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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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The Russian team won 6 gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the International Olympiad on Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) among high school students, which was held in China from August 2 to 8.
Russian school team wins 8 medals at International Olympiad on Artificial Intelligence in China
"Our President Vladimir Putin has set a task – Russia must become a world leader not only in the creation, but also in the scale of application, the penetration of artificial intelligence into all spheres of life without exception. Our country has a strong physics and mathematics school and advanced developments in the field of AI. Russian schoolchildren, who received 8 medals in a fair competition, are worthy successors of these traditions. Guys, congratulations on your well-deserved awards! I thank the teachers, mentors from universities and business. You have proven that joining efforts is a direct path to victory," congratulated Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that this significantly increases the number of awards won by Russian schoolchildren at international competitions this year: 29 medals had already been won.
The team was prepared by representatives of the Central University and the Alliance in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) together with the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).
In 2025, the International Olympiad on Artificial Intelligence was held with the support of UNESCO.
In the final, the Russian team met with 300 talented schoolchildren from 61 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Hungary, China, Mexico, UAE, Poland, Serbia, Singapore, USA, Sweden, and Japan.
"I congratulate our schoolchildren, who have once again proven their skills at the international level. The guys showed an excellent result at the International Olympiad on Artificial Intelligence. Their success is not only a source of pride for the country, but also an important contribution of education to the future development of the economy and the digital maturity of the state. Artificial intelligence is one of the most promising areas of modern science, and your achievements strengthen Russia's technological leadership. I am sure that such talented guys will move science and innovation forward. I thank the participants for their perseverance, hard work and will to win, and their mentors for their professionalism and support," said Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov.
The International AI Olympiad finals took place over two days and consisted of team and individual rounds. In the team round, the Russian team entered the top 10 teams on the first day of participation and won the silver medal.
Participants programmed robots, solved non-standard tasks in teams and individually, applying knowledge from various fields – from computer vision and machine learning to natural language processing.
Medals at the International Olympiad on Artificial Intelligence were awarded to the winners and prize-winners of the All-Russian Olympiad on AI, the International AI Competition AI Challenge and other prestigious Russian and international Olympiads and competitions in the field of AI.
Individual gold medal winners:
● Matvey Belyaev – 11th grade student of the Far Eastern Center for Continuous Education, International Linguistic School, Vladivostok;
● Mikhail Vershinin – 10th grade student of MAOU “Lyceum No. 22 “Hope of Siberia”, Novosibirsk;
● Timur Garifullin – 11th grade student of MAOU “Lyceum No. 58”, Ufa;
● Danis Dinmukhametov – 11th grade student of State Budgetary Educational Institution “School No. 2107”, Moscow;
● Oleg Drokanov – 10th grade student of the State Budgetary Educational Institution “Presidential Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 239”, St. Petersburg;
● Andrey Khlopotnykh is an 11th-grade student at the St. Petersburg Governor’s Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 30, St. Petersburg.
Individual silver medal winner:
● Artem Mazur is an 11th grade student at the private educational institution Gazprom School, Moscow.
Bronze medal winner in the individual event:
● Konstantin Sigalov is an 11th-grade student at the State Budgetary Educational Institution “Engineering and Technological School No. 777”, St. Petersburg.
"We are incredibly proud of our school team! All the guys won medals! And 6 gold medals at the International AI Olympiad is a triumph of Russian talent and perseverance. The guys demonstrated not only brilliant knowledge in artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning, but also the ability to work in a team. This victory is a clear indication of the enormous scientific and technical potential of young people from all over Russia.
We, the AI Alliance, Central University, MIPT and our partners, have joined forces to give kids the best possible training. We see how investments in supporting gifted students in the critical area of AI are yielding outstanding results at the world level.
Congratulations to the winners, their mentors and the entire support team! We invite all team members to join us for an internship and wish them success!" said Alexander Vedyakhin, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the AI Alliance and First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank.
The team for participation in IOAI was determined as part of the in-person preparation of Northern Eurasia OAI 2025 in May at the SberUniversity site. Leading experts in the field of AI in Russia, including members of the scientific council of the Alliance in the field of AI, gave lectures to the participants. The event included in-person training camps and final tests for candidates to join the team.
The team's preparation took place in several stages. The training program was developed by leading experts from the Central University. The participants were trained by experts and teachers from the Central University, including Alexander Gushchin, Tatyana Gaintseva, Alexander Dyakonov. Also this year, specialists in the field of artificial intelligence from Russian and international companies and universities, including Sber, T-Bank, Huawei, Wildberries, Yandex, VK, MTS, HSE and MIPT, joined the training.
"I would like to congratulate the winners of the International Olympiad on Artificial Intelligence with their well-deserved medals and thank them for their efforts and work during the competition and long preparation. This is the second time we are preparing the Russian team and the second time successfully. Last year, at the first International Olympiad on AI in Bulgaria, the guys, with the support of the Central University, won by a large margin over the strongest competitors from 39 countries. This year, the Olympiad itself has become more mature – the number of participating countries has increased from 39 to 61. And we have approached the preparation even more consciously – a team of leading experts from the Central University has developed an individual training program, and also strengthened its expertise with the resources of our partners – the Alliance in the field of artificial intelligence and MIPT.
We clearly understand the role that new technologies and specialists in this field play in building national technological sovereignty and are glad that we can make our contribution at the level of higher and optional education to the development of human resources and the well-being of our country,” said the rector of the Central University, Evgeny Ivashkevich.
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