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White House Honors U.S. Physics Team After Five-Gold IPhO Sweep

Coverage spotlights Agastya Goel, a Palo Alto junior whose Oval Office post drew wide attention.

Agastya Goel, 2nd from left, is an Indian-origin teen from California and the son of a Stanford professor.
Competing under the theme 'Physics Beyond Frontiers', the American team, consisting the Indian-origin boy Agastya Goel, scripted history at the 2025 International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) by winning all five gold medals. Image courtesy: X

Overview

  • Senior aide Michael Kratsios shared an Oval Office photo on X confirming President Donald Trump hosted the champions and hailed the five-gold result as the team’s greatest performance.
  • The U.S. delegation—Agastya Goel, Allen Li, Joshua Wang, Feodor Yevtushenko, and Brian Zhang—took all five gold medals at the 2025 International Physics Olympiad.
  • The competition was held in Paris and featured participants from roughly 85 countries under the theme “Physics Beyond Frontiers.”
  • Goel is an Indian-origin student at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto and the son of Stanford professor Ashish Goel.
  • Beyond physics, Goel is a two-time IOI gold medalist (2023, 2024) with a 2024 score of 438.97, has done part-time research at Euler Circle, co-authored a math paper, and posted a viral LinkedIn note about the White House visit.