Phu Duc won the laurel wreath of Road to Olympia 2024

Phú Đức giành vòng nguyệt quế Đường lên đỉnh Olympia 2024 — *Candidate Vo Quang Phu Duc – Photo: NGUYEN BAO*

On the morning of October 13, four climbers, including Tran Trung Kien (student of Le Hong Phong High School, Phu Yen), Nguyen Quoc Nhat Minh (student of Hung Vuong High School for the Gifted, Gia Lai), Vo Quang Phu Duc (student of Quoc Hoc High School for the Gifted, Thua Thien - Hue), and Nguyen Nguyen Phu (student of Hanoi National University of Education High School for the Gifted, Hanoi) entered the fierce competition in the final round of the 24th Road to Olympia.

In addition to the prestigious 18K gold-plated laurel wreath, the champion of the 24th Road to Olympia will receive a prize worth 50,000 USD and the opportunity to study abroad. The second and third place contestants will receive prizes worth 200 and 100 million VND, respectively.

The thrilling 'climbing'

The final round of Road to Olympia 2024 begins with the first round of the Warm-up. Each contestant will have the first 6 questions. Before entering the round, all 4 contestants shared their determination to bring a vibrant atmosphere, determination, and resilient spirit.

In the first round, Nguyen Phu was the first to answer 6 questions and got 40 points. The next person to take part in the contest was Nhat Minh who got 20 points.

The contestant participating in the third warm-up round, Phu Duc, scored the maximum 60 points in this round. As the last contestant participating in the warm-up round, Trung Kien scored 40 points.

After the second round, the candidates' scores changed, specifically, Nguyen Phu 45 points, Nhat Minh 15 points, Phu Duc 75 points, and Trung Kien 50 points.

Thus, after the warm-up round, Phu Duc is temporarily leading with 75 points.

The contestants continued with the Obstacle Course , the program gave a challenge with 7 letters.

As the first participant to answer, Nguyen Phu chose the second row, but Phu Duc was the one who pressed the bell to answer without any hints.

Phu Duc was the best when he gave the answer "Net-Zero" and explained that Net-Zero is a joint effort of our country as well as the world towards zero emissions (Net-Zero) by 2050.

Through this answer, Phu Duc got 80 more points, bringing his total to 155 points, temporarily leading.

The contestants continued with the Acceleration round. In the first question, all 4 gave the answer “4 on the spot”, in which Phu Duc and Trung Kien had to use a handwritten board due to a mechanical problem.

Everyone won points: Nhat Minh was the fastest, with 40 points; Nguyen Phu 30, Phu Duc 20 and Trung Kien 10.

In the second question, the candidates were asked to arrange the pictures with the year of the historical event. Phu Duc answered the fastest and received an additional 40 points.

In the third question, the contestants were asked to find the key word in a code consisting of many letters and symbols. Two contestants gave the answer at the last second but the answer was incorrect. Because the correct answer was “fulcrum”. None of the contestants won points.

In the fourth question related to artificial intelligence (Al), all four candidates got points. Of these, Phu Duc was the fastest to get 40 points.

After this round, Nhat Minh has 85 points, Nguyen Phu has 105 points, Trung Kien has 120 points and Phu Duc is temporarily leading with 235 points.

Finish Line: Who will win the Road to Olympia 2024 laurel wreath?

Entering the Finish Line round, the final round, Phu Duc – the temporary leader was the first contestant to step forward to choose a question package. Duc thanked Ngo Mon Square for cheering him on. Duc chose the 60-point question package.

In the first question, Duc correctly answered the names of Vietnam's four Gepard missile ships: Dinh Tien Hoang, Ly Thai To, Quang Trung, Tran Hung Dao and won 20 points. In the second question, Duc answered incorrectly.

In the third question, Duc did not choose the star of hope and continued to answer incorrectly about the name of a tree in the poem by poet Tran Dang Khoa in Truong Sa. Nguyen Phu rang the bell and answered correctly about the “storm tree” and won 20 points. At the end of this round, Phu Duc had 235 points.

Entering the final round, Nguyen Phu thanked his family, teachers and friends. He said that if he could not win today, the next generations would do better and win.

Nguyen Phu chose the 20-30-20 point question package. In the first question, Phu answered correctly about the resource “Lithium” for 20 points. This is an important resource in the battery manufacturing industry for electric vehicles.

In the second question, Phu answered incorrectly, missed the chance to score points and was deducted 15 points.

In the last question, Phu chose the star of hope and when MC Khanh Vy shouted “The Pedagogical College is proud of you”, the male contestant won 40 points, with the correct answer about “superconductivity”. At the end of this round, Nguyen Phu had 185 points.

As the third contestant to enter the final round, Trung Kien expressed his sincere thanks to the fans in Phu Yen who cheered him on enthusiastically.

Kien chose the 30-20-30 question package. In the first question about the history of the first airport built in Tuyen Quang, Kien correctly answered "Lung Co airport" and excellently won 30 points.

In the second answer, when Trung Kien was confident in his answer "sulfur", MC Khanh Vy shouted "excellent Trung Kien" and he got 20 more points.

In the third question in English, Kien chose the star of hope. However, Kien answered incorrectly.

Nguyen Phu then quickly rang the bell to correctly answer the question about “IUU fishing” – illegal fishing and won 30 points.

From there, Phu's total score was 215 points. The atmosphere in the studio was very exciting, as Nguyen Phu was 20 points ahead of Phu Duc - the contestant temporarily leading. At the end of this round, Trung Kien had a score of 125 points.

* TTO updated.

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