14-year-old Shrey Parikh wins US National Spelling Bee

14-year-old Shrey Parikh won the US National Spelling Bee this year, correctly spelling 32 words in 90 seconds during a tiebreaker round. The competition is one of America's most prestigious academic youth events.

14-year-old Shrey Parikh was crowned champion of the US National Spelling Bee this year when he correctly spelled 32 words in a 90-second lightning round, winning the tiebreaker in the finals.

The National Spelling Bee is one of the most prestigious youth academic competitions in the US, bringing together hundreds of the nation's best spelling enthusiasts from across the country. Competitors must correctly pronounce and spell difficult English words, which often derive from Latin, Greek, or French.

Parikh's victory came in an exceptionally tense final, where the regular rounds failed to produce a clear winner. It was only the 90-second tiebreaker round, in which contestants had to spell as many words as possible quickly and accurately, that decided the championship in his favour.