The Power of Genetic Inheritance

Three days later, the results for each grade group in this year's Spring Festival Cup semifinals were announced.

Name: Shen Nuo Fei

School: Second Experimental Primary School

Group: Fifth Grade

Result: First Prize

"Five-and-a-half-year-old Shen Nuo Fei is the youngest contestant in Spring Festival Cup history to win first prize. Congratulations to her!" — A congratulatory message from the Spring Festival Cup Organizing Committee.

"[Shen Qi's daughter makes new history in China's primary school math competitions!] — In the recently concluded Spring Festival Cup primary school math competition, Shen Nuo Fei, daughter of the famous mathematician, physicist, and chemist Shen Qi, won first prize in the fifth-grade group at the age of five and a half. She is the youngest contestant ever to win an award!" — A bulletin from the news app.

"[The power of genetic inheritance] — The vast majority of children under six have yet to start primary school, but Shen Nuo Fei has already won the top prize in a primary school math competition's fifth-grade group. Her father, Shen Qi, is the world's foremost mathematician and a Fields Medal recipient. Her mother, Ou Ye, is also an outstanding mathematician. Having proved the BSD Conjecture, she is expected to win a Fields Medal this year. As we marvel at Shen Nuo Fei's historic achievement, we must also acknowledge the magic of genetic inheritance." — A report from Hot Search News.

The Spring Festival Cup had never attracted enough attention to get the media reporting on it right away.

There were plenty of gifted children in China. The media could report on one child every day for the whole country to see and never run out of material, all year long.

Why had the media chosen to report on Shen Nuo Fei in particular? Perhaps it was because