Introduction to Competitive Programming

According to Wikipedia, Competitive programming is a mind sport usually held over the Internet or a local network, involving participants trying to program according to provided specifications. The aim of competitive programming is to write source code of computer programs which are able to solve given problems.

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Like any other sport, there are legends in this one too, the most popular being Gennady Korotkevich, better known as tourist on most coding platforms. Here's a link to his Codeforces profile - https://codeforces.com/profile/tourist