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India's Historic Physics Olympiad Sweep: Five Students Secure Gold at IPhO 2026

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Five Indian students—Kanishk Jain, Riddhesh Anant Bendale, Rishit Garg, Shresth Suraiya, and Svarit Joshi—won gold medals at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026 in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
This marks India's second clean sweep of five gold medals, securing joint World No.
1 status with other science powerhouses.

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Five Indian students—Kanishk Jain, Riddhesh Anant Bendale, Rishit Garg, Shresth Suraiya, and Svarit Joshi—won gold medals at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026 in Bucaramanga, Colombia. This marks India's second clean sweep of five gold medals, securing joint World No. 1 status with other science powerhouses.

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