USA Wins International Math Olympiad For The First Time In 21 Years

 

Last week, the top math students from more than 100 countries gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to compete in the prestigious International Mathematical Olympiad and for the first time in more than two decades, the U.S. emerged victorious.

'' It's has been 21 years'' Team USA’s head coach, Po-Shen Loh, told The Washington Post. “This is a huge deal.”

The last time America won the olympiad was in 1994

The competition was held on July 10 - 11 ,2015 at Chiang Mai’s Lotus Pang Suankaew hotel.

The U.S. won the competition with 185 points, just beating out China’s team, which scored 181. South Korea clinched third place