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11.03.2020

--- Final Round cancelled ---

We inform you with regret and great disappointment that we have to cancel the final of the Physics Olympiad on Sat/Sun 14-15 March 2020 at the Neue Kantonsschule Aarau. We want to take our responsibility and help to slow down the spread of the coronavirus in order to protect people at high risk. We will inform all parties involved about the further course of our competition as soon as possible, at the latest by the end of April.

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