In the 2018-2019 season, the competitions of the youth group and the adult group of figure skating were held alternately. On the day after the BJ station of the youth group Grand Prix, Sister Mian left in a hurry with everyone in the Crystal Palace.
The BJ station competition has ended, and the discussion about who among the young players performs better, has greater potential, and who is more hopeful to participate in the BJ Winter Olympics is still continuing.
Shcherbakova and Valiyeva entered the field of vision of Chinese figure skating fans for the first time. Many ice skating fans who did not pay much attention to the youth group competitions believe that the two of them plus Trusova, the three The young athlete who can do the quadruple jump will be a strong contender for the BJ Winter Olympics women's single skating championship.
There are also a few experienced ice fans who believe that Valiyeva is too young and cannot be as competitive as the flying Kostornaya who has been promoted to the team. After all, Feitian is the one who can defeat Trusova by relying on 3A.
After the BJ leg of the Youth Grand Prix, Li Yuang will also enter an intense preparation stage. He will participate in the World Cup in Asia in December.
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At the end of November, Li Yuang followed the Chinese short track speed skating team to Seoul, South Korea, preparing to participate in the third stop of this year's Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Seoul, South Korea.
The short track speed skating World Cup can be divided into Olympic season and non-Olympic season in terms of participation rules.
During the Olympic season, the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup will give way to the Winter Olympics. Four events are usually held from September to November. Points will directly determine the quota for the Winter Olympics. In each competition, all athletes can participate in events without restrictions. The competition events are 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters and relay once each!
In the non-Olympic season, the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup will be held in November, December and February of the following year, with a total of six stops. Under normal circumstances, two stops are held in North America in November; two stops are held in Asia in December; and two stops are held in Europe in February of the following year. Each athlete can participate in up to two individual events in each competition.
In addition to the 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters and relay once each, the host country can also choose one of the three individual events for a second competition. It should be noted that the individual events of the six tournament host countries need to be evenly distributed!
In other words, after six races in a season, the three individual events of 500 meters, 1000 meters, and 1500 meters will be held 8 times!
Therefore, in the non-Olympic season, the main players of each country's national team will only choose two to three stops to participate, leaving the remaining opportunities to newcomers. This also results in ISU's ranking of short track speed skaters being unobjective every season.
In the just-concluded Canadian Calgary Station, Canada chose the 500-meter event as its secondary event.
This allowed Wu Da Jing to win three 500-meter gold medals in two races!
It is worth mentioning that Wu Da Jing continued the competitive state of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and turned the three 500-meter finals into crushing rounds! All three finals slipped into 40 seconds, and in the second station in Salt Lake City, the United States, he broke his own world record of 38.584 seconds set at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with a time of 38.505 seconds!
In this Seoul competition, Li Yuang was also under great pressure.
In the first two competitions, the Chinese short track speed skating men's team failed to achieve anything in the middle and long distance events, especially Han Tianyu was injured!
In the second 1,000-meter final at Salt Lake City Station, South Korea's Xu Yila, who was in third place, collided with Liu Shaolin, who was in second place, and fell when he overtook in the inner lane, knocking down Han Tianyu who was behind him, directly causing Han Tianyu to fall. Tianyu's waist injury recurred.
At this time, the team asked Li Yuang to make a comeback in South Korea, and its purpose is self-evident.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" There was a knock on the door.
"Please come in!"
After Li Yuang packed his luggage, he received a message from head coach Li Yan and went directly to her room.
After getting permission, Li Yuang pushed the door open and entered. As soon as he entered the door, he found that it was the same apartment as when Wang Meng was in Moscow. There is a conference table that can accommodate a dozen people, as well as a projector and a whiteboard.
All the remaining games of the season are written on the whiteboard, with photos of the national team members taped under the game names.
When Li Yuang came in, Li Yan was thinking about something while holding his photo, obviously considering Li Yuang's next competition plan.
After the two greeted each other, Li Yan motioned Li Yuang to sit next to the whiteboard and said politely: "Carp, how is your physical condition recently?"
"Cheating Kangxi"
Before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Li Yan had never talked to Li Yuang alone like today. After the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Wang Meng was arranged to notify Li Yuang if something happened.
Doing this suddenly made Li Yuang resist instinctively. He replied formulaically: "Dr. Dai has seen it and there is nothing wrong with it."
"As long as there is no problem, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me as soon as possible." After seeing Li Yuang nod, Li Yan continued, "Carp, as a young player, you should still participate in more high-intensity competitions. You are right. ?"
Do you want to let yourself participate in a few more races?
Isn’t this all determined by the coaching staff? Why are you telling yourself this?
Li Yuang couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Li Yan's throat for a while, so he didn't answer in a hurry.
Seeing that Li Yuang didn't speak, Li Yan slowly said: "You also know that because of the Elite League, your aunt and I are not happy."
"I... think that young players should participate in more games to gain experience, of course, provided their physical conditions permit. Your aunt is a bit conservative in this regard."
Hearing this, Li Yuang subconsciously nodded in agreement. He also felt that his aunt was too conservative!
Let’s not talk about the system. Before the first leg of the World Cup, even though Dr. Dai thought there was no problem, my aunt still did not allow her to participate! This left Li Yuang speechless. Fortunately, Camilla's arrival comforted his young heart.
If he had participated in the first two races, maybe Brother Tianyu wouldn't have been injured...
Li Yuang's subconscious nodding action did not escape Li Yan's eyes. The corners of her mouth raised slightly and she said: "When it comes to competitions, apart from the Olympic season, the most important competition is the annual World Championships."
This is true. The Winter Olympics is a bit like a college entrance examination, used to test the results of your four-year preparations; the World Championships is more like a final exam, used to test the effectiveness of your training in stages throughout the season. As for the annual World Cup, it is at most a monthly test.
"Actually, the World Championships in the first half of the year was quite a pity. If there hadn't been an accident in the 1,000 meters, maybe the all-around golden boots would have been yours. It's crazy to think about the all-around golden boots at the age of 16."
Because of that accident, Li Yuang did not like the 1000m in this year's World Championships. Even in the "Dream Training Ground", Li Yuang had never simulated the 1000m final...
Li Yan saw that Li Yuang seemed to be thinking, and continued to confuse: "You have made great progress in the past year, and our coaching staff has also seen your performance in the elite league. You have great hope to compete in next year's World Championships." All-round champion!”
