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美拼字賽 兩印度裔男孩奪冠
2016-05-28 03:19 聯合報 編譯陳韻涵／報導
史克瑞普斯全美拼字大賽廿六日晚間舉行決賽，兩名印度裔美國學生、十三歲的賈蘭姆．哈塔瓦和十一歲的尼哈爾．江賈歷經史上最多輪的激烈對決，並列冠軍。尼哈爾首次參賽就奪冠，成為歷來最年輕的冠軍。
My comments: But according to Bee Blog below, "multiple 11-year-olds have won the bee."
今年拼字大賽的單字題目更難，決賽進行更久，結果仍由兩位印度裔學生並列冠軍。這是拼字大賽連續第三年出現雙冠軍，也是印度裔學生連續第九年稱霸。
My comments: How did they make it? How I want to interview them!
主辦單位在兩位參賽者連兩輪打成平手後加深難度；兩人在最終回合挑戰拼字的數量是歷屆參賽者的三倍。兩人在台上交鋒七小時後，賈蘭姆拼對最後一個單字「Feldenkrais」（一種教育方式），而尼哈爾也正確拼出「gesellschaft」（指一種社會關係）；主辦單位宣布兩人並列冠軍。
My comments: I don't know either of the words.
幾年前成為好友的賈蘭姆與尼哈爾共同舉起金杯，興奮全寫在臉上，他們將各獲獎杯一座，以及價值四萬五千美元（約台幣一百四十七萬元）的獎金與獎品。賈蘭姆在比賽期間拼錯兩個字，尼哈爾也拼錯一個字。尼哈爾說自己沒有放水，在有機會勝出時故意拼錯。
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http://spellingbee.com/bee-blog/bee/co-champions-1
Co-champions!
Thursday, May 26, 2016
They did it!
Nihar Janga, speller 232, spelled "gesellschaft" correctly.
Jairam Hathwar, speller 152, spelled "Feldenkrais."
"It was just insane, I don't even know how to put it in words," Jairam said.
"I'm just speechless. I can't say anything. I'm only in fifth grade," Nihar said.
Jairam said if his brother had not participated, he would not be here.
Earlier in the week, Jairam -- who watched his brother Sriram take the 2014 championship, and is in his second bee -- said it's different being in the competition.
"It's more thrilling," he said. "It's nervewracking."
Jairam is the second sibling pair to win the bee. Last year, Vanya Shivashankar became the cochampion; her sister Kavya won in 2010.
This is the third year in a row there have been co-champions. Before that, the last co-champion was in 1957.
"I still have to get through this level," said Nihar, before the finals. "I'm pretty happy."
Nihar said he wasn't confident in an earlier round, when many spellers were eliminated, but his confidence increased through subsequent rounds.
"My goal is just to get to the top five, top three," he said.
Jairam said he didn't have a goal for himself before he got to the finals.
"I want to do my best," he said. "Of course, I felt happy."
The bee's records are incomplete, but multiple 11-year-olds have won the bee. The last time someone younger than 13 did was George Thampy, in 2000.
The last time a first-time speller won was Pratyush Buddiga in 2002.
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