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Medals galore for Pinoy math wizards in China, Singapore olympiads
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Filipino students recently took home medals from math olympiads in China and Singapore, continuing the country's winning streak in international math contests following similar victories in Hong Kong and South Korea.
The Philippine Team in the 11th China Southeast Mathematical Olympiad. They are (from left) team leader James Kelvin Martin and contestants Gen Mark Tanno, Andrew Lawrence Sy, Adrian Reginald Sy, Harvey Uy and Raymond Joseph Fadri.
“This is the first time that we won a gold medal in the CSMO since joining the contest back in 2005. It’s a tough contest and we are happy that one of our contestants finally won it,” said Dr. Simon Chua, president of the Mathematics Trainer Guild-Philippines.
Sy, a fourth year high school student of St. Jude Catholic School, said he trained hard for the contest and was determined to bag the gold medal this year.
CSMO was held last last July 25 to 30 in Fuyang City in Zhejiang, China.
In addition, Harvey Uy of British School Manila won a bronze medal while Gen Mark Tanno of Southville International School and Colleges, Andrew Lawrence Sy of Xavier School and Raymond Fadri of Makati Science High School each won a merit award.
Countries and territories which joined the CSMO are the Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Macau, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Thailand and the US.
PHL team places 2nd in Singapore olympiad
Meanwhile, in Singapore, the Philippine team raked in a total of 155 medals to place second overall in the medal tally in the 2014 International Mathematics Contest (IMC).
The gold medalists of the Philippine team at the 2014 IMC Singapore awarding ceremony at Resorts World Sentosa
China placed first with 193 medals consisting of 33 gold, 60 silver and 100 bronze medals, followed by the Philippines with 155, Malaysia with 92, Taiwan with 88, Indonesia with 75, host country Singapore with 67, South Korea with 59, Thailand with 30, Iran with 8, Myanmar with 3 and India with 1. Total number of contestants this year is 1,104.
The awarding ceremony was held at Resorts World Sentosa.
The students and their coaches arrived in Manila on Monday night. —KBK, GMA News
Photos courtesy of Mathematics Trainer Guild-Philippines
