News: UK team members in other olympiads (10 August 2010, updated 11 August 2010)

Ruth Franklin, currently competing in the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad in Shijiazhuang and also a member of the UK team in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad in 2009 (where she received a bronze medal), received a gold medal at the International Chemistry Olympiad in Tokyo. An interview with Ruth was broadcast by the BBC on the 5 live Breakfast show today and is available from iPlayer for the next week; the interview starts one hour, 27 minutes and 19 seconds into the programme. A longer interview with Ruth was broadcast on Beswick at Breakfast today on BBC Manchester and is also available from iPlayer for the next week; the interview starts 13 minutes and 13 seconds into the programme.

Sergei Patiakin, a gold medallist in this year’s IMO team and a silver medallist in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad this year, received a gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad in Zagreb. Both this year’s IMO reserves also competed in the IPhO and received bronze medals, Andrew Hyer for the UK and Jordan Millar for Ireland. Andrew and Jordan have both represented the UK at the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad and Andrew has twice competed at the Romanian Master of Mathematics.

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