> If you take Russia and Ukraine aside, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Poland have less than 80 million citizens together, but have accounted for 261 Gold Medals through the years, more than China or USA, the World’s two Superpowers. Of course, most of those students (and the ones that don’t qualify to the International but are way above the world’s average) leave Romania (or Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria) to more prosperous, more developed countries.
Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland had 7.5x the slots than China, and only produced 1.23 times the gold medals. Not that impressive.
Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland had 7.5x the slots than China, and only produced 1.23 times the gold medals. Not that impressive.