A grand award ceremony was held today at the Australian Parliament House, announcing the names of all representatives representing Australia in the upcoming 2024 International Science Olympiad. The announced disciplines include Olympic Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics. Mathematics Alex Qiu y12 James Ruse Agricultural High School NSW Male Amber Li y10 Pymble Ladies' College NSW Female Cloris Xu y12 Baulkham Hills High School NSW Female Iris Xu y12 Baulkham Hills High School NSW Female Laura (Xiangyue) Nan y11 Fintona Girls' School VIC Female William Cheah y10 Scotch College VIC Male This year, the national mathematics team has 4 female players, which should be the year with the most female players in history. It's really amazing that women don't make the most of them. Informatics Andy Wu y12 Christ Church Grammar School WA Juntao Zhou y10 Knox Grammar School (Senior) NSW Miles Conway y12 Melbourne Grammar School VIC Yunchen Wang y12 North Sydney Boys High School NSW This year's International Olympiad Informatics IOI will be held in Egypt. Due to the tense situation in the Middle East, AMT has cancelled the delegation's participation. The Physics Olympiad will be held in Iran and is also facing cancellation. But this year's most important international informatics programming competition, ICPC, was just held in Egypt, and the Australian team participated and returned as usual. In recent years, due to the conflict in Russia, athletes have participated in the Olympics as individuals. International Olympic competitions are a rare opportunity and experience in one's life, and I believe that athletes, coaches, and parents have all invested a lot of time and effort. Being able to join the national team requires the cooperation of timing, location, and personnel. For 12th grade students, this may be the only and last opportunity. If you were a parent, would you take your child to participate in individual competitions?
