2 Filipino students win gold, silver medals in China math tourney

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MANILA, Philippines — Two young Filipino numbers aces have made the Philippines proud anew by winning two medals–a gold and a silver—in the just-ended 2014 China Western Mathematics Invitational (CWMI) competition, held Aug. 14 to 18 in Chongqing city, located in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan.

The good news was relayed to the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Monday night by Dr. Simon Chua, president of the non-government Mathematics Trainers’ Guild Philippines (MTG), which trained gold medalist Clyde Wesley Ang, a student of the Chiang Kai Shek College in Manila, and bronze medalist Albert John Patupat, a student of the Holy Rosary College in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

Both Ang and Patupat bagged individual and team gold medals during last month’s Korea International Math Competition in Daejeon, South Korea.

In a text message, Chua said the Chinese team topped the nine-nation contest with a medal haul of four golds and four silvers.

Aside from the Philippines and host China, the other participating countries were Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.

Four other members of the Philippine team had backed out so they could take the University of the Philippines College Admission Test, or UPCAT.

Chua cited the two MTG wards, saying he was “very proud of their performance, considering this competition is one of the toughest in the region.”

This year’s CWMI contest was the 12th edition of the contest. After the suspension of the annual event in 2012, said to be due to Tibet-related issues, it was held again last year.

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