Canadian IOI Team Prepares for Competition

Canadian team members practice on Sunday August 17 in preparation for the first day of competition on Monday August 18. The team competes as individuals with about 370 other competitors from 78 countries. Each competition (there are two) lasts 5 hours and the questions are quite tough. Speaking to several competitors from a number of teams today brought similar comments that the questions were quite difficult. With the travel, time change and lots of activities, it is not easy. The boys on our team have done a fantastic job just to get here. I will report on scores later as the competition final results are compiled from scores achieved over both competition days.
Mary Joy Aitken
mj2aitken@math.uwaterloo.ca