Wednesday 12 September 2018 - 11:15
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Iranian computer scientists bag 4 medals at IOI 2018
MNA Irans brightest young computer scientiststook home four medals after competing at the 2018 International Olympiad in Informaticsin Japan.
The 30th edition of International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) was held in Tsukuba, Japan, from September 1 to September 8. Over 900participants from 85 countries took part at the event.
Irans team of four finished the competitions with four medals. Mohammad Mahdavi snatched the gold medal of the event, while Keivan Rezaei and Mehrdad Saberibagged silver each. Seyed Mahdi Sadegh Shobeiri settled for the bronze medal.
TheInternational Olympiad in Informatics(IOI), the second largest olympiadafterInternational Mathematical Olympiad, is an annualcompetitive programmingcompetitionfor secondary school students.
The previous edition of the event was hosted by Iran, during which the Iranian team finished in fourth place after Japan, China, and Russia with one gold medal and three silver medals.
The IOI 2019 will be held in the RepublicofAzerbaijan.
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