🏆 The International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) ends today.

🇷🇺Students from Moscow and St. Petersburg won 2🥇gold and 2🥈silver medals.

Congratulations to Vladislav Zhiganov (#2 overall!), Maksim Kravchenko, Sergei Mukhanov, and Vladimir Zvezdin.

🇧🇾 Belarus took 1🥇gold and 1🥈silver, won by Kiryl Kardash and Fiodar Sashko, plus two bronze medals from their teammates.

🇰🇿Kazakhstan did well too, winning 1🥇gold and 3🥈silver medals to finish in the top five as a team, while Maksim Tsoy came #5 overall.

🇺🇿Uzbekistan, the host country, put on a great showing: 1🥈 silver for Jakhonali Khaydaraliyev and 3🥉bronze medals.

🇨🇳The strongest results of all, though, came from China 👏

At today's award ceremony, the IOI organizers are giving the 188 Algorithm Cups 🎁🎁🎁 to the winners. The organizers of the sister olympiad, IOAI, are sending the 220 Intelligence Cups 🏆🏆🏆 to their winners remotely.

These are the only digital collectibles Telegram has issued this year, so they could end up worth much more than the guaranteed $1,000 for gold.

We're proud to support the brightest young programmers of our time 🧠