MANILA - While the whole country was cheering for the Philippine team in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, another local team was silently reaping medals in another olympics— the 62nd International Mathematical Olympiad .
They were trained by Dr. Christian Paul Chan Shio, the group’s leader and deputy leader G. Raymond Joseph Fadri, both are from the Mathematical Society of the Philippines . "Medyo nagulat po ako…I didn't expect ang score ko makakapasok sa silver cut-off...once na lumabas I was really surprised. Masaya po ako doon," he said.
"I was really happy after that. My last year I finally managed to get something other than bronze," said Sanchez, who also got a silver medal. According to Shio, unlike the Olympics where only one or two athletes will get a particular medal, IMO winners are determined based on whether the scores of the participants qualify for the ranking set for each medal.
"They have to write down an argument, a proof. paragraph form pa yan so it’s not just an answer like ’10’, or ’25’. It is more of a reasoning type of contest, rather than speed or short answers competition," Shio explained. "The sad thing is hindi ko pa po na-mi-meet ang ibang team members ng face to face kasi nung first time ko makapasok, online na po ang set up because of COVID. So yung nangyari I wasn’t able to meet them while nakapag- bond na sila before," Dalida said."We are trying out best to emulate the original and traditional classroom set- up," said Fadri.
Unlike the sports Olympiad, the math athletes won’t get millions of pesos in prizes. In fact, their medals will still be sent to them days after winning. But at the very least, the IMO gave the students valuable life skills and even opportunities.
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