All four Russian participants of the 53rd International Chemistry Olympiad won gold medals, the press service of the Moscow State University reports.
The closing ceremony of the event, held in a remote format, was held today in Tokyo. The winners were Andrey Tyrin (Moscow), Alexander Trofimov (Yekaterinburg), Georgy Zhomin (Moscow) and Timofey Charkin (Moscow).
The International Chemical Olympiad began in the Japanese capital on July 25. Representatives of 79 countries competed for the victory.
According to the rector of Moscow State University, Academician Viktor Sadovnichy, the team training system was developed at the chemistry faculty of the university. “This year there are three eleventh-graders in the team, and all of them will continue to study chemistry at Moscow University. Andrey Tyrin and Alexander Trofimov applied to the Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University, and Georgy Zhomin-to the Faculty of Materials Sciences. I congratulate the children and their teachers on a well-deserved victory, ” the rector said.
According to the head of the Russian national team in chemistry, professor of the Chemical Faculty of Moscow State University Vadim Eremin, this year the team was able to hold full-fledged training camps, despite the pandemic. Earlier this year, all members of the Russian team won medals at the 55th International Mendeleev Olympiad of Schoolchildren in Chemistry, in which 28 countries participated.
Earlier, the father of an eight-year-old Muscovite told how his daughter managed to pass the exams at Moscow State University.
It also became known that when applying to universities online, applicants will not need a certificate.