Champion Le Xuan Manh: 'I have completely fulfilled my grandmother's wish'

Determined to fulfill his late grandmother's wish, "mountain climber" Le Xuan Manh had a spectacular and courageous "reverse" journey to become the champion of the Road to Olympia in 2023.

On October 8, the Road to Olympia 2023 laurel wreath and the prize of 50,000 USD (about 1.2 billion VND) belonged to male student Le Xuan Manh (12th grade student of Ham Rong High School, Thanh Hoa).

Champion Le Xuan Manh shares his feelings with the press after the final round

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Sharing about his spectacular "comeback" journey to become the champion of the 23rd season of Road to Olympia, male student Le Xuan Manh modestly said that to win, one must have knowledge and luck. In today's final match, Manh had both of these factors.

According to Le Xuan Manh, in the 4 rounds, the male student never thought about losing. "Even when I got the lowest score after 2 rounds, I still thought that in the next 2 rounds, I could still 'recover'. I never thought that I had no chance of winning", Manh said. After that, Manh put all his determination into the last 2 rounds.

After 4 dramatic rounds, Le Xuan Manh became the champion of Road to Olympia 2023.

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The 2023 Road to Olympia Champion said: "My grandmother really likes the Road to Olympia program. She also hopes that her grandchildren can appear on television to participate in Road to Olympia. And, today's victory is something that I really never thought of," Xuan Manh said, adding that today's victory is a gift for everyone who has supported her throughout the past time, and also fulfills the wish of her deceased grandmother.

Sending a message to his hometown's "juniors", Le Xuan Manh said that the program Road to Olympia is the place where Thanh Hoa students can express themselves.

Family, teachers and friends rejoice at Le Xuan Manh's victory

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Unable to hide her emotions, Ms. Vu Thi Huong (Le Xuan Manh's mother) expressed her joy: "I always thought my son would win. I am proud of my son."

Previously, at the final round of Road to Olympia 2023 on the same morning, Le Xuan Manh demonstrated his bravery and determination when he "turned the tide" and won the prestigious first prize.

Specifically, at the end of the first round - the Start-up round, Le Xuan Manh only scored 10 points. In the Acceleration round, Manh only scored 100 points, 65 points less than the leader. In the Finish round, this male student chose 3 questions worth 30 points. In the first 2 questions, Manh answered the first question correctly and did not answer the second question. In the third question, Xuan Manh chose "star of hope" and excellently won 60 points, rising to 2nd place with a score of 190.

"Mountain climber" Le Xuan Manh after "coming back"

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The dramatic turning point of the final match was in the 30-point questions of male student Nguyen Minh Triet (National High School for the Gifted, Thua Thien - Hue province): "In the poem Dear Mr. Nguyen Du , poet To Huu wrote: Who knows who will cry with To Nhu/Tomorrow, no matter when/The verses of the past, who would have thought today! Which two verses of the past are the author referring to and from which poem by Nguyen Du?".

Right after Nguyen Minh Triet did not answer, Le Xuan Manh answered: these are 2 sentences from the work Doc Tieu Thanh Ky. That was also the decisive answer, helping Manh win.

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