The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by King Abdulaziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, won three medals in the
Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad 2020. This Olympiad was held virtually, and its results were announced this afternoon, in Moscow, Russia.
Three Mawhiba students, namely Osama Al-Ali from Riyadh Education Department won a silver medal, while Mohammed Al-Hudaithi from Riyadh Education Department and Eyad Al-Salehi from Eastern Education each won bronze, with Saudi Arabia bagging a total of 14 medals in the Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad 2020. This is the Kingdom's eighth participation in the Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad, and its balance of awards in previous participations is (11) medals; 9 bronze, and 2 silvers.
According to a statement issued by the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba), the students participating in the Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad, after passing the Winter Forum, were nominated for intensive electronic training, after conducting several tests to nominate the most prominent 6 students to participate and represent the Kingdom in the Olympiad.
The statement adds, "Some of these participating students have been training with Mawhiba for more than 5 years, and while others for at least 3 years ago. The average training hours they underwent reached about 3,000 training hours.
It is reported that the Kingdom team participating in the current edition of the Olympiad included 6 students from different educational departments, who are:
Osama Al-Ali, Muhammad Al-Hudithi, Maan Al-Ateeq from the Riyadh Education Department, Eyad Al-Salhi, and Abdulaziz Al-Jaid from the Eastern Education Department, and Fatima Al-Saeed from the Al-Ahsa Education Department.
The Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad is the largest scientific competition in chemistry in terms of the level of questions and the method of the competition, and its primary language is Russian, where the questions are translated into English.
The Olympiad consists of two tests; Theoretical and practical, and it has been held for more than 53 years, about 27 developed countries in this field, such as China, Russia, and Belarus, have participated therein with about 133 students.
