Once, 20 years ago, Tsai was chosen to represent the R.O.C. in the pole vault in an international meet in the Philippines. Suffering unexpected defeat, he didn't win a medal. Instead, he looked on as the winning foreign athletes proudly watched their national flags rise.
廿年前，蔡榮斌被選為撐竿跳國手，赴菲律賓參加國際性運動會，不料比賽失利，未獲任何獎牌，只有限睜睜望著得獎的外國選手，站在授獎台上驕傲地注視本國的國旗昇起。