Yusheng knot string is what netizens call "figure skating immortal".
"The face is like jade, the posture is like a pine, the wings are like a frightening, the dragon is graceful, the feather is knotted, a player who does not wait to whip himself."
At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2 years ago, in Chopin's "First Narrative" and the selection of songs from "Yin and Yang Division" and "SEIMEI", Yusheng Yuxian won the Winter Olympic Championship with a perfect "performance", becoming the first player to win the gold medal in the 66-year history of the Winter Olympics, and his two repertoire, loved by his fans and called "Empire Double Bi", still have a long aftertaste.
Two years later, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships are about to start, and the athlete information about the Feather String on the official website of the International Skating Federation has also been changed from "Autumn Song" and "Origin" to "First Narrative" and "SEIMEI", and the former "Empire Double Bi" is about to be staged again.
From the 2019 Figure Skating Grand Prix Finals losing to Chen Wei regrettably picking up silver, to the subsequent four years of absence to return to the all-day competition to rub shoulders with the champion again... Now in the midst of a difficult situation, Yu Sheng will challenge himself in the glory of the past.
Birthday days and Christmas regrets
In 2019, there may be some bitterness and regret for Yusheng Yushin.
At the Saitama Figure Skating World Championships in Japan at the beginning of the year, Yusuke Yusuke, who participated in the World Series for the first time after 124 days of injury, made a mistake in the game of the short program at home, and the first four weeks of jumping weeks were insufficient.
Although he smoothly completed the whole set of actions in the free skating, he still lost to the Chinese-American teenager Chen Wei with a total score of 300.97 points, and regretted to pick up the silver.
In the finals of the Figure Skating Grand Prix held in Turin, Italy, last December, with the idea that "the only idea in the finals is to compete with Chen Wei", Yusheng Yuxin lost again - Chen Wei, who lost to a high score of 335.30 with a total score of 291.43 points, once again won the second place.
That night was Yusei's 25th birthday, but he didn't have the chance to celebrate his birthday...
At that time, the topic of "heartache Yusheng knotting strings" was on the Weibo hot search list, and many fans of Yusheng knots were unfair to idols, believing that Yusheng knots were pressed by the referee, and the whole set of emotions was full of emotions and smoothly connected actions, but there was a large difference between the performance score and the opponent...
The World Series has been lost repeatedly, and the subsequent figure skating all-day championships have been surpassed by the younger generation.
In the competition with Masama Uno, Yu Yu was in poor shape, starting from the first time he jumped off the ice unsteadily, and the mistakes ran through his free skating competition, and finally set a new season low with a total score of 282.77 points. The championship went to the junior Masama Uno, who lost to his own player for the first time in five years.
Japanese media called it a "shocking ending at the end of the first year of reiwa in Japan," when it was on Christmas Eve, and Yu Yusuke muttered after the game in a joyful atmosphere, "A little tired."
In the interview, his mood still seemed to be a little low, repeating, "It's too weak, I feel really weak." ”
The performance of Yusheng knots is over, and the bear thrown by the audience is next to him.
"I don't want to be fossilized"
During that period, Yu Sheng's struggle with the strings could be accurately read from his words.
"The performance I want to present is contrary to my current strength, and I feel that I can't do it, it's a difficult struggle. I fought to the death at the All-Day Championship, but the game didn't play well, I couldn't control my mind and body at the same time. It's hard. ”
Even his coach, when revealing the state of Yu Yu's all-day match, said that the main thing was to rest and let him relieve fatigue, as for the preparation of the four continents championship, the coach was not sure in his heart, "The performance depends on his state." ”
Adjusting to the best game state is easy. Leaving aside the impact of his foot joint ligament injury on the competition, in terms of age alone, the 25-year-old Yusheng Yushin is already a full-fledged veteran.
And the world competition of men's singles figure skating is no longer his own battle - including the rise of the younger generation such as Chen Wei and Uno Masamo, and Chen Weiqun, Fernandez and others have also defeated Yusei Yushin...
Someone kept telling Yusuke, "You're already a legend so it doesn't matter," "What you're doing makes sense," and "It makes sense for you to come here."
But he was alone and distressed, "People say this to me on the contrary, it makes me feel more remorseful, that is just the honor of the past, I think this is not OK, it is not okay to become a fossil here." 」 ”
Challenge the glory of the past
"My ideas will definitely be shown to you in one breath, and I will definitely play a good performance."
With the courage to prove himself again, Yu yu made a change, and just before the start of the Four Continents Championship, he changed his repertoire.
In the athlete information on the official website of the International Skating Federation, in the season selection column of Yusei Yuki's personal information, it is clearly written that the short program is Chopin's "First Narrative", and the free skating is "SEIMEI", which is no longer the "Autumn Song" and "Origin" that have been used this season.
Subsequently, the Japanese media also further confirmed the news that Yusheng Yuxin changed the repertoire of the competition, "Yusheng Yuxin will replace the short program and free skating with two sets of programs used at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the four continents championship, the short program is Chopin's "First Narrative Song" and the free skating is "SEIMEI". ”
"Empire Double Bi" is about to reappear, you know, in this season's competition, Yu Yusei only used the song "SEIMEI" during the all-day performance skating, and more time, he is more willing to dust it.
"It's also a show full of memories for myself, and it takes courage to start from scratch, and I don't want to destroy that beauty." Yusei said.
But now, Yusheng Yuxian still chooses to face this pressure and challenge himself - no matter how the younger generation impacts, in Yusheng's heart, his biggest enemy is still himself.
As he once said, "Figure skating is a lonely sport, a sport that has been chasing itself." ”