Blade of Glory [Figure Skating]

All the pictures related to the winner are full of joy, and this time the Olympic awards ceremony is no different.

Well, Freire, who performed well in this Olympic Games, deservedly won the Olympic gold medal, and Qingyue used his advantage in the long program to overtake Koness, who had the same total score as him, and became the runner-up of this Olympic Games .

The game almost went from noon to night.After the awards, there will be a press conference specially prepared for the Olympic champions, runners-up and third runners-up.If all these procedures are completed, the figure skaters who have been tense for a day will not be able to return to their dormitories in the Olympic Village until late at night, or... to participate in large and small celebration banquets, and spend a long time in a strange city. sleepless night.

Over the next few hours, the final three on the podium will receive countless flashing lights and so many media questions that they almost forget what they have answered before.Koness unabashedly expressed his regret for not winning the runner-up, and did not care about the current situation that Qingyue was sitting not far from him. He repeatedly expressed that if his long program can still be Even if it is 0.1 points higher, he will be the one standing on the runner-up podium today.Moreover, although the rules under the current system made him retreat to the third runner-up, in fact he still scored the same program total score as Qingyue.So, strictly speaking, he didn't lose the runner-up, he just didn't have the silver medal.

Cones said so in front of the media from all over the world, which made Freire on the side comfort Cones badly, telling him: "Don't worry, buddy, even if you stand on the podium of the third place, you look better than standing on the podium." Qing Yue on the runner-up podium is taller."

After saying this, all the reporters in the audience burst into laughter, and Qing Yue suddenly turned his head, looked at Freire with murderous eyes, and held the microphone closer to him with extreme persistence. Said to Freire: "I want to emphasize that I am only 19 years old this year. In theory, I still have the possibility of continuing to grow taller."

However, Qing Yue's words made the reporters on the scene laugh even harder.Not only that, after he said this, even Freire and Cornes who were sitting next to him couldn't help laughing because of his unusual persistence. Frere even slammed the table while laughing, Until Cornes said, "Okay, then I hope you can grow as tall as me in the next few years", Freire finally burst out laughing again, making people who are watching TV at this moment The Planden ice fans in front of the plane bowed their heads and hypnotized themselves skillfully over and over again: "This guy is not Freire, this guy is not Freire..."

The relaxed and pleasant atmosphere lasted for a long time, and journalists from various countries asked many questions to the three elite skaters who won Olympic medals.For example, how they feel about their achievement.For the review of the past season, thoughts, and prospects for the future.

The 21-year-old Freire and the 19-year-old Qingyue said without hesitation that they would skate for another four years until the next Olympic Games, while the 23-year-old Koness said generously that he was not so confident At the age of 27, he can still compete with a group of outstanding men's singles athletes who are at their peak and achieve better results than this Olympic Games, so it is very likely that he will retire after this Olympic Games.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone immediately sighed.However, when it comes to age and the next Olympic Games, some reporters naturally thought of the two-time World Championship gold medalist who was beaten by Waterloo in this Olympic Games, who has won Freire twice and is already 22 years old this year. The famous general of the country, Alek.

Originally, Qingyue and Alek were the descendants of the legendary pair of Naxiu and Sauron. Although Sauron coached many figure skaters at the same time, there is no doubt that his son Alek was the only one. The name almost completely inherited Sauron's understanding of skating, all the skills, and even hard work and perseverance.As for Qingyue, he has a special jumping talent, and he is the only successor of Naxiu for more than 20 years.

Their competition on the same stage in this Olympic Games is something that many people talk about.

Many ice fans who have paid attention to figure skating for more than 20 years, or have not been fascinated by skating for a long time, but like Naxiu and Sauron very much are still looking forward to seeing Naxiu and Sauron on the ice in this Olympic Games. The completed battle of the century.

Everyone really wants to see... What kind of situation will Naxiu, who as an adult, face Sauron, whose strength has steadily improved in the later stage, which surprised everyone.

However... In everyone's eyes, Qingyue, who has not yet fully grown to the peak state, withstood the pressure and performed a new long program in the Olympics, and performed a strong performance beyond everyone's expectations, but Alek was too impressed. Many people who liked him and placed high hopes on him were disappointed.

Therefore, the reporters naturally threw the question about Alek to Freire, who would only be the second child of ten thousand years whenever he met Alek in the past four years, and to Freire who had a lot of history with him. Qing Yue.

Freire was ranked No. [-] in the group, so he saw how abnormal and terrible Alek, who played after him, performed in this Olympic Games.Therefore, when a reporter asked him this question, he was somewhat prepared and knew how he should answer.

However... Qingyue was in a state of ignorance of Alek's abnormal behavior.When Alek was on the field, he was urged by Naxiu to go to the locker room to change into the performance clothes, and almost only had contact with Chu Xuan and Naxiu before going on the field.

After the game...he was immersed in the...excited joy that the unexpected silver medal brought him.Moreover, during that time, all the people he knew just kept congratulating him on his success, and no one mentioned to him what happened to Alek.

Therefore, when the reporter threw this question to him at this moment, what appeared on Qing Yue's face... was almost conceivably dazed.

He didn't remember until this time.What he wanted to win in this Olympic Games... was just a bronze medal.But...why exactly, Koness, who was supposed to compete with him for the Olympic bronze medal...would sit with him in the interview booth at the press conference...?

Qing Yue subconsciously turned his head to look at Freire who was sitting in the middle, only to find that after shaking his head gravely, Frere picked up the microphone and replied: "First of all, as a person standing on the same side as Alek The person who competed with him for the gold medal in the World Championships for three years and lost. I want to say that Alek certainly has the current first-class level and is a top men's singles player in the world. However, in this Olympic Games he Too much pressure. I think that's the main reason for his loss in this Olympics.

As a figure skater, I think I can understand what this loss meant to him.But I just want to say that if he makes it through and ends up skating another Olympic season, I think I'd love to compete against him again in four years.This is my answer. "

Hearing Freire's clear answer, Qingyue, who was almost dazzled by the victory and was so in a trance, finally understood what happened when he went to the locker room to change into the performance uniform.Shocked and unbelievable, he stretched out his hand and dragged Cones from behind Freyr, making Scott, who had been robbed of the "runner-up" by him today "I knew..." She turned her head and whispered to him about what happened.

"Alek made a big mistake on the long program. Two quadruple jumps fell twice, triple axels also fell, double jumps were downgraded to continuous jumps, and almost all spins and footwork were downgraded. , ranked sixth after the long program."

Hearing Cornes' answer, Qing Yue couldn't believe his ears, and remained absent-minded from time to time until the end of the press conference, and then left in a hurry.

When he walked out of the interview room crowded with many people, Chu Xuan was accepting interviews from foreign reporters with a bright smile on his face. Seeing Qing Yue leaving in a hurry, he quickly called out to him: "Hey, buddy, Where are you going? Next, there will be a celebration banquet specially prepared for us! Someone will open champagne for us! Do you want to drink red wine from 72 or 73? Hey, hey! Don't just think about leaving like this If you don’t get drunk tonight, you won’t go home! Don’t leave until dawn!!”

However, facing a lot of things Chu Xuan said, Qing Yue just lowered his head and said "I'm not feeling well", and left before everyone left, making Chu Xuan want to cry in his heart Wulei said: Brother, don't be so individual... I know you are not playing big cards, but others don't know...

However, Chu Xuan thought so in his heart, and he was still trying to smooth things over for Qing Yue in front of the national media, playing his usual fine traditions without blushing and heartbeat, lying about Qing Yue's troubles in the past two days. Unconvinced that his body has been feeling unwell, he dragged his body discomfort to finish this shocking competition, Yunyun, which raised the respect of Qing Yue from the reporters who came to interview to a new height.

Then, Qing Yue left in a hurry on such an occasion, and even missed the small celebration banquet specially held for him and Chu Xuan. Where did he go?

In such a snowy season, Qing Yue hurriedly put on his thick coat, scarf and gloves.In addition, he even threw all his packed luggage to Chu Xuan, while running outside while dialing Alek's phone.Although... Today's long program has almost made him exhausted.But he still ran under the cold night, aimlessly looking for the familiar figure.

He kept dialing Alek's cell phone number, but was pressed by the other party again and again.It made Qing more and more anxious, his heart was beating heavily, and it was pounding in his chest.Qing Yue was so anxious that she almost wanted to call Alek's father, Sauron, and ask him... if he knew where Alek was at the moment.

However, just 10 minutes later, Alek finally picked up the phone, and a hoarse and exhausted voice came from the other end of the phone...