Chapter 15 Chapter 15 The song is colliding
Eriko Sanada was the last player to come on stage in the last group. As soon as she came on stage, she exuded the aura of last year's World Youth Championship runner-up.
But that’s not even the worst.
When the first note of Eriko's short program music sounded, He Hui's heart really tightened.
The reason is simple, they sang the same song!!
There are many songs about moonlight, but Eriko's moonlight is also from Beethoven's work. It is the moonlight that He Hui is so familiar with, without any semicolon.
As the saying goes, it’s not a big deal if you sing the same song as others, but it’s embarrassing if you’re not good at it!
He Hui straightened his body and looked at the girls on the field with burning eyes.
Eriko was seen completing her first series of jumps - 3F+3Lo, which was worth a higher score than 3T.
Eriko is a typical player who relies on rotation speed to complete triple jumps. The height of her first jump in the series is good, but without the distance, the final landing of 3Lo is a bit reluctant, but the number of rotations should not be a big problem.
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"But this 3Lz will definitely be caught. The wrong edge is too obvious. He didn't control it at all when he jumped." Lin Xiaoman's tone was very firm. "In this game, few people used the right edge for the hook jump."
Fortunately, Eriko's final 2A was flawless. It can be seen that the effortless and highly sufficient 2A under the difficult entry really gave her the confidence to challenge 3A.
The familiar music continues.
In fact, the two people's excerpts are very similar, both are combinations of the first movement and the third movement, with only slight differences in the choice of connection between the performers and the excerpts.
"It cannot be said that they are completely unrelated, it can only be said that they are exactly the same." He Hui held his forehead with his hand.
Lin Xiaoman also sighed, "If I didn't know that Mary wouldn't program the same thing for two people at the same time..."
He Hui patted his cheeks and forced himself to concentrate and continue to appreciate Eriko's Moonlight Sonata.
Whether it is the choreography of jumps, steps or spins, Eriko's choreography is quite different. In particular, Eriko arranged all three jumps in the first half when the physical strength is the most abundant, and chose to perform spins and steps in the more intense second half.
To be honest, Eriko Sanada's performance style is also different from He Hui's. If He Hui has a strong classical temperament brought to her by years of ballet, then Eriko Sanada has a more extroverted modern dance feeling.
If we really talk about the degree of completion, the two programs are actually on par with each other.
But the Moonlight Sonata was so infectious that even when watching it on the TV screen, He Hui had to constantly restrain his conditioned muscle memory to avoid rushing out of the cabin and onto the ice rink.
Two and a half minutes.
Finally, Eriko Sanada's short program ended.
He Hui was a little nervous. She was not sure about the referee's final score, but she had a vague feeling that something bad was going to happen.
As the host announced, He Hui said "As expected".
"57.89, 0.03 more than yours. Did the referee use a calculator to calculate it?!" Lin Xiaoman rolled her eyes and got angry. "I'm speechless."
He Hui also felt a strong sense of resentment in his heart, and he always felt that the loss meant that he was slightly inferior in this song competition.
Really, this damn world of seniority and grading! !
"Just wait and see in the free skating." He Hui snorted coldly.
"You are ambitious, worthy of being my apprentice!" Lin Xiaoman was very satisfied with this and patted He Hui's shoulders heavily twice.
He Hui: “…It hurts.”
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The next day, free skating.
He Hui and Sanada Eriko, who came on the ice one after the other in the last set of six practices, both had stern faces, which suddenly created a strange atmosphere on the ice rink.
Generally speaking, when the host introduces each contestant, the contestant will usually perform a jump as a figure skating version of their self-introduction.
He Hui was introduced first. Because of the 0.03 points she lost in the short program, she held her breath and chose a triple lutz, which her opponent was not good at. Her edge was clear and the height was amazing, which was obviously a show of force.
Lin Xiaoman couldn't help but shout "OK" on the sidelines, but she didn't know if she was targeting anyone.
Eriko Sanada's pupils shrank slightly as she watched He Hui jump, and she paused subconsciously. She took a deep breath, then smiled and greeted the audience, and responded with a 2A.
The two men's eyes met in the air, and sparks flew instantly.
The two of them have their own aura, which makes the audience's attention unconsciously focused.
During the six-minute practice, He Hui did not do too many jumps, but focused more on the positions where she needed to jump and the key points of the choreography. The size of each ice rink is slightly different. If she jumps too close to the baffle, according to He Hui's usual distance, she may accidentally hit it.
He Hui's free skating piece is "Ambush from All Sides".
After all, it was her first appearance in an international competition, so after much deliberation, she decided to choose a Chinese-style song.
In order to better interpret this pipa music, He Hui's costume is white with a skirt embellished with black ink effect. A pure black belt surrounds her slender waist, just like the heroine in a martial arts movie.
To others, He Hui's practice state without jumping, coupled with the costume, looked like she was strolling leisurely, confident. Even the other contestants in the same group couldn't help but glance at her.
He Hui calmly completed the warm-up, went off to put on the ice skates, and grinned at Lin Xiaoman.
Lin Xiaoman: "It seems like you feel good?"
He Hui nodded as he put on his coat, his tone relaxed as if he was saying that the restaurant environment was good tonight, "The ice feels really good today, better than yesterday."
Not all the players can enter the free skating smoothly. After some players were eliminated, the number of players in today's competition reached 18, which was divided into three groups. Before the last group of He Hui went on stage, they also arranged a link of pouring ice to clean the ice chips and make it flat. Such an operation will certainly make the ice rink conditions better.
"Who did you learn to be so arrogant from?" Lin Xiaoman shook her head helplessly.
He Hui paused, looked at Lin Xiaoman and tilted his head slightly, "You?"
Lin Xiaoman: “…”
The free skating is the key to determine the final ranking. Other contestants were more or less nervous, but He Hui was thinking backstage about the silky feeling of skating on the ice and was eager to go on stage.
When the host called her name, her steps even revealed a hint of joy. She rubbed her skates left and right on the ice rink, smiling confidently and greeting the audience and referees.
A melodious flute sounded, marking the beginning of He Hui's free skating. This is a selection of music from the movie "House of Flying Daggers".
Choreographer Mary is not completely unfamiliar with Chinese music. In fact, she choreographed Liang Zhu for Lin Xiaoman a few years ago. However, Mary was more attracted to the song Lovers in the movie at the beginning, while He Hui was determined to choose a completely different style.
The first series of jumps appeared here - 3Lz+3T, light and far-reaching. Then there was a jump and swallow spin in the middle of the ice rink, with the hem of her skirt flying like an ink painting.
He Hui was dressed in black and white, like a female knight walking out of an ancient painting.
What followed was the well-known classic - the sound of war drums composed of the pipa's strokes, which gradually increased from weak to strong and from slow to fast rhythms, echoing in the empty space of the venue.
Combined with He Hui's powerful steps and determined eyes, it made people's hearts tremble inexplicably.
After a quick and intense wheel-whistle, He Hui chose to jump from the ice immediately, a 3Lo single jump, and when he landed, another wheel-whistle sounded, full of a sense of solemnity.
2A+3T followed almost without any breath, and each jump landed perfectly on the accent.
After two powerful strums, the second half of the free skating with a 1.1 coefficient bonus began. At the same time, ice fans familiar with classic pipa music immediately realized from the background drum ensemble that the second half of He Hui's song was from "New Ambush from All Sides".
This extremely bold choice instantly livened up the atmosphere.
He Hui completed the entry step during the second sweep, and soared into the air with the blade during the third sweep, completing a 3S.
In sharp contrast to the elegant ballet girl in the short program, He Hui in the free skating was a powerful female warrior with a carefree smile and high spirits.
In this exciting passage that combines modern instruments, rhythm and artistic expression, He Hui enters into a series of varied foot-changing combined rotations, with very little axis deviation and very fast rotation speed, which makes the audience clap and beat the rhythm.
The new version of Ambush from All Sides added a more cheerful and bright section. He Hui completed the 3F+2T+2Lo triple jump, 3Lz single jump and the final 2A without any gap.
At this point, He Hui has completed all the jumping movements in the free skating. As long as there is no outrageous accident of falling flat on the ground later, this program will be clean and flawless.
After a round of brushstrokes, the melody of "Ambush from All Sides" returned to the original fingering, which made people's heart tighten and a solemn atmosphere filled the air.
He Hui started her straight-line connection steps from the short side of the short board, crossing the ice rink following the music, skating at a fast speed and with deep blades, and ice flowers splashed from time to time while skating.
The main theme reappeared, He Hui began the final bow and turn, raised the knife after a quick spin, and the beautiful teardrop-shaped Biellmann bloomed on the ice rink.
As the song ended with the quick and neat sound of strumming, He Hui turned his head, put his left hand behind his back, and placed his right index and middle fingers at his side, as if he was putting away his sword.
When the song ended, the whole audience fell silent.
He Hui stood straight in the center, like a knight who was calm and composed after winning the battle.
Within two seconds, applause broke out.
As a sub-race for the youth group, the attendance rate in the local area was still dismal, but almost everyone who came to the venue to watch the game applauded He Hui's program from the bottom of their hearts.
Unfortunately, no one knew He Hui, and no one threw a doll to her.
This is a perfect and very personal free skating program.
He Hui dared to say that it was impossible for anyone present to sing the same song as her! That's right, she still remembered the grudge of singing the same song as her in the short program. So much so that when she was sitting on the kiss & cry bench, she kept staring at the judges' seat with burning eyes.
It is not known whether the referees felt uneasy after being watched, but they pressed the calculators much faster than before and the scores came out quite quickly.
"He Hui from China scored 116.46 in the free skating and 174.32 in the total score, currently ranking first."
He Hui narrowed her eyes slightly, taking note of the details on the big screen in the distance. Her technical score was as high as 64.31 points, which was undoubtedly the podium level in the youth group. However, her artistic score was only 52.15 points, and on average, each judge should have only given her 6.5 points.
Although the referees in the youth group have always been so stingy, this result made He Hui feel inexplicably angry.
The artistic score of figure skating is divided into five sub-items: skating technique, step connection, finishing performance, choreography structure and music interpretation.
He Hui thought that her skating and steps were enhanced versions of the original details, and the choreography was the work of the internationally renowned master Mary. She also did not think there was any problem with the interpretation of the music and the completion of the performance.
Seeing He Hui's displeasure, Lin Xiaoman immediately became a mouthpiece, saying that she would never hold back her anger, "The referee has no taste and doesn't know how to appreciate!"
He Hui nodded and said, "Good scolding!"
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