Dingmeiyuan is a suburb of Dalian, Liaoning Province. It was Shi who brought ding meiyuan into the weightlifting team. Shi used to be a weightlifter in Dalian Sports School, but because her family was poor and had no money to buy food, she had no choice but to retire. She went to Ding Meiyuan Xingshutun Town Central Primary School as a physical education teacher. When Shi discovered ding meiyuan, ding meiyuan 1 1 was in the third grade of primary school. After several visits to convince ding meiyuan's mother, the young PE teacher took more than a dozen farm children selected by ding meiyuan and several nearby schools to practice semi-weightlifting with self-made weightlifting equipment.

At that time, ding meiyuan was very vague about weightlifting and didn't know what kind of event it was. He's just curious. He follows training every day after school and feels very happy. I am proud that I can lift the weight that other students can't lift, and I am proud of my white team uniform. Although it is just an ordinary white sweatshirt, there are two words printed on it: weightlifting.

Ding meiyuan said, "It was very hard at that time. There is no training hall. In that playground, the barbell was smashed in the pit and removed, and then pulled out and lifted again. If there is no shelter from the rain on rainy days, you will be drenched by practice, and you don't know whether it is sweat or rain on your face. " Another key figure on ding meiyuan's growth path is her current coach Jiang. 1993, Jiang and teammate Xing won the gold medal in the national weightlifting competition, which inspired Jiang. Because Xing is from Xingshutun, Jinzhou District, can you find another one or two young seeds in the hometown of the champion? During the holiday, Jiang went to Dalian, where ding meiyuan was discovered by Jiang.

Jiang said to him, "When I came to the provincial team, I remember that it was given by her father and mother. I have a vague impression of her father and a deep impression of her mother. Her mother is in excellent health, completely typical of the image of a fisherman's girl by the sea, very strong and strong. At first glance, I have confidence in ding meiyuan, because from a genetic point of view, ding meiyuan's physique will certainly not be bad. "

1993 10, ding meiyuan started her weightlifting career in Liaoning team. Because ding meiyuan has mastered solid basic skills under the guidance of grass-roots coach Shi, plus Jiang's two-year basic training for ding meiyuan, her leg strength, waist strength, tension and support are all comprehensive, but the strength in the second step is slightly weak. Jiang said: "Every week, others have to practice two steps to lift the bell. She has to repeat it four times, even every day." Long-term, indomitable strong stimulation made her two-step strength lead to her ultimate success. "