荣膺第一届世界冠军
When China was hungry for their first world title to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China table tennis player Rong Guotuan made their dream come true.
当时中国渴望自己的第一个世界冠军来庆祝中华人民共和国成立10周年乒乓球运动员荣国团实现了自己的梦想。
Rong became New China's first world champion after he won the men's singles title at the 25th World Table Tennis Championships, in former West Germany on April 5, 1959.
荣膺新中国后的第一个世界冠军1959年4月5日，在前西德举行的第25届世界乒乓球锦标赛上，该队以88.888%的成绩夺得男子单打冠军，并将金牌寄托在男子队身上。但他们的世界队冠军梦想在半决赛中被匈牙利队摧毁，在决赛中以5.
Before the championships, the team had pinned their gold hopes on the men's team. But their dream of a world team title was destroyed by the Hungarian team in the semifinal match, losing three games to five.
的比分输了3场比赛，荣智健的竞争对手是匈牙利顶级桨手费伦茨·西多。
Rong's rival in the final was top Hungarian paddler Ferenc Sido.
的荣智健被视为冠军的失败者，因为他刚刚在小组赛中输给了西多。即使是胜利之花也在为西多准备着。
Rong was seen as an underdog for the title as he had just lost to Sido in the team contest. Even the victory flowers were being prepared for Sido.
，但令8000名观众大吃一惊的是，在以19-21输掉第一盘后，荣智健以21-12、21-15和21-14的大比分连赢三局。就在那一刻，荣智健实现了一年前的承诺，那就是为祖国赢得世界冠军。两年后的第26届世界冠军赛，荣智健以
But much to the surprise of the 8000-member audience, Rong won three straight sets with a big margin 21-12, 21-15, and 21-14 after losing the first set 19-21. Until that very moment, Rong realized the promise he made one year ago, that was to win a world championship for his motherland.
的成绩夺冠。两年后的北京第26届世界冠军赛，荣智健以
Two years later at the 26th championship for his motherland.
的成绩带领中国男队夺得团体冠军。
Two years later at the 26th championships in Beijing, Rong led the Chinese men to win the team title.