I almost touched the moon

Chapter 340 Records

In the third round, Evan Mersche also successfully completed 1980 and increased the difficulty of the slope obstacle area. With his outstanding performance, he scored a high score of 96.9 and temporarily ranked first.

"Ah, this..." Qiu Xuanyan whispered to Wen Song, "I feel like his moves aren't as difficult as Cheng Che's last round?"

"The degree of difficulty is about the same." Wen Song explained, "But his movements in the railing area are not as smooth as Cheng Che's, c8. It's that damn American referee again. Evan and Cheng Che's line choices are almost identical. Why did they give him 93 and c8?"

"That's right!" Wang Shuning said indignantly, "Isn't this just deliberately suppressing the scores? It's disgusting."

Lu Mingqian also whispered, "For events like this where people score artificially, it's really common to suppress scores, and it's the same in figure skating. Sometimes, the judges will even give scores based on their impressions. But this time, Ache's performance didn't have a big impact. Anyway, the lowest score will be removed in the final calculation, but it's still disgusting."

After Evan, it was the young Norwegian athlete Leif Olsen, who participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time this year. Although it was his first time participating in the Winter Olympics, he won the second place in the qualifying round and came in with great momentum. He continued to perform steadily in the finals and scored 88.7 points, ranking third.

Next, it was Cheng Che's turn to appear. The other contestants had already finished their competitions and their rankings were basically determined. The final winner of the gold medal would depend solely on his performance this time.

In the slope barrier area, Cheng Che unexpectedly went straight down from the highest bar 720 and landed on the lower right railing. Then he did another silky swing, and with a reverse switch right cork 720, he landed perfectly on the snow.

The movements were smooth and coherent, and not only did the whole audience cheer, but even the commentator exclaimed in amazement. Wen Song also saw that several referees in the referee's booth not far from them also showed expressions of disbelief.

"Brother is crazy." Wang Shuning exclaimed, "Is he practicing gymnastics? He wanted to try this move during training, but Coach Mitchell absolutely didn't allow it because it was too dangerous. It's easy to fall off the pole, and fall on your back, which might break your spine."

"He's really crazy." Wen Song was not as excited as Cheng Che was for completing a very difficult task. He was just a little scared and worried. He complained quietly, "What does it matter if I can't get the gold medal? It's not like I won't get it."

In the first diving area, he also successfully completed the reverse switch right double cork1800, and in the second diving area he even did a quad cork1440, combined with a high mute to grab the board.

After the third jump, Cheng Che retreated a few meters, turned around and used his ski poles to speed up the slope. Wen Song understood his intention, her heartbeat quickened, and she bit her lower lip tightly. She had never been a person who believed in gods and Buddhas, but at that moment she also put her hands together and prayed in her heart, "Buddha bless, Jesus bless, God bless, I must let A Che complete 1980!!!"

The first lap was 360 degrees, the second lap, the third lap, the fourth lap... Perhaps because he was too nervous, the scene was completely silent. Wen Song felt that his breathing was almost stagnant, and the few breezes blowing past his ears even seemed a bit noisy.

“The fifth 360 degree rotation, and… the last 180!!! Roche made it! He created a new record and new history! The first skier finished Switch 1980 Spin in Slopestyle!! And even in the Olympic!!”

(The fifth 360, and the final 180!! Roche did it! He set a new record, a new history! The first skier to do a backwards 1980 in slopestyle! Even in the Olympics!)

As the commentator passionately explained, Wen Song's tears burst out the moment Cheng Che landed. He finally did it. In his last Winter Olympics, in his last slopestyle competition, he completed the long-cherished dream of sliding backwards 1980.

However, because the movement was too extreme, in order to increase the time he stayed in the air, Cheng Che was a little too far from the diving platform when he finally landed, and his legs inevitably touched the snow surface, and he still made mistakes.

Cheng Che naturally noticed this and understood that it would definitely affect the final score, but he didn't seem to care.

The moment he landed, he slid quickly to the end of the snow track. The snowflakes raised by the double-edged swords obscured his figure. When the snowflakes dissipated, he took off his helmet, goggles and mask, stretched out his hand, waved excitedly at Wen Song, revealing a very bright and confident smile.

Wen Song also had tears in his eyes. He picked up Cece, waved at him, and shouted at him: "Ache!!! You have done it!!! You are the best!!! I am the best!!!"

(You did it!! You are always the best! I love you!)

Cheng Che had never thought that she would confess her love to him in front of the audience and the media. Tears welled up in his eyes, and his joy even exceeded the excitement of completing the 1980 degree reverse slide. He even wanted to cross the barrier and rush to her side to hug her.

This scene was naturally captured by the media and cameras and projected onto the big screen. The commentator, who had participated in many FIS World Cups and World Championships and knew Cheng Che very well, smiled and joked: "Wow, that's Roche's wife, Dr. Iseylia, and their daughter. A very cute kitten."

(Wow, that's Roche's wife, Dr. Iseylia, and their daughter, a very cute kitten)

Seven or eight minutes later, the scores were announced. As Cheng Che expected, the mistake in landing had a significant impact on the score. The final score was 95.3, missing the gold medal. However, he also received the world record certificate issued by the International Ski Federation and Guinness.

The moment the scores were announced, Cheng Che smiled with relief. He walked over to Evan, hugged him warmly, and congratulated him.

Qiu Xuanyan looked at this scene and sighed, "Ah, what a pity. If she hadn't been suppressed in points, she would definitely be the champion."

"It's okay." Wen Song was relieved when he saw Cheng Che, Evan, and Leif celebrating and hugging each other. He smiled and said, "For Cheng Che, skating 1980 is more important than the gold medal. It's not easy for Evan either. He is the same age as Cheng Che, and he just needs a Winter Olympics gold medal."

"It's really not easy." Wang Shuning also laughed, "The two of them are in their sixties and they won gold and silver medals. We were joking before that if senior brother and Evan work hard, they can give birth to a Leif."

Song Zilang also smiled, "But the highlight is still to come. My senior brother will have an obstacle course pursuit competition and a team relay next week. I'll have him practice the relay as it's much more difficult than the individual events."

At the subsequent award ceremony, Wen Song saw the athletes who had come to watch the game from the back row leaving, so he asked Wang Shuning for two tickets and let Si Yao and Lin Weiran sit behind him.

Lin Weiran was already crying so hard that she couldn’t speak. She cried, “Wow, how come Cheng Che is so strong? He doesn’t look like a real person. He must be an AI. He really looks like a perfect robot designed by an AI.”

Wen Song laughed dumbly after hearing her words, took out a tissue to wipe her tears, and said half-jokingly: "Then you haven't seen how annoying he is, especially childish."

After the award ceremony, Cheng Che held the silver medal, but he did not look disappointed, and still happily took selfies with Evan and Leif. Wen Song was not far from the podium, and she clearly heard Leif say to Cheng Che: "Roche, I am your fan. It was after watching your competition in the Sapporo Winter Olympics that I decided to become a good skier like you."

Cheng Che was also somewhat moved. He hugged Leif and said to him, "You already are. I believe that you will be even better than me in the future."

On the other side, Evan also hugged Cheng Che and cried, crying and saying to him: "Wir beide erreichen endlich unsere Tr?ume." (We finally realized our dreams)

After the award ceremony, when reporters asked Cheng Che if he had any regrets for missing the gold medal today by 0.2 points, he shook his head and said, "No. I've already got the Olympic gold medals. And sincerely happy for Evan, we are very good friends, he's such talented, brilliant and hard-working, this title is well deserved for him. My goal this time was to finish switch 1980 at the Olympic, leaving a record belongs to our Asian athletes. I'm very lucky I did it."

(No. I have already won the Olympic gold medal, and I am sincerely happy for Evan. We are very good friends. He is so talented, outstanding and hardworking. This championship is well deserved for him. And my goal this time is to complete the reverse skate 1980 in the Olympic Games and leave a record created by our Asian athletes. I am very lucky that I did it. )

The reporter then asked him if there was anyone he particularly wanted to thank.

Cheng Che glanced at the audience and said with a smile, "Surely. I do wanna thank Prof. Iseylia, my wife. Thanks for all the support and encouragement she's always given me, for coming here today and cheering me on, she always brings me good luck. Iseylia, you are so grateful, I am so grateful."

(Of course, I would like to thank Professor Iseylia, my wife. Thank you for her support and encouragement all the time. Thank you for coming here today to cheer me on. She always brings me good luck. Thank you, Iseylia. I love you.)