"Look at how you look! How can you look like a national team if you are all in disarray?"
"I know the PyeongChang cycle has just ended and some people want to take a break. It doesn't matter. If you want to take a break, please bring it up now and I will approve it immediately. Who wants to take a break?"
Head coach Li Yan asked sharply, and all the players on the court lowered their heads and no one responded.
"Okay, since you haven't, start practicing hard for me from today! I announce that the BJ cycle of the Chinese short track speed skating team has officially begun!"
"There are both old and new players present at the training today. Old players, you must have a sense of crisis! In the new cycle, you will be constantly impacted by newcomers, and you will be outmatched if you are not careful. New players must use your momentum. Challenge the veteran players through your own efforts. If you don’t push them down, why should they step aside.”
"As you have seen, in order to prepare for the BJ cycle, our coaching staff has also made adjustments. We have added a technical coach, Olympic champion-Wang Meng!" As she said that, Li Yan looked at Wang Meng.
Wang Meng smiled and nodded, waving to everyone as a greeting.
"The new team members Li Wenwu and Liu Long are also familiar to everyone, and we have seen them during joint training."
"Our first goal is the World Championships in Montreal on March 16. We have gone a week in advance to adapt to the venue. Now I will announce the list of participants."
"Han Tianyu, Xu Hongzhi, Li Yuang, Liu Long, Li Wenwu." After speaking, Li Yan glanced at the players on the field and continued, "The results of Wu Dajing and Chen De's physical examination showed that they are not suitable for high-intensity training. They will be under the supervision of the team doctor. Adaptive training will be carried out.”
"Okay, let's do a 30-lap warm-up first. After that, we will divide into two groups and alternate between ice training and land training. Start training!"
The 10 members of the national team on the ice rink were led by Han Tianyu as they skated lap after lap. Li Yuang felt very awkward when skating today, as if someone was always staring at him, and there seemed to be more than one.
Since it was just a simple warm-up, Li Yuang did not think about overtaking. He just followed Han Tianyu and Xu Hongzhi closely, in the third position.
Soon a figure overtook from the outside and got stuck in front of Li Yuang. Li Yuang was stunned and quickly adjusted his gliding rhythm to avoid a collision.
Liu Long? This guy who loves showing off! Li Yuang complained in his heart and didn't care. He just thought it was Liu Long who wanted to stay in the first team and perform well.
Under normal circumstances, in the warm-up before training, except for the occasional newcomer who is not physically strong enough to keep up, it is unlikely that there will be any overtaking. Especially the newcomers who have just been transferred from the second team will not surpass them during the warm-up. After all, it is just a warm-up, not a real game. There will be high-intensity training later, so there is no need to waste energy during the warm-up.
Li Yuang soon discovered that he was wrong. Ever since Liu Long came in front of Li Yuang, he had deliberately slowed down. The distance between him and second place Xu Hongzhi gradually began to widen.
Whenever Li Yuang was about to overtake, Liu Long would block the route just like in a formal competition. When others overtook him, Liu Long let them pass without much resistance.
Soon the two of them fell to the end, and together with Li Wenwu, who was last, the former "second team and three cheap guests" followed at the end of the team.
Well, it seems that you are deliberately trying to compare! Li Yuang calculated that there were still 9 laps of 1,000 meters left. He nodded to Li Wenwu behind him, and Li Wenwu quickly passed him from the outside and killed Liu Long from the inside.
Liu Long clamped down and held the line, preventing Li Wenwu from overtaking him.
Li Yuang seized the opportunity, pedaled on the ice to speed up, and overtook directly from the outside.
In a perfect cooperation, Li Wenwu feinted a shot to attack the inside, Liu Long defended the inside and moved outside, and Li Yuang seized the opportunity to complete the overtake on the outside. This is also a common cooperation in individual events in international competitions.
"Damn it, I was deceived by them! They are still so despicable, they have to cooperate during the warm-up." Liu Long cursed in his heart, but he never thought that this was originally a competition started by him.
snort! Only the weak need to cooperate, you two just wait for me!
Liu Long was so angry that he added a knife under his feet to speed up, preparing to overtake Li Yuang from the inside when exiting the corner. He knows Li Yuang very well. The three of them were selected for the second national team at the same time and were brothers in the same dormitory. Li Yuang's center of gravity is unstable when exiting the corner, and his inability to guard the inside route has always been his shortcoming.
It's now! Liu Long's heart jumped when he saw Li Yuang, and he added his knife and prepared to overtake from the inside. But he saw that Li Yuang in front quickly controlled his center of gravity and lowered his waist without giving him enough route.
Did he make up for the broken board when he came out of the corner?
Helpless, Liu Long could only give up transcendence. At this moment, Li Wenwu came out from behind Liu Long and took advantage of the opportunity when Li Yuang and Liu Long were entangled at the corner to complete the overtake.
In this way, whenever Liu Long planned to overtake, Li Yuang and Li Wenwu completed precise control over Liu Long by one person defending and the other overtaking, and alternately leading the slide.
"Young people are still very motivated. It was only in the warm-up match that three people caught up with them." Head coach Li Yan said on the sidelines.
"I see that Li Yuang and Li Wenwu cooperate very well. If they are both present at the same time, there is no need to worry about tactical tacit understanding." Wang Meng has been observing Li Yuang's movements and is well aware of the cooperation between the two just now.
"As Li Yuang's exclusive coach, he will be left to you." Li Yan said calmly.
The seeded players in the team are usually assigned their own coaches. In addition to participating in the team's joint training, all special training for the seeded players is handled by their dedicated coaches. It is even said that exclusive coaches are like politicians and are also responsible for the players' daily life and ideological issues.
In other words, if something goes wrong for a seeded player, the exclusive coach will be the first person responsible. For example, although head coach Li Yan is responsible for everything in the national team, she is also the exclusive coach of Wu Dajing and Han Tianyu. It's just that she has a lot to do, and is basically only responsible for daily training, and doesn't care much about their lives outside of training.
After returning from the Winter Olympics this time, Li Yan originally planned to train Li Yuang well. After all, judging from Li Yuang's performance in Pingchang, he still has great potential that can be tapped. You must know that Li Yuang is only 16. If nothing happens, he can participate in at least three Winter Olympics. Wuhan University is only 27 years old when it comes to competing for the next Winter Olympics, and it is not certain that they will be able to participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
With such a good seedling in his hands, he can at least continue to work for three more cycles. Who knew that she would receive a notification from her leadership this morning that Wang Meng would join the coaching staff as a technical director and also serve as Li Yuang's exclusive coach. Although she resisted, thinking about the relationship between Wang Meng and Li Yuang, she could only be beautiful as an adult.
"Don't worry, I will train him well. It's just that we have to deal with the Winter Games as soon as possible. After all, we have to settle their student status issues first this year." Wang Meng said.
"Don't worry, the leader is already making arrangements."
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