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Vanya Shivashankar (left), 13, of Olathe, Kansas, and Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, of St. Louis, hold up the championship trophy as co-champions after winning the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., on May 28, 2015. (Associated Press)

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Arvind Mahankali, 13, of Bayside Hills, N.Y., is congratulated by his mother Bhavani, as confetti falls after he won the National Spelling Bee by spelling the word "knaidel" correctly on Thursday, May 30, 2013, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

N.Y. teen Arvind Mahankali wins the national spelling bee with ‘knaidel’

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