After the speed skating and short track speed skating competitions were over, Coach Li decided to let everyone rest for a few days and recover their energy before competing in figure skating.
Figure skating was divided into individual skating, pairs skating, ice dancing, and team competitions. There were five gold medals in total. However, because it was a selection for the national team, only men's individual skating was competing. For pairs skating, ice dancing, and team competitions, girls were required to participate or team cooperation was required. These events were not tested now.
"Coach Li, isn't there a short track speed skating men's 3000m event? Are we not competing?"
An athlete from the youth training camp said.
Coach Li smiled and said," The 3000m men's short track speed skating doesn't produce medals. It's the same in any Winter Olympics.”
"The reason why this event exists is to select the most all-rounder athletes. Therefore, the men's short track speed skating 3000m is also known as the 3000m all-rounder.”
"In addition, the ice tracks of short track speed skating need to be alternated. There are a total of five ice tracks here, and the positions have to be alternated because short track speed skating is very harmful to the ice surface. We need to mend the ice for figure skating in a few days.”
It turned out that the men's 3000m short track speed skating didn't produce a medal?
The athletes of the youth training camp were stunned. They had thought that speed skating and short track speed skating were the same. Men's speed skating 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters had individual medals, but men's short track speed skating 3000 meters had no medals?
"Then, what about the 5000m short track speed skating?”
another athlete said.
Coach Li smiled and explained,"
"The 5000m short track speed skating is actually also called the 5000m relay.”
"As I said before, the 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, and 5000m short track speed skating are events that you can participate in. It doesn't mean that we have to compete in this competition for the national team.”
"Short track speed skating is different from speed skating. The 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, and 1000m all produce individual medals, while short track speed skating only produces individual medals for the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m. The 300m is called the 3000m all-around, which only produces points and no medals. The 500m is a team event.”
After Coach Li's explanation.
The athletes knew more about short track speed skating.
Coach Li smiled and said," In this year's Beijing Winter Olympics, compared with the regular events in previous years, there was an additional 2,000-meter mixed relay. Of course, in this additional event, Qu Yu, Zhang Yuting, Wu Jing, Chen Ziwei, and Fan Kexin from our country won the gold medal with a good result of 2 minutes 37.348 seconds.”
How could this work?
Creating an event to win a gold medal?
The athletes of the youth training camp understood that this was the benefit of the host country.
"If you successfully enter the national team, not only can you participate in the mixed team competition, but you can also participate in the women's relay.”
"For example, the women's 3000-meter relay can have a male participant. There is no 3000-meter relay for the male participants.”
"In this year's Winter Olympics, Han Xiaotong, Qu Yu, Zhang Chuchu, Zhang Yuting, and Fan Kexin won the bronze medal in the women's 3000m short track speed skating relay, with a time of 4: 03.863.”
Fan Kexin, male, participating in the women's competition?
Wait a minute.
Fan Kexin also participated in the 2000m mixed relay? He won the gold medal in 2: 37.348?
Fan Kexin always liked to hang out with women.
The athletes of the Ice Skating Youth Training Camp couldn't help but think to themselves, If they were Fan Kexin, would they still have to worry about finding a girlfriend?
"Each athlete can only participate in three individual events at most.”Coach Li added," So, Fan Kexin can participate in as many team competitions as he wants. However, he has limited energy. An athlete will usually participate in three individual competitions and one team competition. An athlete who has participated in too many team competitions will have no energy to participate in individual competitions.”
The athletes fell silent.
Everyone's energy was limited. Moreover, the team competition focused more on cooperation. It was not enough for you to train well. The tacit understanding between the team was also particularly important.
At this moment, someone spoke.
Coach Li, I understand."
"In other words, there are many events that we boys can participate in, but the only ones that can win individual gold medals are the 500m speed skating, 1000m speed skating, 1500m speed skating, 5000m speed skating, 1000m speed skating, 500m short track speed skating, 1000m short track speed skating, and 1500m short track speed skating. Among them, the short track speed skating 3000m, there were no medals, only points, and the short track speed skating 5000m was a team relay.”
"We boys can participate in the girls 'team relay, but the name of the event is not called 3000m mixed relay, but women's 3000m relay.”
"For the women's 3000m relay, it's one boy four girls. For the mixed 2000m relay, it's three boys two girls.”
"The 5000-meter relay team for the male team is all male.”
"So that's what it means."
The rules of the Winter Olympics seemed complicated, but they were actually very simple.
However, for the athletes of the youth training camp, these were not the most important things. At the moment, it had nothing to do with them. The most important thing was the men's figure skating, the last event in the semifinals.
Then, Coach Li began to change the ice track of the short track speed skating. In the short track speed skating competition, the ice was the most dangerous. Many athletes were squeezed together. It was not that the athletes wanted to get entangled, but they were forced to. No one gave way to the other, which caused serious damage to one of the ice tracks.
The ice path in front of them had begun to be swapped. In addition, it had to be repaired. Figure skating had a very high requirement for the smoothness of the ice surface. Although the venue was different, the ice surface was all this ice. The problem of the specifications of the ice skating arena could be solved by raising and lowering it.
"We stepped on a pit in the Winter Olympics.”
"It must have been left behind by the fierce confrontation in the short track speed skating.”
"Who can you blame for your bad luck?"
The students of the Ice Skating Youth Training Camp discussed and left one after another. They had to adjust their mentality and prepare for the last event of the semi-finals.
Seeing this, Ye Feng also took off his anti-cut suit, helmet, ankle guards, knee guards, neck guards, etc. He would only wear such a tight suit in a short track speed skating competition, he looked down at his watch and realized that he still had to go to the Imperial Capital Academy of Fine Arts for classes.
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