- Kush Sharma an Indian-American student won spelling bee competition in US.
- Kush sharma is 13 years old student.
- He won the National Spelling Bee Competition in the US in a verbal duel at Kansas City Public Library, Missouri.
- He defeated Sophia Hoffman a 11 year old student.
Way towards victory:
- To clinch the Spelling Bee title in Missouri, Kush, the seventh-grader at Frontier School of Innovation spelled out, definition. This win has also booked his berth in the Scripps National Spelling Bee to be held in Washington in May 2014. Hoffman failed to win the contest as she misspelled the word stifling.
- To claim the contest, the two spelt 260 words that included barukhzy, muumuu, hemerocallis, jacamar and schadenfreude. Before winning the contest, the duo competed for 66 rounds pushing the judges to turn a dictionary after they ran out of approved words.
- To reach the final round, the two eliminated 23 other contestants. They contested against each other in 47 rounds to win the contest.
Note :
- Earlier among International Current Affairs in 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee was won by Arvind Mahankali a student of New York.
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