Wang Meng looked at Li Yuang, who was skating on the court and ready to take over at any time, with expectations in her eyes.
She knew that Zou Yuchen stretched his hips at the beginning and the man's pick-up was smooth because of Li Yuang's existence! Unknowingly, Li Yuang had become the backbone of the Chinese short track speed skating team.
Not just this Winter Games team, but the entire national team.
In the men's 1,000-meter competition at the World Championships yesterday, no one from the Chinese team entered the final group A. The final gold medal was won by South Korean team Huang Daehyung. When interviewed after the game, Li Yan was asked by reporters what he thought of the short track men's team.
During the 1,000-meter performance, Li Yan left the field angrily after saying "there are not enough people".
If Li Yuang dies in the championship, this gold medal should belong to the Chinese team... After all, Huang Daheng defeated Li Yuang once in the World Cup, and it was because Li Yuang was penned!
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"There are only 15 laps left in the game! The Chinese team is still the last one to hand over!"
"Li Yuang! He picked up the speed very quickly! There is only three positions between the Chinese team and the third-placed Japanese team!"
Li Yuang knew that if he couldn't surpass this one, he might have to wait until the next round. Even though it was only a mere three body positions apart, it was like a chasm in relay events and it was difficult to surpass!
In order to ensure the physical fitness and speed of each player, relay events generally adopt a one-and-a-half-turn handover strategy! In this short one-and-a-half lap time, unless your strength stabilizes your opponent, it will be difficult to surpass your opponent during normal sliding.
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Therefore, most overtaking in relay events occurs when the baton is handed over, taking advantage of the opponent's mistakes or acceleration to complete the overtaking! The two-lap tactic often used by each team also uses the time difference of the handover to complete the overtaking!
As a sprint stick player, unless there are special circumstances, Li Yuang does not want to complete the overtaking by doing two laps!
"Li Yuang cuts inside in advance! Moriguchi Kiichi also cuts inside!"
"Although the Japanese player Kiichi Moriguchi, ranked third, cut in a step late, he still got stuck in front of Li Yuang and entered the corner by virtue of his position advantage!"
"Li Yuang followed Moriguchi Kiichi and followed the inside track into the corner!"
At the corner, Kiichi Moriguchi was a little flustered. Although he was still in the lead, the three-position gap between the two had disappeared. It was only a matter of time before Li Yuang overtook him. The only problem was how to overtake!
Li Yuang entered the corner on the inner road, and it is unlikely that he would use the "pressure and knife" method to complete the overtaking!
Then he wanted to pass on the inside lane when exiting the corner?
It must be!
After thinking about this, Kiichi Moriguchi unfortunately slowed down!
Moriguchi Kiichi was secretly happy. This deceleration killed two birds with one stone. It could not only ensure that he stayed close to the inner road when exiting the corner, but also compressed Li Yuang's acceleration space, forcing him to slow down!
"Kiichi Moriguchi's deceleration was a bit abrupt... Li Yuang was forced to get up and slow down..."
"Not good! After Li Yuang stood up, his center of gravity moved upward, and his body floated outward under the action of centrifugal force..."
"Li Yuang! Lower your center of gravity quickly!"
What's going on? It can't be a mistake!
At this time, Li Yuang made a mistake, which was a devastating blow to the morale of the entire team!
For today's competition, Liu Xingyu and Niu Yinhao gave up the opportunity to commentate on the 500 meters at the Wuhan University World Championships and chose Li Yuang to compete for the gold medal in all events! Wouldn't it really stretch the crotch?
In the live broadcast room, Liu Xingyu's heart was like a taut string that could be broken at any time. He couldn't bear to look directly at it, but as a commentator, he must face the camera directly and use professional terms to explain the game to the audience in front of the TV.
Liu Xingyu looked at the broadcast screen anxiously... Li Yuang not only did not lower his center of gravity, but continued to stand up. The angle between his upper body and the ice surface was close to 90°!
Could it be that Li Yuang wants to directly surpass Moriguchi Kiichi by using a knife to change direction?
That's not right! The distance between the two is too close, there is no room for adding a knife, and Li Yuang's center of gravity is too high now! It is completely impossible to add a knife!
Liu Xingyu felt his heart beating rapidly... Just when he thought Li Yuang would slip sideways in the next second, Niu Yinhao's voice came.
"Li Yuang changed lanes! He didn't add a knife, he used centrifugal force to complete the lane change!"
"This is a great test of Li Yuang's core strength and sense of balance!"
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On the sidelines, the head coach of the South Korean team, Lee Jae-sung, had a gloating expression on his face and thought to himself: You are so smart! You will suffer it soon!
No one has ever used centrifugal force to change lanes. Strictly speaking, sliding acceleration in corners is a type of lane change that uses centrifugal force!
But like Li Yuang, who directly uses centrifugal force to change lanes when cornering, no one has ever succeeded!
It’s not that the sense of balance and core strength are poor, but that under the pull of centrifugal force, athletes will lose control of their bodies and rush directly towards the fence. If they forcefully stretch their legs to change direction, they will either be injured or slip and fall...
Wang Meng was also worried on the sidelines, staring closely at the corner.
She had tried this trick before in training... At the last moment when the skate blade came into contact with the blade, she knew she couldn't finish it and gave up, crashing into the barrier!
She knew that her nephew never fought an uncertain battle, but this time even she didn't believe that Li Yuang could finish it!
Hey... why do you have to go through this corner? You can just wait for the opportunity to overtake it!
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On the ice rink, Li Yuang didn't know what everyone was thinking.
He indeed planned to overtake on the inside track when exiting the corner. This method of overtaking on the inside track is the most cost-effective! Unfortunately, Kiichi Moriguchi saw through it.
After this season's baptism, Li Yuang is no longer a rookie. When he saw Kiichi Moriguchi slowing down when cornering, he immediately understood his intention.
Li Yuang wanted to replicate the scene in the first round of handover and complete the overtaking by adding a knife and changing the direction. When he was about to add a knife, he found that the space between the two was too small and there was no room for adding a knife.
An idea flashed in his mind, and after thinking of the way centrifugal force changed lanes, he took action immediately!
At this moment, Li Yuang had already exited the corner. His body rushed towards the barrier. Although he had not yet rushed out of the track, Li Yuang could already feel that the sliding speed was getting faster and faster, and he might lose control at any time!
He exerted force on his waist and abdomen, and his upper body tilted to the left again. At the same time, he pushed his right foot diagonally to remove the inertia of sliding outward!
The moment the skate blade came into contact with the ice, a strong pain came from his ankle. Li Yuang gritted his teeth and applied two more blades before completely changing the direction of skating!
Seeing this scene, the tight string in Liu Xingyu's heart finally relaxed, and he shouted excitedly: "Li Yuang! He did it! His body did not lose control after using centrifugal force to complete the lane change!"
"Now Li Yuang and Moriguchi Kiichi are on par!"
"Kiichi Moriguchi didn't just surrender, he started to use the knife like crazy, trying to use his speed to hit Li Yuang hard!"
"Li Yuang's acceleration was obviously faster. He just tapped the skate twice and completely left Moriguchi Kiichi behind!"
On the sidelines, Lee Jae-sung of the Korean team murmured in disbelief: "How is it possible! How is this possible?"
He couldn't believe his eyes. Li Yuang didn't fall sideways, didn't fall into the fence, and wasn't injured! How is this possible? Are his ankles made of iron?
Nervous enough to lie down on the fence, Wang Meng observed for a while longer. After seeing that Li Yuang's bending had no effect, she breathed a long sigh of relief and secretly wiped the sweat from her palms on the fence.
My nephew is really good at playing! She saw it so clearly just now that she almost made a mistake!
On the ice rink, almost all the players in the inner circle couldn't believe that Li Yuang could do this! They were once again impressed by Li Yuang's strength. Only a few players from the Korean team thought that what Li Yuang could do, they could also do it.
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The only two people in the stadium who didn't know what was going on were Li Junrui and Leonid, who were still competing.
The Russian team playing at home relied on their belief in not admitting defeat and actually kept up with the Korean team. Although they did not surpass the Korean team, they kept following the Korean team and putting pressure on them!
It is precisely because of this that after surpassing Kiichi Moriguchi, Li Yuang is still some distance away from Leonid in second place!
When Li Yuang completed the overtaking, the scene erupted with strong cheers, and Li Yuang's name could still be faintly heard.
Li Junrui and Leonid immediately understood that the Chinese team had reached the third position and would attack them next!
The last event is the relay event! The players who were suppressed by Li Yuang in three consecutive individual events began to rise, and no one wanted to give up their current ranking!
This virtually made the game more difficult! It wasn’t until Li Yuang’s last handover with An Kai that the Chinese team caught up with the previous two teams!
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In the rest area of the Chinese team, after Li Yuang completed the last handover, Jin Shantai immediately noticed that the lap number was wrong!
"Wang, in order to gain back time, the number of laps the team members skated was a bit messy. There are still seven and a half laps left. If each person does one and a half laps, Li Yuang's sprint stick will have to skate three laps!"
Jin Shantai’s meaning was very obvious. The final slide was three turns, and it was hard to tell the outcome! Two people had to skate one and a half more turns to share the pressure for Li Yuang!
An Kai's last stroke on the field has already begun. Judging from his skating speed, it is obvious that he distributes his energy according to the distance of one and a half laps. If this is the case, the only two people who can share the pressure for Li Yuang are Zou Yuchen and Li Wenwu.
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It's definitely okay for Li Wenwu to skate half a circle more, but can Zou Yuchen really do it?
Wang Meng pointed in the direction of Li Yuang in the inner circle and said: "Coach Jin, don't worry, they are already discussing countermeasures!"
In the field, Li Yuang was skating and said to Li Wenwu beside him: "Wenwu, I just miscalculated the number of laps. Now there is one more lap. Each of us skates half a lap more. Is there any problem?"
Li Wenwu nodded and said there was no problem, and then thought that it was already the last stroke. Li Yuang would have to skate two and a half laps in the end?
Thinking of this, Li Wenwu quickly asked: "Two and a half circles? Is it really no problem?"
"No problem...it's just that when we hand over, no matter how far behind Zou Yuchen was in the previous game, you have to hold on to the third position. It's best to get another one!"
Second?
Li Wenwu nodded heavily and slid towards the other half.
An Kai had completed the handover with Zou Yuchen. He came to Li Yuang and said anxiously: "Carp, the number of laps was calculated wrong! There was an extra lap at the end. If I had known I would have skated half a lap more!"
Li Yuang patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, my calculation is correct! Just wait and celebrate with me in front of the finish line!"
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"The Korean team is full of handovers! The Russian team Yinfriyev seized the opportunity to surpass and take the first position!"
"Beautiful! Li Wenwu, who completed the handover one lap ahead of schedule, also took advantage of the time difference between the two teams to overtake! The Chinese team is temporarily ranked second!"
Judging from the situation on the field, the Chinese team is in the second position. The last one is Li Yuang, the three-time gold medalist of the Great Winter Games. He has a high chance of winning this relay gold medal!
But in the venue, all the coaches and athletes knew that this situation was only temporary! There were only three and a half laps left. According to the rules, the last stick should be skated for at least two laps. Li Wenwu, who had already skated one lap, could not skate another lap and a half.
, so the biggest possibility is that Li Wenwu has two laps and Li Yuang sprints for two and a half laps!
In other words, the Chinese team will take over after one lap! This time difference and Li Yuang’s physical problems in the last half lap are the real test!
"Park Ji-won tried to overtake in the inner lane, but was blocked by Lee Mun-wu! This is the third time Park Ji-won of the Korean team tried to overtake, but was resolved one by one by Lee Mun-wu!"
"It's just that the Russian team took advantage of the entanglement between the Chinese and Korean teams to widen the distance!"
"We saw that Li Yuang has entered the stage and is preparing to hand over. He is going to skate the last two and a half laps!"
"All the pressure is on Li Yuang's shoulders!"
"Chinese team handover!"
"Park Ji-won took advantage of the handover time of the Chinese team to complete the surpass!"
"We don't have to worry. When they hand over after half a lap, Li Yuang can still come back!"
On the ice rink, Li Yuang, who completed the handover, did not have the habit of "taking advantage of others' danger"! He always had a hand in dealing with the Korean team!
Li Yuang, who started with the help of Li Wenwu's push, only needed a straight road to pick up the speed!
About to enter the corner, this is the last corner before Park Ji-won takes over!
Park Ji-won deliberately slowed down for stability.
Li Yuang took the opportunity to catch up. He did not cut in, but entered the corner at a large angle. When cornering, he used "turning direction to accelerate" and cut directly in from the outermost lane!
Since changing lanes with the help of centrifugal force, Li Yuang obviously felt that his cornering skills had improved to a higher level. He even felt that he could use "Add the Blade into the Corner" without learning, but he didn't dare to try it in the competition!
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
Park Zhiyuan, who was bending, knew without looking that this was Li Yuang applying the knife more! He was unhappy in his heart, didn't he just know how to "bend and use the knife"? What's there to show off?
Just when Park Ji-won was about to pass the arc point, a black shadow came in from the outside!
Park Zhiyuan never dreamed that Li Yuang would overtake him at this time! He did hear the sound of Li Yuang applying the knife, but he subconsciously thought that Li Yuang was preparing after exiting the corner!
It was not my fault that I was overtaken during the handover, but I was overtaken at the last corner before the handover! It was entirely because of my carelessness!
What should we do now?
At this moment, Park Zhiyuan hopes that he can also "press and bend in disguise", so that he can complete the lane change before exiting the corner, and maybe there is a chance!