200 1, 17-year-old Sun Dongmei came to the Beijing Military Region Sports Team from Bozhou Sports School, Anhui Province, and became a female wrestler with her persistence in sports and reverence and yearning for the People's Liberation Army.

From then on, this quiet and stubborn girl dedicated her youth and enthusiasm to the army, to the rough profession of wrestling, and to the competitive sports in China.

Women's wrestling in China began in 1980s and made brilliant achievements in the world in the early 1990s. However, because women's wrestling was not an Olympic sport at that time, the sport was given a cold shoulder. In 200 1 year, the IOC executive Committee decided to add women's wrestling to the Athens Olympic Games, which brought vitality to this event. To this end, the Beijing Military Region Sports Team established the only women's wrestling team in our army, and more than 20 women wrestlers from some provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions went to this "melting pot" to be tempered into steel.

Sun Dongmei, who is new here, is not used to it because of some factors such as living habits and training environment. However, under the guidance of head coach Qu Zhongdong, after a period of adjustment, she quickly entered a state of being like a duck to water and devoted herself to intense training. Wrestling training is bitter and boring, and athletes have struggled on the wrestling mat for many years. Every training is a great physical and psychological challenge to oneself. Sun Dongmei bravely accepted the test with the belief of swearing to win the championship and the indomitable spirit. I often stay in the training ground for a whole day, tirelessly pondering the essentials of action and sweating my clothes. Her ankle was swollen, so she worked several times harder than others. Usually she takes the initiative to work overtime training, but also intends to hone herself. She runs 5 kilometers every day and does 50 push-ups and sit-ups. In the morning, when other athletes are still asleep, she quietly gets up and trains; In the evening, when all the other athletes are resting, she is still tirelessly learning unskilled movements. Teammates said that she was "desperate for life in training, and she was really a desperate Saburo". The "ever-victorious general" on the championship stage

Many things happen. Sun Dongmei's sweat did not flow in vain. She soon became the captain of the women's wrestling team in the Beijing Military Region and became famous in one fell swoop. In the year when she came to the team, she won the national women's wrestling champion cup, championship and Asian Championship in 56kg class. In 2002, according to the situation and needs of women's wrestling at home and abroad, her competition level was changed to 55 kg. Although only one kilogram has been lost, wrestling events rely on strength, and athletes must have a strong body. In addition, wrestling training consumes a lot of physical strength, and athletes will be overweight if they don't pay attention to their diet. It is a cruel thing to keep full of physical strength without being overweight. In order to lose weight to a standard weight before the competition, she wears a thick weight-loss suit, runs repeatedly every time, and sometimes steams in a hot sauna for several hours. During this period, she can't drink more water and eat more, and she must do a lot of training to maintain a good competitive state. Physical and psychological pain can be imagined. She gritted her teeth and stood up. With superhuman will and tenacious style, she keeps climbing and sprints to higher goals.

Efforts have brought fruitful results. Sun Dongmei became the "ever-victorious general" in the domestic women's wrestling 55kg class, and won the national women's wrestling champion cup and champion in 2002, 2003 and 2004, and also won the runner-up in women's wrestling at the World University Games held in Canada in 2002, the fourth place in the World Women's Wrestling Championship held in the United States in 2003 and the seventh place in the Olympic Games held in Athens in 2004.

It is not easy to get good results in major competitions in the world, but Sun Dongmei is not satisfied. She deeply realized that although she has some strength in domestic women's wrestling 55kg, compared with the world's top players, there are still gaps and shortcomings. Only by continuing to practice hard and mastering it skillfully can she be among the best. To this end, she devoted herself wholeheartedly and went all out to participate in the training of the Beijing Military Region sports team in preparation for the 10th National Games.

After intense and arduous training, Sun Dongmei has made great progress in physical quality, psychological quality and technical and tactical level. In the just-concluded wrestling preliminaries and championships of the 10th National Games, she once again defeated all the strong players, won the women's 55kg class champion and got on the podium. Facing the flowers and applause, she smiled shyly and said, "I was trained by the army." I will strive to achieve excellent results in the finals of the Tenth National Games and add luster to the PLA! "