Li Yuang took over and quickly increased the speed. He wanted to widen his lead. Li Wenwu's performance was indeed surprising.
However, Liu Long's performance in taking over the baton twice was very poor. I remembered that during the warm-up before the game, Liu Long was so nervous that his body was stiff. Li Yuang felt a little uneasy.
"Li Yuang, he picked up the speed again."
"Canadian team Girard has surpassed South Korea's Seo Yila and is trying his best to catch up with Li Yuang!"
"The scene has a tendency to be stretched..."
…
"Liu Long takes over, and the Chinese team is in the first position! This is the third time he has taken over."
After Liu Long took over, he learned the lesson from last time and accelerated directly with the help of thrust.
Comparing Li Wenwu's performance just now, Liu Long knew that he had lost, and he lost again! This time he did not lose to Li Yuang, but to Li Wenwu, who had always been inferior to him in training!
Stop thinking about it, playing well is what you should do now.
Liu Long took advantage of the opportunity to turn a corner and looked behind him.
Fortunately, the lead is still huge. The second-placed Canadian team is still half a straight line away from us. As long as we perform normally, we will definitely have no problem.
Liu Long cheered himself up silently in his heart!
"Liu Long came out of the corner, slid out and accelerated!"
"Steady! Steady! Liu Long!"
"Oops! The ice surface is a little uneven, which affects Liu Long!" Liu Xingyu exclaimed.
On the ice rink, Liu Long stumbled and almost fell when he was coming out of a corner. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough to stop in time. But in this moment, the Canadian team completed the overtake and moved to one place.
No! Li Yuang rushed out the moment he saw Liu Long’s mistake!
"Handover!"
Liu Long had just stabilized his body when he heard Li Yuang's shout from behind him.
"Li Yuang! He reacted very quickly. The moment Liu Long made a mistake, he rushed forward!"
"Although it only took a few seconds, because the players were very fast, the Chinese team fell to last place again!"
"Fortunately, Li Yuang is very explosive and he has already kept up with the Hungarian player in front!"
"The relay competition does not require the skaters to skate in order. The handover between Li Yuang in the first leg and Liu Long in the third leg is allowed by the rules."
"It's just that now, it's hard to say who the Sprint Gang is." Liu Xingyu said with some worry.
The Chinese coaching staff are also worried. Fortunately, they have already experienced this once at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and are not so panicked.
Due to lack of preparation during the handover just now, Li Yuang failed to complete the transcendence.
One and a half laps later, Li Wenwu took over. He quickly picked up the speed and took advantage of the time difference between Hungary and South Korea to complete the second consecutive overtake, getting stuck in front of them and entering the corner.
Li Yuang, who had just completed the handover, quickly calculated. He knew that the coaching staff was also calculating and would give the next skating plan.
But Li Yuang has his own ideas. In this game, the Chinese team cheated. They can completely imitate the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and put the pressure on himself and Li Wenwu.
There are 26 laps left...if each person has one and a half laps...the sprint stick in the last two laps is Li Wenwu! As long as the sprint stick is not Liu Long!
After making up his mind, Li Yuang took the initiative to make several gestures towards Li Yan, and finally pointed at Li Wenwu, indicating that the sprint stick was Li Wenwu!
Considering Li Wenwu's state in this game, head coach Li Yan nodded in agreement, but she still felt it was inappropriate. It would be better for Han Tianyu or Li Yuang to sprint!
After a lap and a half, Han Tianyu took over, and Liu Long followed in the inner circle, ready to respond.
"Wenwu, each of us will do one and a half laps, you sprint the stick!" Li Yuang's tone was firm.
Shall I sprint the stick?
Li Wenwu looked at Li Yan on the sidelines and saw the head coach nodding towards him.
"No need to read, coach Li Yan agreed! We must take this team gold medal back!"
"good!"
…
Li Yuang skated two more sticks, and the Chinese team was always ranked second. The Canadian team was in good shape. He could only try to shorten the gap every time, and it was difficult to catch up. Because he had to skate the sprint stick, Li Wenwu always
Hold it back, I don’t dare to sprint with all my strength!
"Liu Long takes over! He is accelerating as hard as he can!"
"The mistake just now is not what we want to see. Don't worry, we still have a chance!"
Liu Long was gliding desperately. Every time he passed a corner, he deliberately took the inner track to avoid the previous accident.
Huang Daheng followed Liu Long, waiting for an opportunity to overtake him. After seeing Liu Long's performance, he came up with a plan. When cornering, he quietly swept the sign outward... This little move of his was very subtle...
After exiting the corner, Huang Daheng tried to overtake on the inside track many times. He kept giving Liu Long the illusion that he wanted to overtake on the inside track.
At this time, Liu Long had already lost all his strength. He forgot about Huang Daheng's gliding habit and thought he was going to overtake him in an inner way.
Huang Daheng slowly slowed down, and the distance between the two widened.
So, when Liu Long took the third corner, he firmly guarded the inner lane to prevent Huang Daheng from overtaking! When the corner came, Liu Long looked back and saw that the distance between him and Huang Daheng had widened again, and he was secretly relieved.
"Liu Long! Liu Long again!"
"Liu Long stepped on the sign and fell out!"
"It's over! This time Li Yuang is already waiting in front to take over! There is no way to quickly hand over to Liu Long!"
As soon as Liu Xingyu finished speaking, a figure rushed to the barrier, and after handing over to Liu Long, he quickly increased his speed!
"Li Wenwu! He completed the handover quickly!"
"He's very fast! He's trying to catch up!"
"Beautiful! The outsider has surpassed! The outsider Li Wenwu has surpassed the Hungarian player Burjan." Liu Xingyu shouted excitedly.
After completing the overtake, Li Wenwu no longer paid attention to the route problem. The Hungarian team was not his goal! His goal was the Korean team in front!
Li Wenwu knew that after this handover, he was no longer a sprinter, so there was no need to conserve his energy!
Go ahead! Li Wenwu!
Fulfill your promise to Li Yuang!
After one lap, Li Wenwu finally caught up with Guo Runqi, and there was still one last chance to turn!
Li Wenwu entered the corner at a steep angle, and he was ready to overtake on the inside lane when exiting the corner!
Just when Li Wenwu was about to exit the corner, he found that Guo Runqi in front had accelerated ahead of schedule!
As mentioned before, Guo Runqi has a "petite" figure, which makes it easier for smaller players to control the center of gravity. He sensed Li Wenwu's intention, and before exiting the corner, he added the knife in advance and started to accelerate. This is his unique secret.
Almost no other athletes can do this.
Alas! What a failure!
"China is the champion!"
During the handover, Li Wenwu heard the slogan shouted by Li Yuang, and he instantly broke through the defense...
This is the scene he saw on TV a month ago!
This is his first time fighting together with Li Yuang!
Dreams come true!
Now, the only thing missing is the gold medal!
ps: Liu Long, for the last time in the novel, I hacked him and sent him a box lunch. You are welcome to discuss your views on him here.
***The author has something to say***
I feel a little emotional after writing this chapter. I believe everyone has figured out who Liu Long’s prototype is.
Liu Long's skill was originally set to be the "King of Warm-up Competitions", with all attributes of 3 in daily training and -1 in official competitions.
Later, I watched a game in which he protected Ren Ziwei. Especially when Ren Ziwei won the championship, he raised his arms and shouted before finishing the game. That scene is still fresh in my memory.
Then I saw on the news that he went to work as a volunteer, forget it...it's not bad anymore.
One of the three initial motivations for writing this book, he has finally completed it.
I hope that in reality, he can make a good summary and win glory for the country as soon as possible!