Road to Olympia Mount: A Ninh Binh Student Turns the Tide, Secures Last-Minute Victory

The third week of the third month of the fourth quarter of Road to Olympia Mount marked the final weekly competition of the 24th year. The contestants included Pham Phuong Lan (Nguyen Trai High School - Thai Binh), Do Viet Hieu (Nguyen Binh Khiem Specialized High School - Quang Nam), Tran Thien Hoan My (FPT High School - Can Tho), and Tran Tien Dat (Luong Van Tuy Specialized High School - Ninh Binh).

After the first six individual questions in the Warm-up round, Phuong Lan, the first contestant, scored 10 points, Viet Hieu gained 30 points, Hoan My earned 20 points, and Tien Dat finished with 20 points. In the joint Warm-up round, the scores changed: Phuong Lan had 15 points, Tien Dat maintained 20 points, Viet Hieu had 30 points, and Hoan My led with 45 points.

Phuong Lan enters the Warm-up round

Viet Hieu finishes the Warm-up round with 30 points

Hoan My feeling the pressure during the Warm-up questions

Tien Dat in third place after the Warm-up round

In the Overcome Obstacle round this week, the hidden word consisted of 11 letters. The third horizontal clue was chosen first but   no answer was given. Next, the second horizontal clue was revealed with the answer "Tran", and as soon as the first part of the image was shown, Viet Hieu quickly answered the hidden word, "Tran Hung Dao" to take the lead with 80 points. Meanwhile, Phuong Lan had 25 points, Tien Dat had 30 points, and Hoan My had 55 points.

Viet Hieu correctly answers the hidden word in the Overcome Obstacle round

The third round - Speed-up - witnessed fierce competition among the contestants  with every   split second. The first question  saw  the lead  change hands as Phuong Lan and Tien Dat were the only ones to answer. After this round, the scores were: Phuong Lan with 65 points, Tien Dat with 130 points, Viet Hieu close behind with 180 points, and Hoan My temporarily in the lead with 185 points.

The contestants compete fiercely during the Speed-up round

The final round - Finish - brought many unexpected developments. Hoan My was the first to answer the three 20-point questions, but the female student from Ca Mau fell to second place with 165 points after the round. Meanwhile, Viet Hieu took the lead with 200 points and  held on after his turn. Tien Dat won the 20 points previously held by Viet Hieu  by answering  the 20-20-30 point questions. After his turn, the Ninh Binh student took the lead with 210 points. Phuong Lan was the last to enter the Finishing round, scoring 25 points.

The contestants take turns in the final round, with many surprising changes in the scores.

In the end, Tran Tien Dat from Luong Van Tuy Specialized High School - Ninh Binh won the final weekly competition and advanced to the third month of the fourth quarter  with a total of 240 points.

With persistence, Tien Dat from Ninh Binh claims the laurel wreath.