The International Physics Olympiad, in which high school students from all over the world compete for knowledge of physics, has been canceled due to the military invasion of Ukraine by Russia, but an alternative tournament is urgently hosted by Switzerland. It will be held online next month.
The International Physics Olympiad is a gathering of high school students from all over the world to compete for knowledge of physics almost every year for about a week, and it was supposed to be held online by Belarus. The tournament was canceled due to the military invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
For this reason, the International Physics Olympiad Committee considered remedies and hurriedly decided to hold an alternative tournament online, hosted by Switzerland, about a week starting next month on the 10th of Japan time.
According to Japanese officials, the number of participating countries will be about 70 including Japan, and the preparation period is short, so it is expected that each country will cooperate, such as Estonia, the three Baltic states, to create the problem. That is.
Shuji Hasegawa, Chairman of the Japan Committee for the Physics Olympiad, said, "There are times when academics and world affairs are inseparable, but since the participants have been preparing, I am very happy to have a place where they can demonstrate their abilities." I was talking.