Adrian Reginald Sy [3rd from right] of St Jude Catholic School wins a gold medal in the 11th China Southeast Mathematical Olympiad.
Medals galore for Pinoy math wizards in China, Singapore olympiads
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 medalthis 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 medal haul consisted of 22 gold, 44 silver and 89 bronze medals, said Chua.
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