Teenagers leave Peru in high name after being crowned runners-up in women's mathematics world champions

A great pride for our country, after Dariam Caparachín, Carla Fermin, Flor Luna and Jasmine Chávarri joined the best of their talent in the mathematics contest. For almost a week, the students competed with other students from different countries.

The international competition was held in a hybrid way (face-to-face and virtual) from April 6 to 12, where 200 representatives from 55 countries, such as the US and the United States. The US, Russia, Germany, Spain, Japan, Brazil, Finland have given their best during the hard-fought tests.

The Peruvian team ranked first in Ibero-America and second in the world, only below the United States. He led the top positions with gold medals from Carla Fermin (Saco Oliveros School), who scored 40 points; Dariam Caparachín (Saco Oliveros) with 34, and Flor Luna (Prolog) with 33 points. The silver medal went to Jasmin Chavarri (Jorge Basadre de Trujillo), who scored 23 points.

The competition was held on two consecutive days. Each day, a three-problem examination was carried out with a duration of four and a half hours. It should be noted that on the first day Carla achieved the perfect score (score 20) and in the final result she was two points away from achieving the highest score.

CHAMPIONS WITH HISTORY

Carla Fermín, 17, positioned herself with the second best score in the EGMO, in which she won her fourth gold medal, being the previous ones in Ukraine 2019, the Netherlands (Holland) 2020 and Georgia 2021.

“This competition finds us with much greater experience than in previous editions. For my part, it is always a pleasure to represent my country internationally. These Olympics are also a great opportunity to know how much our level has increased for future competitions,” Carla said.

At the age of 16, Dariam Caparachín, a student from the same educational institution, performed for the second time at this Olympics and won the long-awaited gold award again. It should be recalled that in 2021 it obtained the highest score from the Peruvian delegation.

“I feel that participating again will give me much greater confidence for my future, not only in the Olympics but also at the academic level. I have studied a lot and developed possible problems that we will have to solve at the event. It is key to concentrate, but we must also be very creative when it comes to pointing the way to the result, the judges rate that and it is an exercise that I practice almost always”, commented the student.

Both students are now preparing to continue their studies at the most important universities in the world such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA. In the US, where there are already other Peruvian students who have achieved important victories in this type of competition.

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