The next day, Qingdao Guoxin Stadium Skating Hall.
In the HLJ team rest area, everyone looked at Li Yuang in surprise. Just now, Li Yuang was not included in the list of group projects announced by Chen Jingye!
Although Li Yuang performed poorly yesterday, he is the main player of the national team after all! If he is not allowed to play in the domestic competition, it will be easy to win... but once he loses, the pressure will be great.
"Coach, this list..." Fan Kexin also wanted to fight for Li Yuang. She didn't think Zhang Tianyi had the ability to replace Li Yuang. Even though Li Yuang was in poor condition yesterday, he still advanced in all three events.
As for Zhang Tianyi, he was only sent to the final group A in the 1,000-meter event. No matter how you look at it, the two are not at the same level.
"This list is decided by the coaching staff based on yesterday's performance and everyone's status."
The implication is that Li Yuang was not selected for the group event due to poor condition.
Chen Jingye's decision was also carefully considered. He ignored the result of the game and only looked at the content of the game. The main reason for Li Yuang's poor condition is physical fitness! If he were allowed to compete in all events today, he would probably be in vain.
In this case, it is better to let Li Yuang give up the group event and keep the three individual events. Chen Jingye doesn't expect Li Yuang to win all the individual gold medals in the elite league. As long as he can win one or two gold medals, it will be enough.
In addition, in the team event, Jilin team Wu Dajing's status is not much better than Li Yuang, and Liaoning team Han Tianyu was injured and did not participate. Judging from the current situation, even if Li Yuang cannot participate, the HLJ team has a relatively high probability of winning.
Seeing Chen Jingye looking at him, Li Yuang nodded quickly to show that he understood.
Li Yuang's family knew about his family affairs, and his performance yesterday was indeed very bad. I flew to Moscow to find Camilla, a round trip every three days, which took more than ten hours of flying time, not to mention the waiting time for the flight.
When I returned from Moscow and landed at the Capital Airport, it was already 2:30 in the morning on January 2. I hurriedly found a hotel in BJ to sleep, and had to rush to Qingdao to gather in the afternoon of the same day to participate in the competition the next day. Even Iron Man can't stand it!
Without the buff bonus of "back hand sliding", in the 1000m and 1500m events, Li Yuang would have been eliminated in the preliminaries...
Li Yuang knows that Chen Jingye is also doing it for his own good. In his current state, there is a high probability that he will finish all the competitions.
"Above Heaven"
If he doesn't participate in the relay event, a large number of ice fans will angrily criticize the HLJ coaching staff if he loses. On the other hand, if you perform poorly and lose, a large number of ice fans will criticize you.
From a certain perspective, Chen Jingye is also protecting Li Yuang.
Seeing that Li Yuang had no objection, Chen Jingye asked Fan Kexin and others to prepare for the mixed relay competition.
Although short track speed skating is the most accidental competition, in the final analysis it still depends on strength. Due to insufficient commercial development of short track speed skating. The number of participants is small, so we can only rely on the winter management centers of provincial and municipal sports bureaus to form their own echelons.
This leads to the fact that in domestic competitions, it is always the players from the national team who compete to win the championship. Occasionally, when someone comes forward to defeat the players from the national team, you will find out if you look closely. Good guy, this is also the national team, but it's just that it's not famous in the second team.
In fact, the same situation also occurs in international competitions. In the World Cup competitions, due to issues such as training new players and preparation ideas, new players may win the championship. When it comes to the World Championships and Winter Olympics, it’s always those few people who get on the podium.
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"Hello, audience friends, this is the skating rink of Qingdao Guoxin Stadium. What is about to be held is the National Short Track Speed Skating Championship, the men's 500-meter final group A competition. I am your old friend Liu Xingyu."
"QD City, as one of the first strategically important cities in the country's "Northern Ice and South Exhibition", has hosted high-level competitions such as the National Figure Skating Championships, Championships, National Ice Hockey League, and National Short Track Speed Skating League since 2015."
"Strictly speaking, the Qingdao team should be the SD provincial team. It is the only professional team for winter sports in SD province. It is the short track speed team that the SD Provincial Sports Bureau has developed in accordance with the "Northern Ice and South Exhibition" development plan proposed by the State Sports General Administration. The QD City Short Track Speed Skating Team was formally established using the "provincial team and city run" model for the skating project.
"The Qingdao short track speed skating team has also sent a large number of talents to the national team in recent years. For example, the familiar Li Wenlong, An Kai, and Yu Songnan are all from the Qingdao team."
"Among them, Yu Songnan entered the final group A in the 500-meter event, and Li Wenlong and An Kai both advanced to the final group A in the 1000-meter and 1500-meter events. It can be said that their performance was very outstanding!"
"The next thing to be held is the men's 500m final group A competition. The four contestants are Yu Songnan from Qingdao team in the first team, Wu Dajing from Jilin team in the second team, Wang Pengyu from the Yunnan team in the third team, and Li Yuang from the HLJ team in the fourth team."
"Li Yuang is actually in the fourth lane. It seems that his semi-final results are average."
…
On the ice rink, Li Yuang finally saw the enthusiasm of Shandong people. When every player was introduced, the whole venue burst into warm cheers. Especially when Wu Dajing was introduced, the cheers overwhelmed Yu Songnan who was playing at home.
"Go to the start."
Following the starter's announcement, the four runners stepped onto the starting line.
In the domestic competition, the 500-meter final, Li Yuang started in four lanes. If you tell me this, not many people will reply, right?
Four ways to go! If you want to win, you must start first!
Li Yuang turned his head and glanced at Wang Pengyu on the left. He knew that this was the first goal he wanted to surpass!
Wu Dajing was in poor condition in this race. If he could surpass Wang Pengyu at the start, he would still have a chance to compete for the gold medal.
"Ready?"
"Peng!"
When the game started, Wang Pengyu felt a figure flash past on the right. He knew it was Li Yuang rushing out!
Is this Li Yuang's strength?
He deserves to be the main player of the national team! Look at this starting reaction and this instant acceleration ability, it is simply amazing!
Before Wang Pengyu finished sighing in his heart, he heard a "boom" and saw Li Yuang, who had just rushed out, lying directly on the ice!
"At the beginning of the race, Li Yuang, who received four penalties, responded quickly. He was the first to rush out. It was obvious that he wanted to make up for his lack of awareness in the lane by starting..."
"Li Yuang! He actually fell down at the starting stage!"
Li Yuang, who was lying on the ice, was stunned. He actually fell down at the starting stage? This is simply outrageous!
He felt very good at the start and reacted very quickly. After just two steps, he felt his legs soften and fall directly onto the ice... He knew this was a sequelae of a long flight, but this fall was a bit strange. Ah... I feel like there is something that I cannot explain.
In the 500-meter event, once you fall and are out of the rematch, it is impossible to recover!
Li Yuang did not get up in a hurry. He looked up and looked at the first corner. His only hope rested on this corner... Only if more than two people slide, a rematch may be awarded!
"The game is still going on. Let's take a look at the slow motion later."
"Yu Songnan from the first group relied on his track advantage to overtake Wu Dajing and enter the corner first. Wu Dajing and Wang Pengyu entered the corner one after another."
On the sidelines, Wang Meng saw Li Yuang hammering the ice twice to show his dissatisfaction with him, and smiled enigmatically.
She noticed something was wrong when she saw Li Yuang's game status yesterday. Li Yuang was in good condition and physical fitness when he left the national team. But if he looked like this in just a few days, something must have happened.
Wang Meng immediately called Wang Xin directly. After asking, she found out that Li Yuang flew to Russia on December 30. Calculating the time, the Qingdao team would gather on January 2, and Li Yuang had just returned to China.
Thinking of the end of Seoul Station, Li Yuang asked himself about the holiday. Wang Meng immediately understood that her nephew's heart had already flown to Russia...
Wang Meng has long wanted to beat Li Yuang, but has never found a suitable opportunity.
At the beginning of the new season, in the domestic arena, Li Yuang of the Elite League won three individual gold medals by himself. In the international arena, he won six gold medals in a row at the World Cup Seoul and Almaty stations. This was despite being fouled by his opponent. Got it.
It can be said that Li Yuang is the most outstanding player in the national team based on his performance in the first season.
In this case, no matter what Wang Meng said, Li Yuang would not listen. After all, he is only 16 years old...
You can only wait until he stumbles before hitting him again, which will have the best effect.
On the ice rink, Li Yuang, who had no hope of winning the championship, had given up on competing for medals and was skating on the outer lane.
At the last corner, Yu Songnan, who was leading the race, was very tight. Wu Dajing could only pull aside and try to overtake on the outer lane!
If it were a normal Wu Da Jing, he would be able to overtake by just accelerating when exiting the corner. Unfortunately, after not receiving formal training for more than a month, he was obviously weak at the last moment. After pulling to the side, not only failed to overtake, but Wang Pengyu seized the opportunity to overtake in the inner lane.
In the end, Qingdao team Yu Songnan won the gold medal, Yunnan team Wang Pengyu won the silver medal, and Jilin team Wu Dajing only finished third.
Wu Dajing, who was the third to cross the finish line, was helpless. He knew he was in poor condition and thought he would lose, but he didn't expect that the winner was not Li Yuang.
Wu Dajing turned around and saw Li Yuang finishing the game. The two wanted to give it a try, as if to say: Brother, why are you at the end?
Several foreign reporters in the stands shouted:
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"This must be a cover-up trick by the Chinese short track speed skating team!"
"In the 500-meter event, the Chinese team Wu Dajing only finished third and Li Yuang fourth. How is that possible?"
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After the simple arrangement of the scene, the award ceremony went directly to the ceremony.
Before the game, Yu Songnan never thought that he could win this gold medal. He waved excitedly to the audience, who responded with even more enthusiastic cheers...
Li Yuang looked at the extremely embarrassed Wu Dajing on the field, and was secretly glad that he was not on the stage. If he only got a bronze medal on the podium, would he be laughed to death by everyone?
"Do you think Da Jing is embarrassed up there?"
Someone spoke what was in his heart, and Li Yuang nodded subconsciously... This voice was wrong!
"Is it an honor to win fourth place? Do you know what it means to be proud of not being ashamed? That's what you are like now!"
When Li Yuang heard Wang Meng's voice, he immediately stood up and said, "I'm sorry, coach, I didn't perform well and let you down."
"Disappointed? No, this is your true level, what is there to be disappointed about?"
Li Yuang was startled... What does this mean? How could this be my true level? A month ago at the Almaty station, I just took first place in the 500-meter event!
Seeing Li Yuang's unconvinced look, Wang Meng said, "Do you know how you lost?"
Li Yuang hesitated for a while before speaking: "I rushed too hard at the beginning...I didn't have enough strength to keep up..."
"The charge was too strong at the beginning? Didn't the strength keep up? You said it was easy. Why don't you think about why you charged so hard?" Wang Meng's voice was much louder this time.
It was not because he did not perform well in the semi-finals and had to start in the fourth lane... Li Yuang just thought about this in his heart and did not dare to say it out.
"Say it! Aren't you pretty good at talking about it?"
"Since you didn't say it, I'll say it for you! Because we didn't perform well in the semifinals, we had to start from the four lanes, right?"
After Wang Meng finished speaking, she continued without waiting for Li Yuang's response: "Why didn't you perform well in the semifinals? It's all because someone flew to Russia!"
"Auntie, you..."
Wang Meng glared at Li Yuang and interrupted sharply: "Don't call me aunt, I am your coach now!"
Li Yuang was speechless for a moment. He didn't expect his aunt to know about his search for Camilla so quickly.
"How did you promise me back then? It would definitely not affect your grades! Does it affect you now?"
This matter really affected my game performance. If Camilla had not gone to find him, it would have been very possible to win three individual gold medals again in this championship.
Li Yuang thought of his promise to Wang Meng, lowered his head and said, "Auntie, I'm sorry..."
Wang Meng saw that Li Yuang was sincerely aware of his mistake and had softened his mind a lot. She asked, "Do you think the problem is physical, and it won't be affected if you don't go to Russia on New Year's Day?"
Is not it?
Li Yuang raised his head and looked at Wang Meng doubtfully.
"Carp, your real problem is not physical fitness or state, but your attitude!"
"manner?"
"Yes! It's your attitude towards domestic competitions!" Wang Meng paused and continued, "If this were the World Championships or the Olympics, would you go find Camilla and return home the day before the competition?"
"I don't……"
"Really? It doesn't matter if you admit it or not! In your subconscious mind, you think that you can win the domestic competition if you just deal with it."
Li Yuang wanted to refute Wang Meng, but found that he could not say anything.
He had to admit that Wang Meng was right!
It's really like what Wang Meng said, Li Yuang subconsciously looks down on the domestic competition... He can win the championship in the international arena, isn't the domestic competition easy?
To put it nicely, it’s a matter of attitude; to put it worst, it’s just that Li Yuang is in a bad mood...
Li Yuang fell into deep thought. He couldn't figure out when he started to wander... Was it this year's elite league or the World Cup?
When Wang Meng saw this, she knew that her words had an effect, and she believed that Li Yuang would be able to adjust soon. She patted Li Yuang on the shoulder and said: "Carp, this is a good thing. It is better to be embarrassed at home than abroad. Think about it for yourself."
"Auntie, I promise you that we will adjust as soon as possible so as not to delay the competition at the Winter Games."
Li Yuang had looked down on the competition at the Winter Olympics before, but this time he had completely sobered up. He also used all his strength to fight the lion against the rabbit. He didn't even have a gold medal in a single event at the Winter Olympics, so what right did he have to look down on others?
