64 years ago today, on April 9, 1961 (February 24, 1961 lunar calendar), our country won the men's team championship for the first time in the World Table Tennis Championships. On April 9, 1961, in the 26th World Table Tennis Championships held in Beijing, our country's athletes won the men's team championship for the first time. In the single event, Zhuang Zedong won the men's singles championship, and Qiu Zhonghui won the women's singles championship. Our country's athletes also won four runner-up and eight third places. The 26th World Table Tennis Championships is a milestone in the growth and growth of our country's table tennis team and a turning point in the world table tennis sport. Some Western newspapers said: China ended Japan's dominance of table tennis in the 1950s and took the helm of the world table tennis. Indeed, since then, our country's athletes have achieved good results in many table tennis championships. Zhuang Zedong won the men's singles championship three times in a row. In the 36th World Table Tennis Championships in 1981, our country's athletes won all seven championships, setting a new record in the history of the World Table Tennis Championships for fifty-five years. The table tennis players in our country, like the mountaineers who climbed Mount Everest, marched from the foot of the mountain to the highest peak in the world. In 1953, they participated in the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time. In the team competition, both men's and women's teams only finished fourth in the group. In the five individual competitions, all the players were eliminated in the third round. However, they were not discouraged. The revolutionary ambition to win glory for the country inspired them to unite and help each other, study hard and train hard, and finally reached the peak of table tennis in a very short time.