Wednesday, September 17, 2003 :::
I'm also late to this:Representatives of the 2003 U.S. Physics Team won five medals and four special prizes at the 34th International Physics Olympiad held August 2-11 in Taipei, Taiwan.The awards were presented at the closing ceremonies on August 10. Pavel Batrachenko was the absolute winner (first prize) of the 238 student competition. Pavel also received one of the two prizes for the best score in experiment. He was tied with Thaned Pruttivarasin from Thailand. Daniel Gulotta received a prize for the best score in theory and Emily Russell received a prize as the best female participant. All five students placed in the top ten percent. Pavel Batrachenko (ranked 1), Daniel Gulotta (ranked 13th), and Chintan Hossain (ranked 19th) received gold medals. Emily Russell (ranked 21st) and Immanuel Buder (ranked 23rd) received silver medals. Although the competition is among individuals, an informal summary of scores showed that the United States was the top-ranking country out of the fifty-four participating nations followed by South Korea, Taiwan and Iran.
Back in my day China always won.Gulotta went (goes?) to school at the Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora.
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