SINGAPORE - A group of Singapore students have come in first at the International Geography Olympiad , putting the country back on top for the first time since 2014.
"I took the last component of the competition at home, and one hour in, I just face-planted because I was having a 39 deg C fever and a headache," he said on Thursday, referring to how he fell face first to the table. The team bagged a total of three gold medals and one silver medal at the 18th iGeo held virtually from Paris and emerged first out of 54 countries and territories and a total of 209 participants.In a statement congratulating the team on Thursday, the Ministry of Education said:"Our students demonstrated their depth of knowledge and understanding across a wide range of physical and human geography topics, including carrying out a virtual fieldwork exercise set in Paris.
Singaporean students also placed 10th at the 34th International Olympiad in Informatics in August, and were 24th at the 63rd International Mathematical Olympiad and fifth in the 33rd International Biology Olympiad, both held in July.
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