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Friday, May 30, 2014

Two Boys Declared Co-Champions of Scripps National Spelling Bee for the first time in 52 Years Thursday May 29,2014



For the first time in 52 years, two spellers were declared co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday May 29,2014

They become the fourth co-champions in the bee's 89-year history and the first since 1962.


Sriram Hathwar of Painted Post, New York, and Ansun Sujoe of Fort Worth, Texas, shared the title after a riveting final-round duel in which they nearly exhausted the 25 designated championship words. After they spelled a dozen words correctly in a row, they both were named champions


Sriram entered the final round as the favorite after finishing in third place last year. Ansun just missed the semifinals last year.



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