Data map: On February 11th, the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics figure skating team competition continued, and the Chinese combination Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu participated in the team competition ice dance short dance.
The picture shows Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
China News Service, Beijing, November 11 (Xing Rui) Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu is on fire again.
In the exhibition competition held in the 2020 Figure Skating China Cup a few days ago, they successfully "out of the circle" with the song "One Cut Plum", which once again aroused netizens to discuss this pair of "live treasure" ice dance combinations.
Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu performed "One Cut Plum".
Many netizens said that at the moment the music started, Yuan Hua and Qiuya, the characters in the movie "Charlotte Annoyance", came to mind without realizing it.
Netizens commented screenshots.
In previous interviews, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu had revealed that their repertoire this time is music that is familiar to those born in the 70s and 90s.
When the familiar melody sounded, the atmosphere on the scene reached a climax instantly.
In the middle of the performance, the two grabbed a handful of icy ballast and threw it into the air. In the second half of the performance, they also changed into modern floral shirts and started dancing on the ice.
Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu performed "One Cut Plum".
After the funny and humorous clips spread on the Internet, many people think that the theme song of the popular TV series "Chen Qingling" that impressed the audience at last year's figure skating China Cup was also written by Wang Shiyue. / Liu Xinyu combination interpretation.
"Boil a pot of life and death to sacrifice to the young man, how can the bright moon still be melancholy; it is better to travel through the wind and waves openly, and the world is melodious..." They combined classical dance with ice dance, moving clouds like water Glide is mesmerizing.
This extraordinary performance caused a sensation on the Internet, and allowed more people to learn about the niche project of ice dance.
Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu perform "Unruled".
This year, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships performed skating. Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu brought the theme song of "Chen Qingling" to South Korea, which was praised and affirmed by Korean netizens.
As a small item in figure skating, ice dance has not attracted much attention in China.
Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu's "out-of-the-loop" performances have undoubtedly brought more exposure to the ice dance project.
Unlike pair skating, which emphasizes technique and difficulty, ice dance projects are more focused on artistic expression.
To put it simply, ice dance consists of basic technical movements such as rotation, dance lifting, and various steps.
It looks like two people are dancing on the ice.
Because there is no need for difficult lifting movements, the costumes of the ice dancers are convincing.
While sliding, the dress swayed with the dance, becoming a beautiful landscape on the ice.
Although riding on the east wind of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's skating career has been rising steadily, but ice dancing has always been the weakness of Chinese figure skating.
As the leading figures in the Chinese ice dance industry in recent years, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu has also been placed high hopes.
Wang Shiyue took photos with Liu Xinyu on social media.
The young pair is only 26 years old this year.
They are childhood friends and comrades who depend on each other in life.
The two have been together since childhood, harvesting glory together, and walking through the trough together.
On the field, they tacitly resemble the other themselves; off the field, they will be "childish" like two children.
Looking at the two's social media, in addition to the clips of the game, there is also the daily routine of the two training together.
One of them celebrates his birthday, and the other will also give her wishes.
More coincidentally, they are all fans of Wu Yifan.
In the 2017 Chinese Figure Skating Cup, the duo specially selected Wu Yifan's "JULY" as a birthday gift for idols.
Screenshot of Wang Shiyue's social media.
Because of their beautiful appearance and tacit cooperation, they have become "Jiang Zhishu" and "Yuan Xiangqin" in the eyes of netizens.
The most adorable height difference of 27 cm has caused a lot of inconvenience to the two.
Every time he accepts an award, Liu Xinyu has to hug Wang Shiyue on stage; in an interview, Liu Xinyu has to match Wang Shiyue's height.
But it is precisely because of the height difference that the two can also try actions that other combinations cannot complete.
Today, they have become the most watched and best combination of Chinese ice dance.
Liu Xinyu embraced Wang Shiyue on the podium.
After the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu went to Canada to follow the famous ice dance master Duberel/Lao Zong for long-term external training.
In the days away from home, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu became more mature and independent, and their achievements began to make breakthroughs.
In the Saitama World Championships last year, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu scored 68.47 points in the rhythm dance, becoming the only Asian dancers to make it into free dance.
Although the final total score was only ranked 15th, their three items of rhythm dance, free dance and total score all refreshed their personal best results.
At the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at the beginning of this year, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu finished fourth with a total score of 196.75 points, tying the best result of the Chinese team.
Data map: On February 11th, the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics figure skating team competition continued, and the Chinese combination Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu participated in the team competition ice dance short dance.
The picture shows Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
Two months before the China Cup of figure skating, Liu Xinyu injured his hand, which also reduced the difficulty of some programs.
In the short program competition, they took the lead with the humorous and cheerful "Modern Times". Since then, in the free dance competition, they performed the song "Black Swan" exquisitely.
After the 6th stop on the ice of the Chinese Cup of Figure Skating, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu finally won the gold medal with a total score of 206.84 points, becoming the first Grand Prix gold medal since their partner.
While making continuous breakthroughs in achievements, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu has more ambitious goals.
This goal is not only about self-growth, but also about the further development of Chinese ice dance.
Data map: On February 11th, the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics figure skating team competition continued, and the Chinese combination Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu participated in the team competition ice dance short dance.
The picture shows Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
Looking back on the past, in the World Championships, Olympics and other major competitions, the Chinese team sometimes needs to face situations where players cannot participate in the ISU's minimum technical score standards, and usually need to participate in the losing competition to win a seat.
At the 2017 Helsinki World Championships, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu achieved the small goal of "passing through" the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with 16th place.
Since then, they have been working hard for the Chinese team to obtain two places for the World Championships and the Olympic Games.
After earning a valuable gold medal, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu said: “We must strive to achieve better results for Chinese ice dance in the international arena, play a leading role, and let the juniors and sisters get better scores. ."(Finish)