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The Scripps National Spelling Bee celebrates its 100th anniversary, highlighting its history and the lives of past champions who credit the competition with shaping their academic and professional paths, with preliminaries starting soon.
Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old from Tampa, Florida, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by spelling 29 out of 30 words correctly in a lightning-round tiebreaker, earning a trophy and over $50,000 in prizes. Despite his nerves, Bruhat's extensive preparation paid off, though the format of the tiebreaker left some observers disappointed. This victory continues the trend of Indian American dominance in the competition.
Paris' Champs-Elysees hosted a world-first open-air mass "dictation" spelling competition, with over 5,000 applicants aged 10-90 chosen to participate in three sessions led by novelist Rachid Santaki. Organizers had sought to break the world record for a dictation spelling competition, with 1,779 desks laid out on Paris' most famous boulevard in each session. The competition went beyond the French classics, with a sport-themed round read by rugby player Pierre Rabadan and another with a contemporary flavor read by writer and journalist Katherine Pancol. Marc-Antoine Jamet, president of the Champs-Elysees Committee, said the event went beyond spelling and helped to unify people.