IMO 2012 Singapore Team

This year's Singapore IMO team comprises 4 JC2/Year 6, 1 JC1/Year 5 and 1 Year 4. Two of last year's IMO Gold medalists, who are now in JC2/Year 6, have moved to IPhO. It is difficult to predict how this year's team would fare. My prediction? 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze, and Country Rank - 10th to 15th (last year's rank: 3rd). However, I do hope the team can prove me wrong and is able to achieve at least equal to last year's performance i.e. 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze.

What is your prediction of Singapore's results for IMO 2012? Feel free to post your prediction in the 'comments', stating the number of Gold/Silver/Bronze medals and country ranking. If you feel like predicting other countries' results, please do so. I predict China and USA will get 6 Gold each, and rank 1st and 2nd respectively.

The IMO 2012 will be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from 4 to 16 July.

Most people know Argentina is famous for soccer. Some other interesting but less known facts about Argentina are:

• Argentina declared independence from Spain on the 9th of July, 1816.
• Argentina is the 30th largest country in the world by population, with just over 40 million people.
• Argentina covers more than 2.7 millons sq. kilometers, in the southern part of South America east of the Andes mountains.
• Argentina is divided into 23 provinces.
• The official currency of Argentina is the peso.
• The official language of Argentina is Spanish, although many people speak Italian and German. Some indigenous populations still speak their native languages.
• More than 90% of the population is Roman Catholic.
• Pato is the official national sport of Argentina. It is a combination of polo and basketball.
• Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Argentina.
• The Teatro Colón, located in Buenos Aires (the capital and largest city of Argentina), is one of the great opera houses in the world.
• Argentina has about 100 Art museums, many with schools. There are symphony orchestras in many of the country's cities.
• Argentina produces a lot of honey, soybeans, sunflower seeds, maize and wheat.
• The hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in South America have occurred in Argentina

Founded in 1874, Mar del Plata is a city famous for its magnificent beaches and it has a population of 450,000 inhabitants

July is Winter in the Southern Hemisphere. The average temperature expected at the time of the Competition is between 6ºC to 8ºC, or even lower, and the area is windy.