Indian American Harini Logan Wins Spelling Bee 2022 In Historic Spell-Off
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Harini Logan beat Vikram Raju, another Indian origin student, who studies in Class 7 in Denver.
Harini Logan, an Indian origin girl, won the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Thursday. The Class 8 student from Texas won the competition by spelling more words correctly in a spell-off, the Bee's first since its inception in 1925.
Ms Logan beat Vikram Raju, another Indian origin student, who studies in Class 7 in Denver.
The Spelling Bee had its tense moments when both the competitors failed to correctly spell two words in a row between Rounds 13 and 18, reported USA Today. This prompted the judges to choose a spell-off - a 90-second round to spell as many words as possible correctly, the report further said.
While Ms Logan spelled 21 words correctly, her opponent could only manage 15, leading to her win.
