On the afternoon of May 8, the 18th Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO 2017) was wrapped up in Yakutsk, Russia. Zhu Yaozheng from Xiangyang No. 5 Middle School claimed the gold.
The event attracted 24 teams and 170 high school students from the Asia Pacific region, including Russia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan and Australia.