INCHEON, October 13. /Dunyo IA/. President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today signed a decree awarding medals – “Sodiq xizmatlari uchun” («For Faithful Service») and “Kelajak bunyodkori” («Builder of the Future») – to the members of the national robotics team and their coaches for their victory at the prestigious “FIRST Global Challenge” international competition held in Incheon, South Korea, reports Dunyo IA correspondent. –

The decree highlights the participants’ contribution to raising the country's international prestige, popularizing science, advanced technologies, invention and innovation among youth, as well as fostering patriotism and national pride.

“FIRST Global Challenge” is an annual international engineering Olympiad aimed at developing engineering skills, programming, scientific thinking and international cooperation among youth. Representatives from around 190 countries participated in the competition.

Theme of this year’s tournament was combating wildfires. Participants designed and programmed robots to perform tasks related to fire prevention, eliminating their consequences and restoring natural ecosystems.

According to the official results of the tournament, Uzbekistan ranked first in the overall performance standings, ahead of the teams from China and Mexico, and received the gold “FIRST Global Grand Challenge Award” for the highest number of points accumulated.

National team of Uzbekistan scored 637 points, setting a tournament record. According to the provided data, the team secured victories in all 16 matches.

In addition, Uzbek team was part of the winning international alliance alongside representatives from Venezuela, El Salvador and Moldova.