Sriram Hathwar (R) of Painted Post, New York and Ansun Sujoe (L) of Fort Worth, Texas hold their trophy at the end of the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition May 29, 2014 in National Harbor, Maryland.
For the first time in 52 years, two spellers have been declared co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Indian-Americans Sriram Hathwar of New York and Ansun Sujoe of Texas shared the title after a riveting final-round duel Thursday night in which they nearly exhausted the 25 designated championship words.
After they spelled a dozen words correctly in a row, they both were named champions.