Canadian School of Tashkent. Every project a winner: CST sweeps the International Greenwich Olympiad.
News · June 2026 · London
Some results you read out slowly, just to let them sink in. At the International Greenwich Olympiad (IGO) 2026 in London, twelve CST students presented seven projects, and every single one of them came home a winner. Two golds, four silvers, and six bronzes. Twelve medals in all. A clean sweep.
Standing on that stage, alongside more than fifty schools from around the world, our students unfurled the flag of Uzbekistan and held up the medals they had earned through months of work. They had traveled a long way from their classrooms in Tashkent, and they carried something of all of us with them.
12 medals · 7 projects · 12 students · 5 categories · 50+ schools
The projects spanned Environmental Science, Public Speaking, Social Studies, Film-Making and Art, some built by teams, some carried by a single student, all of them the product of real curiosity and a great many late afternoons. To win in every category entered is rare. To do it on a first international outing, far from home, is the kind of thing a school remembers for a very long time.
The winners.
Every project CST entered earned a medal. Here is the full roll, with our thanks to the mentors who walked beside them.
| Student(s) | Project | Category | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malika & Kamila | Smart Underground Greening System for Arid Regions | Environmental Science | Gold ×2 |
| Maryam Khaydarova | Quality and Education | Public Speaking | Silver |
| Mukhammad Ali | The Economic Cost of Skill Mismatch Between Schools and Labor Markets | Social Studies | Silver |
| Hadicha | EcoCycle: Turning Waste into Impact | Environmental Science | Silver |
| Safina | Art submission | Art | Silver |
| Shodiyakhon, Asal & Yasmin | Recycle, Reuse, Reduce | Environmental Science | Bronze ×3 |
| Alan, Zayed & Samira | Through My Eyes | Film-Making | Bronze ×3 |
To Malika, Kamila, Maryam, Mukhammad Ali, Hadicha, Safina, Shodiyakhon, Asal, Yasmin, Alan, Zayed and Samira, you did something extraordinary, and you did it with grace. To the mentors who gave their evenings and weekends, and to the families who believed first: thank you. And to every CST student reading this, this is what becomes possible the moment you are brave enough to begin.
Aspire. Strive. Achieve. You did all three.