While Olympiads are not at war they are competing for the glory and honor of their countries, and therefore an Olympian should be exempted from the requirement to fast during Ramadan just as a soldier is.
Not exact matches
Olson ponders this question
while following six math whiz kids as they compete in the International Mathematical
Olympiad.
While everyone is fixated on the Rio Olympics and the impressive start that U.S. athletes have made there, it's worth a brief detour to the results of another summer competition — this one in Hong Kong — in which the American team dominated: the International Math
Olympiad (IMO) for high - school students.