Well done Cambodian students and teachers !

National pride! 3 Cambodian students Win Gold Medals in U.S Copernicus Olympiad Math Competition

Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On 25 July 2022 the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports announced that three Cambodian students won gold medals in the United States Copernicus Olympiad mathematics competitions. These three Cambodian children have won great admiration for their abilities, especially in raising Cambodia's profile on the international educational stage.

The COPERNICUS OLYMPIAD competition is a large sized competition with five subjects: Mathematics, Natural Science, Physics and Astronomy, Cyber Security and Film Festival.
There were in total 1,531 contestants from 26 countries around the world who participated in the contest.
The Global Round was held on 21 July 2022 at Columbia University in New York, USA, with nine countries participating in mathematics: Cambodia, USA, Philippines, Angola. Brazil, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Laos and Vietnam.

The result of the Global Round was that three Cambodian students got the highest score amongst all other countries and won gold medals. Besides these some of the thirty-four other Cambodian students who participated in the competition won silver and bronze medals.
The three Cambodian students who won the gold medals are:
1) Touch Monica, a 10th grade student from Westgate International School
2) Chea Sefong, an 8th grade student from AIS (American Intercon School)
3) Rithny Visalsno, an 11th grade student from Russey Keo High School.


The victories of these three Cambodian students have made their parents, teachers and school very proud of their efforts. Their achievements show their hard work, will and perseverance, as well as the future of Cambodia's next generation of bamboo shoots which has truly enhanced Cambodia's image internationally.
With their achievements, the Cambodian flag was displayed in this international program, and participants from other countries have also expressed their admiration towards the abilities of these Cambodian children.

https://khmernote.com.kh/news/261510

Congrats, that's a great achievement.

I can guarantee that America's finest, or even its good students, weren't among those competing. Probably grade school flunkees or children of homeless parents, and very few at that. All 3rd world countries, and the USA. Nothing suspicious about that at all.
But, whatever makes them feel good, I guess.

Congrats and what a terrific idea the Copernicus Olympiad is! For anyone interested in researching this venue and it's mission, I'd like to recommend that.

The Copernicus event looks to be an invite only type thing that quite possibly gets funded by a US government entity. If that's the case it's a win-win affair. In any case, it's a cool way to get students involved with logic and deductive thinking on a peaceful international stage.

Going by the above, in Cambodia your ability to do math is directly related to the length of your arms and legs.

Great news and a great accolade for these students who I am sure worked very hard to achieve these results.

The Judge wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:28 pm I can guarantee that America's finest, or even its good students, weren't among those competing. Probably grade school flunkees or children of homeless parents, and very few at that. All 3rd world countries, and the USA. Nothing suspicious about that at all.
But, whatever makes them feel good, I guess.

Yes,encouraging schoolkids from developing countries seems to be one of the goals of the competition - most of the kids competing were using English as a second language. That in itself is a challenge.

I think those are great results from the Cambodian kids and their teachers, especially since the Cambodian education system has some serious problems.
Cambodian kids are not dumb, they just need a good education system to support them.
Go you kids, you are doing so well !
Some results here: https://copernicusolympiad.us/olympiad/

Here we go - testing, testing - are you as brilliant as a Cambodian teenage Olympiad mathmetician ?
(Personally, not so brill, but hey )
https://copernicusolympiad.us/wp-conten ... gory-1.pdf

The Judge wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:28 pm I can guarantee that America's finest, or even its good students, weren't among those competing. Probably grade school flunkees or children of homeless parents, and very few at that. All 3rd world countries, and the USA. Nothing suspicious about that at all.
But, whatever makes them feel good, I guess.

Sour grapes, LOL

Brilliant achievement! Well done!

I see Vietnam and the Philippines up there too. SE Asia had some good representation!