Not even “myrmotherine,” “cypseline,” or “bruxellois” could throw off these two eighth-graders.
Scripps National Spelling Bee champions Vanya Shivashankar, 13, left, Gokul Venkatachalam, 14.
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Vanya Shivashankar, of Kansas, and Gokul Venkatachalam, of Missouri, were declared the winners after correctly spelling every word judges threw at the middle-schoolers.
It was the second year in a row that the national competition ended in a tie. Both the students have competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee for several years, finally grabbing the title as eighth-graders on Thursday.
Vanya Shivashankar.
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Vanya was the contender in this year's spelling bee to have attended the most competitions, with a total of five under her belt.
This year, she hung on during the final round by spelling out words that included "myrmotherine," "hippocrepiform," and "bruxellois."
Her family was in the audience, cheering her on and trying to hold on as it came down to the final two in a heart-stopping face-off.
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