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The 55th International Chemistry Olympiad ended with a closing ceremony on Monday afternoon, 24 July. Out of 348 participants, 217 were awarded gold, sil​ver, or bronze medals. The Swiss team got an "honourable mention."

"Es ist eine einzigartige Erfahrung. Neben den Chemiekenntnissen lernt man andere Kulturen kennen und auch Leute, die mega fasziniert sind von Chemie", sagt Vivian Huber über die IChO. Telebasel hat den begabten Lehrling gestern bei der praktischen Prüfung an der ETH begleitet.

La RSI ha visitato le Olimpiadi internazionali della chimica a Zurigo e ha incontrato il giovane chimico ticinese Alex Martinetti, il rettore del Politecnico Günther Dissertori e Wendelin Stark, capo del comitato scientifico.

Im Regionaljournal Zürich Schaffhausen vom 17. Juli 2023 berichtet der Usterner Champion Andrin Hauenstein von seinen ersten IChO-Eindrücken und ETH-Rektor Günther Dissertori zündet die Flamme der Neugier.

Yesterday was the big arrival day: 348 students with their 272 mentors and observers arrived in Zurich. We are all ready to make the IChO a great celebration of joy, cross-border friendships, and to wo work together to find solutions that will advance our world and make it a better place.

ETH Zurich will host the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) between 16 and 25 July. More than 300 young scientists from some 90 countries are expected to participate. This is the first time that Switzerland is hosting the event.

The International Chemistry Olympiad in Zurich starts in 7 days. We are still looking for new volunteers, mainly for the supervision of the exams and for disassembly of the lab. Register now!

OlyExams is an open source tool used by various Science Olympiads across the world to manage their exams. The fact that it will also be employed by IChO 2023 in Switzerland next month is a homecoming of sorts: OlyExams was first developed by some of our Swiss volunteers for IPhO 2016!