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Title: International Mathematical Olympiad: Chinese team won five consecutive championships, American team "all-Chinese class" controversy
When we look back on the history of the International Mathematical Olympiad, we can't help but feel a lot of emotion. This event was popular in the childhood of the 80s and 90s, and the name of the Olympiad training course spread all over the streets. Today, however, we are going to focus on IMO, the International Mathematical Olympiad. This event is the pinnacle of the Olympiad and represents a contest of mathematical elites.
The Chinese team has repeatedly emerged in the past few editions of the competition, making its IMO debut back in 1985. In recent years, they have won five consecutive team championships, a feat that not only breaks the record, but also breaks their own record of first overall points for four consecutive years.
The 2023 IMO event is in the spotlight, with six young mathematical geniuses from the Chinese team winning the team championship with all-gold records, achieving the great feat of winning five consecutive championships. They narrowly defeated Team USA by just 18 points in total, arguably the strongest team in nearly a decade.
However, it is interesting that this strongest 6-person lineup turned out to be all Chinese faces.
So, let's first focus on the medal score line of the International Mathematical Olympiad. The entry ticket for the gold medal is 32 points, the silver medal requires 25 points to 31 points, and the bronze medal threshold is 18 points to 24 points. Amazingly, all six mathematical geniuses of the Chinese team won gold medals, and their total score was as high as 240 points. Competing U.S. teams also performed well, with six of their competitors winning five gold medals and one silver. But in the end, a slight 18-point advantage allowed the Chinese team to win the team championship and achieve the great cause of winning five consecutive championships.
However, the image on the podium aroused the interest of many viewers. At the championship and runner-up ceremony, we saw 12 Chinese faces, because the six players of the American team, all of whom were of Chinese descent, proudly waved the American flag, and were highly praised, becoming the strongest team in nearly a decade.
The youngest player on this U.S. team is 14-year-old Alexander Wang, while the oldest is over 18. However, in the IMO arena, almost all opponents have their eyes set on the strongest Chinese team, because they have always been the dominant mathematics team.
However, the phenomenon of "all-Chinese class" is not limited to the American team. The six-member team, which includes Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, is almost exclusively Chinese-faced. Therefore, in recent years, in the International Mathematical Olympiad, there is a joke that "only Chinese can beat Chinese", and it seems that other countries can only compete with the Chinese team by attracting Chinese in the field of mathematics.
This year's International Mathematical Olympiad was the largest in history, held in Chiba, Japan, with 618 participants from 114 countries and regions.
However, today in the first-class echelon of IMO, there are more and more Chinese faces, which has become an irreversible trend. But it has also sparked a controversy: many of the Chinese players who represent other countries are not trained by other countries, but are attracted by abundant resources. Therefore, some people question whether this is an exodus of Austrian talent.
In any case, in the International Mathematical Olympiad, the strong strength of the Chinese team and the faces of Chinese from other countries have become a topic. Behind this competition, it is not only the pinnacle of mathematics, but also reflects the practical challenges of mathematics education and talent training.