Chapter 67 The Dragon Awakens
He Hui waited on the sidelines for his name to be called.
It was a cry with a sense of fate.
From the day she stepped onto the professional figure skating arena, her name has been called over and over again, and the word "Huaguo" is always after her name. Every time she hears it, she can't help but feel excited.
This time, the same is true.
"He Hui!" a voice rang out from the ice rink.
He Hui silently followed the next sentence in his heart: Representing China.
After saying this, He Hui felt an unprecedented peace in his heart.
He Hui pushed the ice hard with his left foot, and followed with his right foot, exposing himself under the scorching lights and sight.
For the Sochi Winter Olympics, Lu Xing specially remade a new short program Costen. This time it was bright red, showing a large area of the back, chest and waist muscles, and dotted with dazzling rhinestones under the lights.
According to Lu Xing, her new inspiration came from He Hui's cheering doll.
He Hui held her head high on the ice rink with a confident smile on her face and her hands raised high above her head.
Like a proud little red fox.
The little fox drew another small circle in the field, then moved its feet and stood still.
"The song selected for He Hui's short program is from the third movement of Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, a piano piece with a lively rhythm."
As soon as Bai Ying finished her introduction, music began to sound in the ice rink.
Powerful and jumping notes fell on the field. He Hui changed the direction of the blade and sliding on the accents, opening the curtain of the short program.
The ice skates seemed to be creating ice flowers as they kept moving forward on the ice rink.
He Hui's hand movements and expressions are equally neat and bold, forming a perfect echo with this "Appasionate Sonata".
The first series of jumps begins with a leap on the ice to a fast-paced beat.
He Hui always uses the tano posture to get extra points for her triple jump, and this time is no exception.
Her right hand was raised above her head, the axis of her rotation was kept straight in the air, and the ease with which she landed on the ice showed her ease.
"Tano 3Lz+3Lo, the opening jump was completed with ease, and the steps, height, distance, and landing were all perfect in every small detail."
The audience in front of the TV can see the current scores given by the judges, which makes people feel nervous.
3Lz+3Lo=BV 11.1+GOE 1.5
CURRENT TES 12.6
"The first jump was a huge score! I feel like I'm in great shape today!"
"From the judges' scores, I feel that He Hui is really being recognized little by little!!"
"Sonata Appassionata" is not a commonly used music in the figure skating world. Its rhythm that constantly pushes people forward is very difficult to perform and poses a considerable challenge to the performers' physical fitness and musical expression.
The second jump followed quickly in an almost breathless rhythm.
"This is... 3F!" Bai Ying realized when she saw the jumping entry that He Hui was trying every means to increase his technical points.
"The difficulty of entering and the tano posture make the ice landing and skating out very good!"
"I took out my calculator and explained it to those who don't understand. He Hui changed the jump positions of 3F and 3A this time, so the triple axel with a 1.1x coefficient bonus is a higher basic score. As a result, this can add 0.32 points to the technical score!"
"0.32 is a huge score in the short program where every inch counts!!"
"Ahhh, my daughter is really working hard and my heart is breaking."
3F=BV 5.3+GOE 1.4
CURRENT TES 19.3
He Hui's change this time was also a spur-of-the-moment decision, but she discussed it with Lin Xiaoman before the game.
Lin Xiaoman, who has always been against taking risks, agreed to He Hui's idea for the first time.
"You performed very well in the team competition. I think this small change won't be too difficult for you." Lin Xiaoman said, "I believe in you."
The warmth that surged through my heart at that time still lingers today.
The music continues.
He Hui's footsteps drew continuous, uninterrupted arcs on the ice.
"CCoSp, change-of-foot combined spin. It can be seen that He Hui's rotation speed, number of circles, and the postures included in the combined spin are all aimed at the fourth level."
Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, the real-time score appeared on the screen.
CCoSp4=BV 3.5+GOE 1
CURRENT TES 23.8
Compared with several Russian athletes with incredible flexibility, He Hui's GOE is average.
But He Hui's strengths are in jumping, gliding and performing, and her rotations are perfectly integrated into the music. In particular, the rhythm of "Appassionata" is very tight, and He Hui must execute the movements perfectly so that the beginning and end of the movements will not appear abrupt.
For a long time when he first started learning choreography, He Hui had a headache with this subtle and elusive rhythm.
But now, He Hui and music are one.
——She is performing the music and the music is expressing her.
"He Hui then completed the FCSp, a jump-followed swallow spin."
The little fox's jumps were nimble and graceful. In such a high-intensity music rhythm, her physical strength was as abundant as if the show had just begun.
"What a lively little fiery red fox! I don't know why, but a little fox that keeps jumping around in the woods and never gets tired suddenly appeared in my mind."
"The pen goes to the person above! The female goose's expressiveness is truly amazing!!"
FCSp4=BV 3.2+GOE 1
CURRENT TES 28
Finally, after two series of increasingly loud piano sounds, He Hui's short program had a short break. That was the only time in the entire short program where she could take a breath.
He Hui was seen taking a step back with his right foot and spreading his arms at his sides while making a wave.
He Hui took a deep breath. What she had to face next was jumping and walking without any pause.
Through strength training day after day and year after year, He Hui's physical fitness is fully capable of supporting her to do her utmost to release intense emotional expression and to accelerate with all her strength.
She drew a semicircle on the ice with one foot, half-covered her face with her right hand, and then spread out her five fingers and swung them out with force, revealing a smile on her red lips.
The person is just like the song, passionate and confident.
With the crescendoing notes, the curtain of the second half of He Hui's short program opened.
"Let's take a look at this 3A..."
Bai Ying didn't even dare to breathe, staring closely at He Hui's movements on the field.
When she saw He Hui fully tighten her muscles and land a triple axel, she finally relaxed her tense shoulders.
"Done! Slides out smoothly!"
3A=BV 9.35+GOE 1
CURRENT TES 38.35
"To be honest, if the host player made this jump, GOE would probably add more, right?"
"But in fact, this is already the highest treatment He Hui has received this season. Did you expect it?!"
“Ahhh, I’m so nervous.”
Netizens were nervous, and Bai Ying was nervous too. She swallowed her saliva when there was no explanation.
He Hui on the field was completely immersed in the continuous pouring of piano music, demonstrating the steps that had become muscle memory one by one.
She seemed like an elf born for the ice rink. She switched between the inner and outer edges smoothly while maintaining a good skating speed.
According to Tang Meng, even if He Hui's steps were put into the ice dance event, they would not be inferior to those of ordinary players.
He Hui also had these concerns before the competition began. But after he was really immersed in the music on the field, all his concerns disappeared and flew away.
The surging piano music without any pause pushed the short program to its final climax.
He Hui's arm movements were large and powerful, with faint muscle lines on his arms. It was like the sound of a piano being struck hard, constantly expressing a cry against fate.
StSq4=BV 3.9+GOE 1.14
CURRENT TES 43.49
The technical points on the screen were accumulating at a very fast speed. So far, He Hui had not made any technical mistakes, and had not even received a GOE below 1 point.
This is quite rare.
"Oh, I'm super excited now. My girl is really generous. Look at how smooth this move is. It's hard to find any points for it, right?"
"If you ask me, it's not that the referee opened his eyes, but that He Hui conquered the referee with his strength. To be honest, He Hui hasn't made any mistakes this season, right? If this incredible level were put on Russian or European and American players, their GOE would have exploded a long time ago, right?"
"It's so funny, my brain is no longer working, I can't even count a single point, I'm so nervous that I'm breathing faster than I can breathe."
"He Hui's short program has one last series of bows and turns." Bai Ying's voice became tense, just like the audience.
But He Hui never disappoints. Since her debut, she has been constantly refreshing people's definition of "genius girl". She is more talented than a genius, and she was born for figure skating.
From the perspective of the Flying Cat camera above his head, He Hui's bending body looked like a flower gradually opening.
The director finally cut back to the ground shot, where He Hui happened to lift the ice skates from her waist. Then, she neatly lifted the ice skates completely from behind, with her legs and arms forming a perfect water drop shape.
Her other arm hangs naturally at her side, and her relaxed state makes it seem like this Bellman is doing it effortlessly.
Even at the end, He Hui's physical strength was still terrifyingly abundant. She did not lose any speed, and even had a faster and faster momentum as the piano sound gradually increased.
All in one go!
He Hui's bow and turn ended, and the music ended with a strong accent.
LSp4=BV 2.7+GOE 1
CURRENT TES 47.09
"A perfectly clean short program!" Bai Ying's eyes suddenly filled with tears.
In his ten-year commentary career, Bai Ying has almost been waiting for a miracle to happen.
After Lin Xiaoman retired, Chinese figure skating entered a long and dark dormant period. Perhaps, the dormant period is just a way for ice fans to comfort themselves. Because no one knows whether the sleeping dragon will wake up again, and no one knows whether this tormenting pain will come to an abrupt end one day.
But after watching He Hui's short program at the Sochi Winter Olympics today, Bai Ying felt relieved.
She thought she was lucky because she had waited for the future of Chinese figure skating.
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