Without government support, Mexicans prepare for the European Women's Mathematics Olympiad in Hungary 2022

The European Women's Mathematics Olympiad (EGMO) will return to its face-to-face mode in 2022, so the four representatives of Mexico have started the intense training phase to achieve a good performance at this international event that will be held in April in the city of Budapest , Hungary.

Representing Mexico will attend the European Women's Mathematics Olympiad Vicky Cantú and Ana Llanes, both from Mexico City; the tricolor team will also be composed of Andrea Escalona from the state of Morelos as well as Cynthia López from the state of Guanajuato. Myriam Hernandez from the state of Baja California occupies the position of team leader while Nuria Sydykova will serve as tutor for the participants.

Through his official Twitter account, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón sent encouragement to the participants who will represent Mexico during the European Women's Mathematics Olympiad.

Although the intention of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) was to celebrate the participation of Mexican women in this international event, the response she received on social networks was unfortunate since she was accused of hanging on the merit of the competitors.

“Do not hang merits that only belong to parents, students and teachers, because from the 4th only supports have been taken away from them”, “Support them, so that they do not presume achievements that the government does not make”, “I hope this time if they help them with the per diem... and they do not have to be looking for help...!” , are some of the comments that are read on social networks in response to Marcelo Ebrard's message.

It is worth mentioning that through the official Facebook page of the Mexican Mathematics Olympiad, support has been requested to pay for the trip, stay and registration for the 2022 European Women's Mathematics Olympiad since this year they will not be funded by the federal government.

So far, it has been reported that the registration fee could be covered thanks to the support of Casa Córdoba, while the six airline tickets of the participants, their leader and tutor, were donated by the airline. Aeromexico, which will take them to the capital of Spain where they must take another connecting flight to Budapest, Hungary.

In addition, the tricolor team that will participate in the European Women's Mathematics Olympiad managed to raise 67,000 pesos, which they will use to pay for connecting flights as well as their travel insurance and hotel nights that they will spend during the duration of the competition.

The European Women's Mathematics Olympiad is an international competition similar to the International Mathematics Olympics, however, participating countries must send a team made up of their top four competitors. In the case of Mexico, since 2014 he has participated in this event, the results of which have left him to date when this score is written 5 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 12 more bronze medals.

In 2020, the European Women's Mathematics Olympiad was scheduled to take place in the Netherlands, however, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it had to be held virtually ; in 2021 the situation was no different and, although the headquarters changed to Georgia, the competition was also held remotely.

However, this 2022 with the COVID-19 pandemic partially controlled, the European Women's Mathematics Olympiad will return to its face-to-face format and from April 6 to 12 contestants from all over the world will compete to find out who are the best in mathematics.

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