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                Scripps Spelling Bee Sees First Tie in 52 Years

   by VOA News

   Two U.S. teenagers have become the first contestants since 1962 to tie
   for the Scripps National Spelling Bee championship.

   Sriram Hathwar of New York and Ansun Sujoe of Texas were declared
   co-winners late Thursday after six tense, head-to-head rounds.

   Fourteen-year-old Hathwar's final word was "stichomythia," which is a
   type of dialogue in ancient Greek drama.

   Sujoe, who is 13, successfully spelled "feuilleton," a French word for
   a newspaper supplement or soap opera.

   Both children are Indian-American. Since 2008, every winner of the
   Scripps Spelling Bee has been of Indian descent.

   They will each take home $30,000 in cash and prizes along with a huge
   gold trophy cup.
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