Chapter 16 16th Race Champion
Host: "Now up is Eriko Sanada from Japan."
Although the judges have been trying to control the score, the free skating score of 116.46 points is still very intimidating in the women's singles youth group. For Eriko Sanada, this means that she needs a clean program to remain competitive for the gold medal.
This is the special feature of non-confrontational sports. No matter how your opponent performs, the most important thing is to make yourself invulnerable.
Under the heavy pressure, Eriko was obviously much more nervous when preparing on the field. The smile only appeared briefly on her face when she waved and then disappeared completely.
The music started and Eriko's free skating song was from the classic "Romeo and Juliet".
Because of the Lz's wrong blade problem, Eriko Sanada only arranged one 3Lz in this program, and chose to repeat 3F and 2A, which was a little less than He Hui in BV.
The first half of the free skating looked stable. Eriko was one of the few young players who did not blindly pursue jumps and completely ignore artistic expression, which also gave her a good artistic score in the eyes of the judges.
He Hui was watching very seriously backstage, his eyes fixed on Eriko's movements.
Tension began to spread as the free skating entered the second half, especially when Eriko's originally planned 3F+2T became a single jump due to the shaking of the first jump landing, the atmosphere reached its peak.
"She needs to make up for the jump in the next jump, otherwise the loss will be huge." Lin Xiaoman continued to analyze calmly, "Anyway, the next jump will still be 3F."
But Eriko on the field was stunned by the mistake in this jump. Her steps became a little messy, and she didn't even think about making up for the jump until she landed on the second 3F with a slight tremor.
Lin Xiaoman didn't forget to finish off the opponent, "Tsk, this ice drop is not very good either, it's a double-force pull-up, but she didn't try it."
He Hui: “…”
Soon, Eriko completed the final 3S jump, and then began to do the connecting steps and finishing rotations, putting an end to this free skating.
Eriko's eyes were red as she bowed, probably because she was nervous about the flaws in her performance. After all, every mistake would push her one step further away from the championship podium.
When sitting in the kiss and cry area with the coach, Eriko could hardly control her expression and felt like she was about to burst into tears at any second.
"You have a chance of winning the championship." Lin Xiaoman raised her eyebrows.
He Hui turned around and looked at his coach helplessly, "Where is the sportsmanship?"
Lin Xiaoman: "It's good that you have it. I've retired anyway."
He Hui: “…”
Very good, the arrogant coach’s performance continues to be +1.
When the host's announcement sounded, Eriko Sanada could no longer hold back her tears.
"Eriko Sanada from Japan scored 115.24 points in the free skate, with a total score of 173.13 points."
Lin Xiaoman smiled triumphantly, "I told you that you can be the champion, right?"
With a slight advantage of 1.19 points, He Hui won a valuable gold medal in her first appearance in an international competition.
He Hui had mixed feelings. She was naturally happy to get the gold medal, but she was also worried about the one-point difference. After all, she had a perfect clean, while the opponent had a wrong blade, lost a jump combo, and was shaky when landing on the ice. The score should have been higher.
"Are you not happy even though you won the championship?" Lin Xiaoman looked at He Hui and didn't understand.
"It's fun, but I think I could get a higher score, right?"
He Hui calmly expressed his ambition, which made Lin Xiaoman look sideways.
"You have great ambition! You are worthy of being my apprentice! Let's go and get ready to receive the award."
The awards ceremony for the youth group race was held on site. The podium was moved by the staff and the red carpet was laid out. Perhaps because there are few ice sports events here, the staff's shoes fell all over the place, adding a touch of humor to the competition.
He Hui stepped on the soft carpet and finally felt a little better. Forget it, at least he was a champion and the referee at least didn't lie.
She glanced at Eriko Sanada who was still looking sad, and then forced a smile despite the awkwardness of their eye contact.
"Congratulations." Eriko Sanada spoke for a long time, but her voice was still nasal and she looked aggrieved.
This look made He Hui a little unsure of how to respond, "Thank you, thank you?"
When she stood on the podium, Eriko Sanada seemed to think of something sad again. She looked down at the silver medal on her chest and tears began to fall again.
After finally waiting for the award ceremony to end, He Hui trotted away, returning breathlessly to the preparation room where only the two of them were.
Lin Xiaoman raised an eyebrow, "Miss, what are you doing? Running for your life? Are there ghosts chasing you on the ice rink?"
He Hui sighed deeply, looking quite distressed, "No. It's just that I can't do anything about crying."
"You're not talking about Eriko Sanada, are you?"
"Well, alas." In his two lifetimes, He Hui still didn't know how to deal with people who were crying.
"Do you hate her crying?" Lin Xiaoman asked seriously, changing her usual cheerful look.
"I don't mean to hate you." He Hui thought about the wording and explained to Lin Xiaoman frankly, "It's just that I don't think crying can solve the problem."
"So how are you going to solve the problem?"
He Hui subconsciously began to think and analyze when she heard the question, "Eriko's hook shot is a loophole that will definitely be caught, so we must first find a way to make up for it. Her mentality is also easily fluctuating, and the loss of the consecutive jumps can actually be made up through subsequent adjustments..."
"What if her problem is just that she's unhappy?"
He Hui frowned. In her previous life, she was the heir who controlled the power of company development. If a project failed, crying would not make up for the loss. Finding a way to remedy the project was the real way to solve the problem.
"Not all crying is to solve problems."
He Hui didn’t quite understand:?
Lin Xiaoman continued, "When people vent their emotions when they are unhappy, they are actually pushing themselves into the abyss of negative emotions. You have your usual way of dealing with things, and others have theirs too, and they may seem a little different, but there is no right or wrong, right?"
He Hui suddenly felt that the serious Lin Xiaoman exuded a different kind of rationality. "It seems to make sense?"
"That makes sense!" Lin Xiaoman raised her eyebrows and returned to her usual arrogant attitude.
It was like being hit by a stick suddenly. He Hui's heart suddenly became clear, and then he suddenly felt a sense of regret.
"I'll go buy a bottle of water." Before he finished speaking, He Hui turned around and ran to the vending machine in the gymnasium.
Lin Xiaoman looked at He Hui's receding back and her smile deepened.
She pressed a few buttons and stuffed the Australian dollar bill into the cash slot of the vending machine. With a thud, a bottle of iced mineral water fell into the slot below.
He Hui walked back to the locker room with the ice water. He originally wanted to put it in Eriko's locker and give it to her secretly, but he happened to see her still hiding in the corner wiping her tears.
They looked at each other in silence.
He Hui didn't want to run away this time, but she still didn't know what to say.
So she quietly placed the mineral water next to the bench where Eriko was sitting.
"Thank you." Eriko looked at He Hui with red eyes. Perhaps because she was moved, her tears fell even harder.
He Hui wanted to say something comforting, but when the words came to her lips, they turned into something strange. "I, I bought it by the way."
As soon as he said this, He Hui felt that he might as well let it go and leave.
Her thoughts were in a mess, and she hurriedly packed up her locker and left the locker room. She was so flustered that she almost tripped over her left foot and fell at the door.
*
In short, after the battle in Brisbane, He Hui was like a dark horse that came out of nowhere and grabbed everyone's attention.
With an extremely arrogant attitude, she let figure skaters and ice fans around the world know her name.
But the shining new star of figure skating in the world, when he went to school, he was a student wearing a uniform. Even in an international school, He Hui still had a lot of homework to complete.
However, in some classes, He Hui couldn't help but secretly fall asleep in the English class of her English teacher.
The head teacher naturally saw it and quietly called her to the office after class.
"Pay attention to the balance between work and rest, and don't be too tired." The head teacher not only did not pursue the matter of sleeping in class, but also showed concern for her, "When is your next competition? Do you need to ask for leave?"
He Hui nodded and thought about the second stop he had signed up for. "I only need to apply for one day on October 8th. The competition will be held in Milan, Italy, and will start on the 6th."
"Okay, I wish you good luck in the competition." The head teacher smiled and patted her shoulder, "Please help me take this stack of papers back to the classroom."
"good."
The life of going back and forth between school, training ground and villa halfway up the mountain was repeated day after day, and a month passed quickly.
Two days before He Hui left for Italy, the Mid-Levels Villa family meeting was held again in the greenhouse.
"Mom, Dad, can't you come and watch my game?" This was the third time He Hui suggested this at home. "It's vacation time!"
I saw the couple looking at each other helplessly, and then began to apologize.
Lu Yanfeng: "I'm sorry, I have an academic conference starting tomorrow."
He Jianmu: "Sorry, I have to go on a business trip to discuss a very important contract."
He Hui: “…”
Good, good, good, how can this family be so indifferent!
He Hui narrowed his eyes and cast his gaze on Lu Xing standing beside him.
"Can you at least support your sister's career?" He Hui leaned closer and asked with a raised eyebrow.
Unexpectedly, Lu Xing, who looked very cute, approached him and shouted, "Who said I'm fine? I have to complete the homework assigned to me by White Lee during the National Day holiday!"
He Hui's mouth twitched, and his eyes slid across the faces of Lu Yanfeng, He Jianmu and Lu Xing in turn, squeezing out two words from between his teeth.
"Disperse, meet."
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