Russian schoolboy Nikolai Geminin became the absolute winner of the International Astronomy Olympiad.
It took place on Sirius. All six members of the Russian team received gold medals. Maxim Zalesky and Yevgeny Motkov were recognized as the best in the practical round.
Teams from 14 countries participated, including Turkey, India, Qatar and Iran. School students solved astronomical problems, analyzed their observational data and performed complex calculations in physics and mathematics.