By A. G. Wickremesinghe The Sri Lanka team which took part in the International Olympiad Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) competition 2026 in Kazakhstan have secured a bronze medal, as well as an honorable mention. The competition held in Astana, saw the participation of 440 students representing 106 countries. Among them were Dilina Viduraka Weragama and Chanitha [...]
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The Sri Lanka team which took part in the International Olympiad Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) competition 2026 in Kazakhstan have secured a bronze medal, as well as an honorable mention.
The competition held in Astana, saw the participation of 440 students representing 106 countries. Among them were Dilina Viduraka Weragama and Chanitha Sedinu Denagama, representing Sri Lanka.
Both of them are students of Ratnapura Sivali Madyamaha Vidyalaya.
Dilina secured a bronze medal, while Chanitha Sedinu Denagama won an honorable mention.
The students secured a position at the IOAI competition in the first year Sri Lanka took part in the competition. They faced an extremely competitive challenge within an entirely new field.
Telegram and Pavel Durov had sponsored a digital gift worth over Rs 100,000.
The students entered the competition under the guidance of the founder and Director of the Sri Lanka Intelligence Olympiad Association, Shenal Kotuwegoda. The main sponsor was Gluon Force Company, silver sponsor was WS02, and technology partner was IEEE CodeX Sri Lanka.
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