Indian Origin Teen, Son Of IIT-JEE Topper, Agastya Goel, Wins Gold At World's Toughest Programming Olympiad

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:05pm on 11 Sep 2024,Wednesday India Global

Indian-origin teen Agastya Goel won his second gold medal at the 36th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), held in Egypt. Agastya, son of 1990 IIT-JEE topper and Stanford professor Ashish Goel, ranked 4th overall with a score of 438.97 out of 600. The IOI, one of the five toughest international science Olympiads, challenges high schoolers to solve complex algorithmic problems. Agastya’s achievement is celebrated globally, with many praising his academic excellence, following in his father's footsteps.

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