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| Arvind Mahankali wins spelling bee with Yiddish word | Arvind Mahankali wins spelling bee with Yiddish word |
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| A 13-year-old New York boy has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with the Yiddish word "knaidel". | A 13-year-old New York boy has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with the Yiddish word "knaidel". |
| Correctly spelling the German-derived word for a dumpling served in soup, Arvind Mahankali outlasted 11 others in two hours of televised competition to win $30,000 (£19,718) on Thursday. | Correctly spelling the German-derived word for a dumpling served in soup, Arvind Mahankali outlasted 11 others in two hours of televised competition to win $30,000 (£19,718) on Thursday. |
| Arvind had finished in third place for the last two years, beaten each time by German-derived words. | Arvind had finished in third place for the last two years, beaten each time by German-derived words. |
| He is the 11th Indian American to win the spelling bee in the last 15 years. | He is the 11th Indian American to win the spelling bee in the last 15 years. |
| After he correctly spelled the final word, he smiled and cracked his knuckles as confetti rained down on stage, then lifted a large trophy above his head. | After he correctly spelled the final word, he smiled and cracked his knuckles as confetti rained down on stage, then lifted a large trophy above his head. |
| The audience gasped loudly when Arvind got his first German-derived word of the evening. He had to spell "dehnstufe", an Indo-European long-grade vowel. | The audience gasped loudly when Arvind got his first German-derived word of the evening. He had to spell "dehnstufe", an Indo-European long-grade vowel. |
| "I had begun to be a little wary of German words, but this year I prepared German words and I studied them, so when I got German words this year, I wasn't worried," Arvind told the Associated Press. | "I had begun to be a little wary of German words, but this year I prepared German words and I studied them, so when I got German words this year, I wasn't worried," Arvind told the Associated Press. |
| In an interview with CNN on Friday, Arvind said he would now turn his attention to maths and physics competitions. | In an interview with CNN on Friday, Arvind said he would now turn his attention to maths and physics competitions. |