California teen Shrey Parikh wins National Spelling Bee in dramatic tiebreaker
Parikh, 14, beats Ishaan Gupta in spell-offFavorite gets 32 words right in tiebreakerShrey Parikh felt the pressure of arriving at the Scripps National Spelling Bee as a favorite, but his confidence showed every time he got a word he knew. And when the bee came down to a lightning-round tiebreaker against Ishaan Gupta, Shrey left no doubt.Shrey turned a tense, high-quality final into a blowout Thursday night, racing through the 90-second “spell-off” and getting 32 words right to be crowned the best young speller in the English language. Ishaan spelled 25 words correctly in the tiebreaker. Continue reading...
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