The 3rd week of February, quarter 4 of the 23rd Road to Olympia witnessed the dramatic competition of 4 contestants from 3 regions: Tran Khanh Han (Nguyen Du High School, Thai Binh), Hoang Ngoc Thinh (Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, Da Nang), Doan Quang Dung (Van Noi High School, Hanoi) and Nguyen Chau Gia Han (Pedagogical Practice High School, Can Tho University).

Entering the first round - Warm-up, the contestants were quite evenly matched, closely following each other in terms of scores - Ngoc Thinh led with 35 points; the other three players each got 25 points.

The keyword to find in this week's Obstacle Course with the unknown number to find with 11 letters. The first selected horizontal line has the question: "An's stamp collection comes from 16 countries. Each country is divided into 59 topics, each topic has 2 stamps. How many stamps are in An's collection?"

As soon as the MC finished reading the question, contestant Ngoc Thinh quickly pressed the bell to answer the keyword "overcoming obstacles", causing the entire school of the Road to Olympia to explode and anxiously wait for the answer.

A male student from Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted (Da Nang) gave the answer "Ton Duc Thang". He explained that the answer to the first suggested horizontal question was 1,888 stamps. This is also the year of birth of President Ton Duc Thang.

With that, he decided to "take a big risk" with this answer. The whole studio exploded when the MC announced that Ngoc Thinh's answer was completely correct and he took the lead in the race, increasing the gap with the other contestants.

Thanks to his intelligence and determination, Ngoc Thinh became the contestant who found the keyword for the Obstacle Course fastest in the history of Road to Olympia.

In the Acceleration round, Ngoc Thinh continued to maintain his stable and accurate performance to score the most points. After three rounds, he led with 225 points. Next, Gia Han had 115 points, Quang Dung 75 points, Khanh Han 55 points.

Entering the decisive round - Finish Line, Ngoc Thinh chose three questions worth 20 points, but was unsuccessful in improving his score. Quang Dung won the right to answer the first two questions but did not score any points.

Gia Han chose three questions worth 20 points each. She answered 2/3 questions correctly to finish with 155 points.

Khanh Han chose three questions worth 20 - 30 - 30, but was unsuccessful. Quang Dung scored the last question, making Khanh Han come in second with 25 points.

Quang Dung entered the exam with 85 points, choosing three questions each worth 20 points. He finished with 105 points.

In the final result, Hoang Ngoc Thinh (Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, Da Nang) won the laurel wreath with 225 points. Nguyen Chau Gia Han (Practical High School for Pedagogy, Can Tho University) came in second with 155 points.

Also in third place, Doan Quang Dung (Van Noi High School, Hanoi) with 105 points and Tran Khanh Han (Nguyen Du High School, Thai Binh) with 25 points.

Ha Cuong