The Sri Lankan team was selected and trained by the Chemistry Olympiad Sri Lanka (COSL) committee of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon (IChemC).
This was indeed remarkable achievements from our team as Sri Lanka participated at this competition for the first time.
The IChO is a competition organized for secondary school students of all levels from all over the globe with the objective of promoting their creativity and cognitive skills in solving Chemistry related problems. While identifying and recognizing the most talented youngsters in Chemistry, the IChO helps to facilitate cordial relations between the youth of different nationalities and encourage networking. IChO is one out of the 12 International Science Olympiads held in the world. The rest represent other disciplines, such as Mathematics, Physics and Biology. The IChO headquarters is based in Bratislava, Slovakia of the former Eastern Bloc.
Uvidu Praveen Sumanasekara of Badulla Central College, Badulla, Arulanantham Abhinanthan of Hindu College, Jaffna and R M S Ravindu Sanwara of Ananda College, Colombo won Bronze medals at the 52nd International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) in July 2020. Fourth member of the Sri Lankan team Shakindi Vihanga of Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara also won an honorable mention.
The IChO event began in 1968 with the participation from Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary. Subsequently, other countries joined the programand currently, there are more than 80 participating countries including USA, UK, China, Russia and India.
At the end of the ev ent the Chemistry Olympiad website was launched by the IChemC past president Dr Poshitha Premarathne.
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