The 23rd Quarter Final of the Road to Olympia took place this afternoon (July 2) and witnessed a fierce competition between four climbers: Nguyen Bao Minh Triet (Nguyen Chi Thanh High School for the Gifted, Dak Lak), Do Bao Minh (Hanoi National University of Education High School for the Gifted, Hanoi), Nguyen Trong Tin (Hung Vuong High School for the Gifted, Binh Duong) and Le Xuan Manh (Ham Rong High School, Thanh Hoa).

In the first round - Warm-up, Xuan Manh quickly gained an advantage after 3 rounds of answering questions, leading with 70 points, Trong Tin 35 points, Bao Minh 10 points, Minh Triet had no points.

The keyword to find in the Obstacle Course for the third quarter is 5 letters. The first horizontal line selected has the question: "Which newspaper is the mouthpiece of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor?" Four candidates scored with the correct answer "Labor".

The second selected horizontal line had the question: "Find the missing word in the song "Youth Song". Right after the MC read the question, the two contestants Minh Triet and Trong Tin quickly pressed the bell to claim the right to answer the keyword. As the fastest contestant, Minh Triet had the right to answer the answer, but his answer "Children" was incorrect, losing the opportunity to contestant Trong Tin.

By giving the correct answer to the keyword "Population", Trong Tin raised his total score to 85, taking the lead. Xuan Manh temporarily ranked 2nd after this round with 80 points, Bao Minh 20 points, Minh Triet 10 points.

Moving on to the Acceleration round, the 4 contestants had a fierce competition for points, and the rankings among the contestants also changed significantly. Accordingly, Bao Minh accelerated the best when he gave the correct and fastest answers 3 times to achieve the maximum score of 40. Xuan Manh had 1 time to achieve the maximum score of 40.

After this round, the positions of the contestants are Xuan Manh 150 points, Bao Minh 140 points, Trong Tin 135 points, Minh Triet 20 points.

In the final decisive round - Finish Line, Xuan Manh was the first contestant to enter the competition. The Ham Rong school student chose 3 questions with the same value of 20 - 20 - 20 points. He only answered one question correctly, finishing with 170 points.

Bao Minh chose 3 questions with the same value of 20 - 20 - 20 points and could only answer 1 question. Bao Minh finished with 160 points.

Trong Tin chose 3 questions worth 20 points each. He scored on the first and last questions, finishing with 155 points. Xuan Manh won the right to answer the second question and scored to consolidate his lead.

Minh Triet was the last contestant to compete, deciding to "play big" by choosing 3 questions with the same value of 30 - 30 - 30 points, but was unsuccessful. Xuan Manh won the right to answer twice, Bao Minh once, but could not score any points.

In the end, Le Xuan Manh (Ham Rong High School, Thanh Hoa) won the laurel wreath in the third quarter with 160 points. His victory brought the live broadcast of the final match of the 23rd Road to Olympia to Thanh Hoa.

Nguyen Trong Tin (Hung Vuong High School for the Gifted, Binh Duong) came in second with 155 points. Also in third place were Do Bao Minh (Hanoi National University of Education High School for the Gifted, Hanoi) with 145 points and Nguyen Bao Minh Triet (Nguyen Chi Thanh High School for the Gifted, Dak Lak) with 20 points.

Le Xuan Manh (Ham Rong High School, Thanh Hoa) up to this point, still holds the record for the highest total score in a match at Road to Olympia 23. He won 345 points in the match of week 3, month 1, quarter 3 (April 24, 2023).

Ha Cuong