The IMO International Mathematical Olympiad is the most famous science academic competition for middle school students in the world. As the oldest, most influential and most recognized science competition in the world, its results release and award ceremony each year are highly regarded.

In recent years, live broadcasts have been carried out on the official website of IMO. All countries in the world can directly watch the live video through the official website of IMO.

At this moment, the IMO results are about to be released, and there are a large number of mathematics professionals, mathematics enthusiasts, and even political figures in almost all countries around the world watching this live webcast.

There is a six-hour time difference between Norway and Xia Kingdom. It is past nine o'clock in the evening in Norway. When converted to standard Xia Kingdom time, it is about three o'clock in the morning, which is when most people fall asleep, but there are also many people in Xia Kingdom.

The person was drinking strong tea to refresh himself while looking at the computer screen with concentration, anxiously and nervously waiting for the announcement of the results.

Among them are Wang Yuan, the principal of Yingyuan Private High School, Wen Jianzhao, the vice principal, Wei Wenping, the head teacher of Grade 2 and Grade 3, and Zheng Jianzhou, the mathematics teacher; Shi Cunyuan and Professor Lin Haibo, who have always regarded Qin Ke as their disciples; and of course Qin Ke

Shen Tieshan's grandfather, Ning Qingyun's grandfather and grandmother...

Qin Ke's sister Qin Xiaoke also secretly opened her Apple laptop in bed, clenched her fists, stared at the screen, and muttered the word "gold" that she had memorized not long ago.

medal", and then nervously looking forward to the subsequent names of "QIN KE" and "NING QING YUN".

In a residence somewhere in the capital, Hao Jianchang, chairman of the National Olympic Organizing Committee, was also standing in front of a laptop in the room. His wife yawned and pushed her husband: "Why are you looking at the computer when you are up in the middle of the night?"

Hao Jianchang made a gesture of silence and said: "The results of IMO will be announced soon. There are six players from our country participating..."

"Won't your secretary tell you the results tomorrow morning? The results have been the same every year recently. Is there anything to be concerned about? Go to bed quickly. You have high blood pressure and you can't stay up late."

Hao Jianchang showed a proud smile: "It doesn't matter if it lasts all night. Yesterday, the assistant coach of the national team, Deng Hongguo, sent back the news that our country is likely to win two gold medals. I must see this scene with my own eyes."

"Gold medal?" The wife was suddenly lifted up and sat up. Although she was not an educator, she also knew what it meant to win a gold medal in IMO: "Our country has not won a gold medal for many years, right? I remember last year and the year before that even

You don’t even have a bronze medal, and you’re so angry that you can’t even eat.”

"It has been thirteen years. The last time the National Mathematical Olympiad team won a gold medal was thirteen years ago..." Hao Jianchang sighed with emotion: "If we can really bring back two gold medals this time, it will greatly boost the morale of our country's people.

Oh! I can stand up straight and read this year’s work report! You don’t know, I used to give a work report to my superiors at the end of the year, and I almost didn’t have the confidence to lift my head!”

"But those are IMO gold medals...can our national team really win two?"

"It's definitely possible. This time the national team includes Qin Ke, who is known as the 'number one math genius high school student in Xia Country'. As long as he performs normally, he will definitely win a gold medal. Academician Ning and Ji

The daughter of the academician and his wife is also more than 95% certain to win the gold medal... You know, in order for her to go abroad to compete, I also spent a lot of effort and made dozens of phone calls to the superiors."

"Are they Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun? I have also heard from my neighbors that having such outstanding children can really boast for a lifetime. It is a pity that our son is not good at school... Forget it, let's not mention him. Are we going to announce the results now?

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"It's coming soon. After this speech, the results of the competition will be announced. Look, it's begun."

Hao Jianchang clenched his fists subconsciously, and the couple held their breaths.

Similar scenes appeared in almost everyone paying attention to this IMO results conference.

At the Norwegian venue, the voice of IMO Chairman Jeff Rowland echoed in everyone's ears through the microphone.

"This IMO, a total of ten gold medals were awarded, and the first place is..."

"QIN KE (Qin Ke) from the Xia Guo representative team! His score is 70 (1) points!"

"The second place is NING QING YUN (Ning Qingyun) who is also from the Xia Guo team! Her score is 70 points!"

"Tie for second place are Grant Hill from the American national team, and Grant Hill from the Bear Country..."

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"Tenth place, WANG CHANG AI (Wang Changai) from the Xia Guo team! His score is 54.5 points!"

"Congratulations to the above players, they are all our gold medal winners at this IMO!"

Warm applause resounded throughout the audience, followed by countless whispers.

"Three people from the Xia national team won the gold medal this time? Only two people from the American team, Hill and Fernando, won the gold medal!"

"What a surprise. Xia Guo has completed a magnificent counterattack!"

"Isn't Xia Guo reduced to a third-rate level? How can there be three gold medal players?"

"I vaguely heard rumors that a high school student from Xia Kingdom created a new Mathematical Olympiad theory, which drastically improved the strength of their Xia Kingdom representative team! I don't know if it's true or not..."

"Didn't you hear that the first-place player from Xia Guo was awarded (1) point? This hasn't happened in decades, right?"

"OH MY GOD! I just noticed it when you said that! What kind of ability does this QIN KE have that makes Mr. Roland of this IMO willing to accept this special honor despite the great pressure that may arise?"

In the Eagle Country representative team, Lorne's face was pale, as if he had been punched hard. He answered seven questions, but he still failed to win the gold medal!

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! On the contrary, it was Charles, a teammate of the same team, who performed at a superb level this time and ranked ninth with a score of 55 points, winning a gold medal.

What was most difficult for him to accept was that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, the high school students from Xia State that he had originally ignored, actually won the first and second place gold medals! And Qin Ke still scored 70 (1)!

This (1) score is so rare that it can even be called an honor!

This has only happened once in the history of IMO. It was the seventh IMO competition, and there were seven gold medals with perfect scores. In order to show the difference, the then IMO president gave the finale with two solutions for the first time in history.

The gold medal player with a perfect score in the big question will be treated as "(1) point" and will be ranked first to encourage this innovative spirit.

But this behavior was also controversial. After all, IMO did not announce this regulation at the time. In the end, IMO had to repeatedly issue announcements to explain the significance of this move. It still failed to calm the boiling controversy, so that in the following decades, IMO continued to

No president of any term has ever awarded (1) points to a gold medal player.

Even Hill, the American team player who used two innovative solutions to solve the final question last year and made the judges call him a genius, only stated that he was the first gold medal winner when announcing the scores and did not receive (1) points of treatment.

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But now the honor of (1) point is actually given to Qin Ke, a player from the Xia Guo team! Why? Why?

Lorne was lost here, and on the podium, the reading of results continued.

Xia Guo’s team achieved unexpectedly good results!

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun easily won the gold medal, Wang Changai also won a gold medal while wiping the gold medal line, Wei Yuyuan won the silver medal with a score 1.5 points beyond the silver medal line, and Sun Bingfei and Liang Shaoping also successfully won the bronze medal!

There are six members of Xia Guo’s team, each with a medal!

The Xia national team immediately erupted into thunderous cheers!

Team leader Wang Cunren, who had been "released" and returned, was full of excitement and joy, and deputy team leader Deng Hongguo next to him was in tears.

At this moment, Deng Hongguo felt that even if he was buried, he could close his eyes with peace of mind. Even the best results in the history of the Xia National Mathematical Olympiad have never been such outstanding results as taking first and second place in IMO!

With tears in his eyes, he looked at the cheering and encouraging team members in front of him. All the hard work he had put in for the Summer National Mathematical Olympiad in his life was the greatest satisfaction at this moment.

Qin Ke smiled and opened his arms. Ning Qingyun threw herself into his arms with a red face and hugged him tightly: "Qin Ke, I really did it, I really did it! Thank you! Thank you

you!"

IMO gold medal! And a gold medal with perfect scores! This is a brilliant achievement that Ning Qingyun, who only got a dozen places in the provincial competition last year, could not even imagine! And all of this is the boy beside her who perseveres.

Only by accompanying her and giving her special training can she win this precious medal!

Next to them, Wang Changai, Sun Bingfei, Wei Yuyuan, and Liang Shaoping were also screaming and hugging each other, jumping around like little children who had not grown up.

How could they not be excited?

Originally, their goal during the training camp was just to win the IMO bronze medal, which was still elusive but not necessarily achievable. But now they not only got the bronze medal, but they also won the silver and gold medals!

For them, this was like a dream! Even Wang Changai, who had always been silent and didn't know how to express his feelings, had tears in his eyes, and his lips moved and he couldn't say a word.

After their moods calmed down a bit, the four of them bowed to Wang Cunren, Deng Hongguo, and Qin Ke in unison to express their thanks.

"Thank you two coaches, thank you Teacher Qin!"

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In the distant Xia Kingdom, in the principal's office of Yingyuan Private High School in Yuanzhou City, the principal Wang Yuan, who had taken the heart-saving pill in advance, was so excited that his whole body was shaking. If Wen Jianzhao hadn't held him tightly, he would have almost died.

Passed out.

"Jianzhao...did our school produce two IMO gold medal players? Did I hear that right?"

Wen Jianzhao couldn't hide his excitement: "Yes, and they are still the first and second place in this IMO! Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun... they will never let us down and will only bring us endless surprises."

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"We must reward them heavily! Heavy!" Wang Yuan took a few deep breaths and clenched his fists vigorously: "In another week, I will officially retire. Before that, I will no longer have this old face. The board of directors will not give me this reward."
Chapter completed!