Published 13:15 IST, July 17th 2022

IMO 2022: India wins 6 medals, ranks 24th at International Mathematical Olympiad

IMP 2022: India has been ranked 24th at International Mathematical Olympiad. Highlights of the annual olympiad & player details can be checked below.

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India has secured 24th rank in International Mamatical Olympi. This year, a total of 104 countries participated at International Mamatical Olympi. IMO 2022 was conducted in Norway from July 6 to July 16, 2022. Indian team won one gold and five bronze medals at event. Bengaluru-based Pranjal Srivastava scored a hat-trick with his third consecutive gold medal at IMOs and is first Indian to have won three gold medals at IMO. Indian team was led by Niranjan Balachandran, IITB (Leer), Shanta Laishram, Sutanay Bhattacharya (Observer A) and Spandan Ghosh (Observer B) from IISc., Bengaluru.

National Centre of TIFR tweeted, "We are happy to announce that India won 1 Gold and 5 Bronze Medals at #IMO2022 held in person at Oslo, Norway, Jul 6-16, 2022. We congratulate Pranjal, Arjun, hitya, Atul, Vedant and Kaustav. Pranjal scored a hat trick with his 3rd consecutive gold at IMOs."

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India in IMO: 6 Indian students participated in International Mamatical Olympi at Oslo

IMO 2022 Indian team comprised Pranjal, Atul, Arjun, hitya, Vedant, and Kaustav as contestants. On July 9, HBCSE shared official tweet with some pictures. For more details on olympi, candidates should go to official website - imo-official.org.

This IMO 2022 tweet re, "We wish all best to Indian 🇮🇳 Team participating in International Mamatical Olympi (#IMO2022) being held at Oslo, Norway from Jul 9-16, 2022. Members include: Pranjal, Atul, Arjun, hitya, Vedant, Kaustav (Contestants) and Prof. Laishram & Spandan (Leers)."

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Yogi ityanath welcomes first-ever chess olympi torch relay in Lucknow

Uttar Presh Chief Minister Yogi ityanath welcomed first-ever torch relay for Chess Olympi on June 27, 2022. It is being held in Tamil Nu's Mahabalipuram from July 28 to August 10, in front of Vidhan Bhavan.

ityanath me a ceremonial move on a chessboard opposite Grand Master Vishwanathan Anand, Uttar Presh government said in a statement. chief minister said International Chess Federation FIDE's decision to commence torch relay from India was a matter of pride for country.

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"Chess has its origin in India and has a 5,000-year-old trition. We are getting an opportunity to be a part of it. This is not only an honour for India but also for glorious legacy of chess in country," he said.

13:15 IST, July 17th 2022