
This season, He Hui's free skating song was the ancient guqin piece "Guangling San". The music sounded at the ice rink in South Korea, and He Hui's performance on the field officially began.
"Ahhh, who understands my point of pleasure? I suddenly burst into tears when I heard the folk music. I give the most sincere applause to the girl who always insists on expressing herself!"
"The DNA of folk musicians has moved! He Hui's performance has the charm of classical dance!"
Lu Nanfeng is more concerned about the technical aspect: "The opening 4Lo high distance is great!"
"A textbook 4Lo." Bai Ying sighed.
"But only our He Hui has made this leap now, and he is the only designated teacher." Lu Nanfeng smiled.
Next was the 4S that gave He Hui a headache.
He Hui held his breath and jumped on the field, implementing every detail that he had repeated countless times in training into every aspect of the jump, finally turning it into a perfect 4S.
"It's done! The difficult 4S is done!" Lu Nanfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
After passing the most difficult level, no matter how difficult the subsequent jumps are, they are only a difficulty on paper.
"4Lz+3T is done, and you can see the real-time goe is 1.8 points!"
"4F, goe+1.7 points."
"3A+1Lo+3S, goe+1.7 points."
"4T+2T, goe+1.3 points."
"4Lz, goe+2!!"
He Hui completed all the jumps perfectly, and the goe score for the last jump was the highest, which shows how powerful she is.
But after finishing the last set of spins, He Hui was still exhausted and out of breath. He rested on the court for a long time before waving to the audience.
As soon as He Hui returned to the Chinese team's box, he received the highest courtesy!
——Including but not limited to howling cheers, suffocating hugs and the ever-present ribbon salute.
It is indeed a deep, heavy but sincere team love.
He Hui thought, fortunately, the scores will be out soon!
"With a technical score of 129.01 and a program content score of 74.12, He Hui won first place with a total score of 203.13 points and won 10 points for China!" Lu Nanfeng was in high spirits and his voice rose.
"That is to say, after the women's singles free skating, the Chinese team has secured the PyeongChang Winter Olympics team championship in advance!" Bai Ying has already completed all the calculations on the record paper in front of her, "With a 7-point advantage, China will win the championship one round ahead of schedule!"
Lu Nanfeng was slow to react: "This will also be the first gold medal won by the Chinese team in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics!"
A bronze medal from four years ago has undergone a gorgeous transformation today and turned into a heavy piece of gold.
The Chinese team in the box also started celebrating early, while the atmosphere in the Russian, Austrian and American teams next to them became noticeably depressed.
Bian Jing's voice was very loud, Tan Ling was smiling with tears in her eyes, and Tang Meng sat there blankly.
He Hui looked at the score again. She felt more relieved than excited.
He Hui turned to look at Tang Meng, and the first thing he said was: "Now, you can go ahead and compete with confidence."
"We are already the champions." He Hui smiled and gave Tang Meng a hug.
The tears that had been welling up in Tang Meng's eyes burst out after hearing these words.
Bian Jing looked at Tang Meng who was about to go on stage and burst into tears, and was completely at a loss: "Just perform without any pressure, don't cry."
"Wow, I..." Tang Meng threw herself into He Hui's arms and cried even harder.
Half a minute later, Tang Meng knew that she would have a match later, so she calmed down and looked up at He Hui with tears in her eyes: "Okay."
He Hui handed her his own tissue box packaged with little foxes.
Tang Meng pulled out a piece of paper, wiped his nose, and clenched his fists tightly.
She looked at all the teammates around her who had helped her get to this point, and her emotions were churning inside her.
"Thanks."
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to compete without any baggage.
This free dance by Tang Meng and Li Zishi is so liberating and free.
The ice rink is their stage to show themselves, and although they clearly have an insurmountable gap with the first-tier teams, they are skating towards their future with powerful steps one by one.
Maybe not as bright as the sun, but it is a shining star in its own universe.
The two completed their performance without any mistakes. The difficulty was not competitive enough, but they did it without any burden or regrets.
After the performance, Tang Meng smiled and said to He Hui: "You know what? I am rarely invited to participate in exhibition skating, but I felt like there was a spotlight shining on me today, making me the brightest star in the audience!"
In the end, the Tang Meng/Li Zishi combination won fourth place.
"What a pity, there is no miracle." Tang Meng shrugged and looked up at the light stand above the gymnasium.
"We won the gold medal, how can it not be a miracle?" He Hui asked back.
“But it seems like I didn’t do anything.”
"No, you did your best."
*
At night, the wind was cold.
At the award ceremony square, Chinese athletes, wrapped in red and white national team down jackets, stood in a row, waiting to step onto the dreamlike highest podium.
"The champion of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics figure skating team competition is the Chinese team!"
After the host's announcement, the Chinese team members lined up and walked around the front of the podium to shake hands and greet everyone from the runner-up American team and the third-place Russian Olympic delegation.
Opponents are always the driving force that pushes you forward.
After completing a full circle, all members of the Chinese team held hands and, at the command of He Hui who was standing in the center, strode forward together to the highest podium.
In the square, countless Chinese spectators who came to watch the first gold medal cheered loudly.
In front of the television and online live broadcast, countless viewers cheered and celebrated with empathy.
"Congratulations to the Chinese team. Let us give our warmest applause to every athlete on this championship team."
Bai Ying tried her best to control her emotions.
"Pair skaters Zhu Qingxue/Yu Lang and Shang Yuqing/Yu Feiguang, ice dancers Tang Meng/Li Zishi, women's singles skaters Tan Ling and He Hui, men's singles skaters Bian Jing and Guo Yufei. And all the members of the Chinese figure skating team who did not compete in the team competition."
"This is a historic moment for Chinese figure skating. It is the result of the hard work of generations of people working together."
As soon as Bai Ying finished speaking, the national anthem sounded in the award square. A red flag rose up in the night sky of a foreign country, stirring waves in people's hearts.
He Hui and his teammates placed their hands on their pounding chests, sang the national anthem, and watched the national flag slowly rise.
Until the national flag reached the top of the flagpole, until the square was filled with applause.
"Let us congratulate the Chinese figure skating team again!" Bai Ying almost choked with tears.
The friends from the Chinese team looked at each other and gathered together again tacitly.
They hugged each other and congratulated each other.
For some reason, He Hui, who was surrounded, suddenly felt a sore nose, and something seemed to flow out of his eyes uncontrollably.
Finally, she appeared in the group photo of the champion, runner-up and third place winner with tears in her eyes.
Later, fans jokingly called this gold medal the hardest-earned gold medal in He Hui's career.
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