容国团是我国体育运动史上第一个世界冠军，他夺取了可贵的“第一个”至今已经40年了。四十年前，我和他的两次接触使我终身难忘，他的高尚风格和崇高品德伴我走过四十个乒坛春秋。一九五九年九月十五日下午，第一届全运会乒乓球比赛在北京体育馆举行，当广播员播出：“在第八 Rong Guotuan is the first world champion in the history of sports in China. He has won the valuable “first one” for 40 years now. Forty years ago, my two contacts with him made me unforgettable for life. His noble style and lofty morality accompanied me through forty spring and autumn table tennis. On the afternoon of September 15, 1959, the table tennis competition of the first National Games was held at Beijing Gymnasium. When the announcer broadcast: "At the eighth