Chapter 254: Stay steady and stay away from the waves
"The highly anticipated Group A of the men's 1500m final is about to begin, and our three Korean team members have already taken to the ice to warm up!"
"In the just-concluded women's 1,500-meter final, Kim Ah Rang won the first gold medal for the Korean short track speed skating team!"
"The first gold medal has been obtained, and we believe that the second gold medal is not far away from us!"
Pei Zaixing said excitedly. He looked at Li Youbin on the side from time to time, wanting to pass a message to her. Seeing that Li Youbin didn't speak, he could only continue to say: "This 1500-meter final is also the contest between our Hong Jinghuan and Li Yuang in this year's competition."
The first confrontation at the Winter Games!"
"Everyone is very strong in leading the match between two people..."
"I believe our player Hong Jinghuan will teach this arrogant and shameless guy a lesson!"
After all, Li Youbin was not a professional commentator. She did not pay attention to Bae Zaixing's tone of voice and eyes. Her attention was on the three Korean team members who were warming up.
The three of them did not communicate with each other throughout the whole process, and they looked more like strangers than teammates.
Nowadays, the Korean short track speed skating team is full of factions, and the big factions follow the small factions... The three skaters participating in the Great Winter Games are all from the big sports faction, but when broken down, the three are not from the same faction.
Lee Jun-seo and Hwang Dae-hyung belong to the group; Hong Kyung-hwan has been suppressed by Hwang Dae-hyung; and Park Ji-won is a loner.
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Looking at the three Korean players on the field, Tian Wenjun asked uneasily: "Coach Wang, is there really no problem with Li Yuang?"
"Captain Tian, don't worry. As long as the Korean team doesn't commit any malicious fouls, Li Yuang can definitely win with his stable performance!"
Wang Meng is still very confident in her nephew. Isn't it just one-on-three? Not to mention the three Korean players on the field, Li Yuang has encountered three people who are stronger than them when they join forces...
"You mean if the Korean team fouls, the result will be difficult to say?"
"Li Yuang can recover ordinary fouls." Seeing Tian Wenjun's worry, Wang Meng explained patiently, "Captain Tian, don't worry! It's hard to say about other events, but in the 1500-meter event, Li Yuang is definitely the world's number one
, don’t look at him only ranking fourth in ISU points, that’s because he only participated in two World Cups!”
"If he hadn't been fouled by them and failed to score points twice, Li Yuang would have been firmly ranked first in the world!"
Wang Meng still has a good impression of Tian Wenjun. Although Tian Wenjun also attaches great importance to performance like other leaders, this is understandable.
As the leader of the Chinese delegation to the Winter Games, his performance will directly determine his future career. It is no wonder that he is nervous.
The biggest advantage of Tian Wenjun is that there is no layman to lead an expert! He never interferes in the tactics of the coaching staff, and he doesn't even enter the short track speed skating team's lounge!
And he rarely holds meetings. Since the formation of the team, the only meeting of all coaches and athletes has been the flag-raising ceremony in the Universiade Village! Even with the team today, it was only said in the morning...
"I hope..." Tian Wenjun looked at Li Yuang on the field. The first gold medal of the Chinese delegation was on him alone!
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"start."
Li Yuang came to the end of the first row. He was ranked sixth in the semi-finals. Only Japanese player Moriguchi Kiichi, who was qualified for the final group A, was behind him.
"Ready?"
"Peng!" The game begins!
Li Yuang performed steadily as always and came to the last place in the team before entering the first corner! The three players of the Korean team directly took over the top three. They wanted to prevent other players from overtaking by joining forces with the three!
The leader, Hong Jinghuan, kept his pace very slow and conserved his physical strength as much as possible! Hong Jinghuan enjoyed the feeling of being in the spotlight. He knew very well that the highlight of this game must be his duel with Li Yuang... He had to conserve his physical strength to teach him a lesson.
Li Yuang!
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"Beautiful, our three players from the Republic of Korea directly took the top three! This is a good start. We are very likely to take the top three in this game!"
"The first one is our player Hong Jinghuan, and the last one is the Chinese team Li Yuang. There is a sharp contrast between the two positions..."
Before Pei Zaixing finished speaking, Li Youbin couldn't listen anymore... With Li Yuang here, I would be thankful to get the gold medal. This Pei Zaixing still wants to take the top three? This guy has never seen Li Yuang compete!
No matter how arrogant you are when you speak now, how loud will it be when you slap him in the face!
Li Youbin quickly interrupted: "In the 1500-meter race, Li Yuang of the Chinese team is used to exerting force in the ninth or last lap, and overtaking on the outside! So before that, our athletes must conserve their physical strength!"
Li Youbin felt that it was not a good tactic for all three people to gather in front. The Korean coaching staff did not pay enough attention to Li Yuang in the Great Winter Games!
With three people advancing to Group A of the finals, the best choice should be to send one person to stop Li Yuang in front of him!
Pei Zaixing curled his lips and did not answer, but he cursed in his heart: "So what if I use my strength? Is it possible to break through three people joining forces?"
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On the ice rink, Li Yuang followed slowly. The speed had no impact on his plan at all. Even a slower speed would be more friendly to his plan...
One lap...two laps...three laps...the leaders changed one after another, but the three members of the Korean team were always at the front, and no one tried to overtake and break the rhythm of the field.
The other three players on the court are all self-aware. With the three Korean players joining forces, no one can break through the siege!
They are waiting! Fishing in troubled waters when Li Yuang's heretics surpass him!
Wang Meng saw the cold sweat on Tian Wenjun's forehead and said, "Captain Tian, don't worry. This is Li Yuang's skating habit. He should be able to break through on the 9th lap!"
Tian Wenjun had done his homework and knew Li Yuang's habits, but he couldn't help being nervous. After all, this gold medal was too important to him!
Just as Tian Wenjun was about to nod, he saw Li Yuang overtaking Japanese player Kiichi Moriguchi in the inner lane and exclaimed: "Li Yuang passed in the inner lane!"
Wang Meng was stunned, who? Li Yuang surpassed him in his inner way?
Don't make trouble, this is only the fifth lap, how could he...
The fifth circle?
That’s not right! In last year’s World Championships, Li Yuang started to pull away from the side in the fifth lap!
Something's wrong!
Not only did Li Yuang uncharacteristically start to overtake on the fifth lap, but he did not choose to pass on the outside road, but chose the inside road to overtake!
This brat wants to save energy! He wants to cause trouble!
Thinking of this, Wang Meng shouted loudly: "Li Yuang! Stay still!"
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Li Yuang didn't care what his aunt said... He would be outside... Um, wrong! Athletes have to make their own judgments based on the situation on the field!
He, Li Yuang's judgment is that now is the time to make things happen!
No one expected that Li Yuang would start to overtake on the fifth lap, and Li Yuang did not use his signature pull to the side! He went directly inside to launch a surprise attack!
This change caught the players on the field off guard. Except for Leonid! All other players were surpassed by Li Yuang in the inner lane. Only Leonid, who was ranked fourth, took the initiative to give up the inner lane, giving Li Yuang room to overtake.
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Leoni had to know Li Yuang's terror. He had long heard Andre talk about what happened at the opening ceremony. He and Andre agreed that Li Yuang would definitely retaliate in kind!
Sure enough, after Li Yuang surpassed Leonid, he did not choose the heretic but went towards Hong Jinghuan's heretic!
Curve, outer road! Is this a way to knock down Hong Jinghuan with "curving in disguised acceleration"?