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Kavya Shivashankar wins National Spelling Bee Cool and collected, Kavya Shivashankar wrote out every word on her palm and always ended with a smile. The 13-year-old Kansas girl saved the biggest smile for last, when she rattled off the letters to "Laodicean" to become the nation's spelling champion. After six years of inhaling dictionaries word by word, memorizing their meanings, studying their roots and perfecting their pronunciations, she bested 292 competitors and aced 40 words to capture a prize that has eluded her in three previous final appearances. “It’s been my dream for so long, I just can’t believe it’s actually happened,” Kavya said ... Read Full Story
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Less than 50 young spellers have advanced to the final day of competition of the national bee. Forty-one of the record 293 spellers survived the preliminary rounds Wednesday and will compete in the semifinals starting Thursday morning. The finals of the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee take place Thursday night. The winner gets more than $40,000 in cash and prizes. The competition began Tuesday with a written test. That score was combined with Wednesday's oral rounds to produce the semifinalists. The first oral round was a breeze — with words such as "lyric" and "custard." The second round became a little more difficult. Some ... Read Full Story
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Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas won the Scripps National Spelling Bee May 28, 2009. The word that helped her seal the victory? “Laodicean”. Kavya, an adorable 13-year-old from Kansas City, has been making the rounds on national tv since she won Thursday night, enjoying her new found fame. According the the Miami Herald, the young spelling whiz’s mom states that her daughter“… isn’t even sure that she did something great. She is good. She carries herself so well.” Proving she has a handle on kindness in competitive environments, Kavya is quoted by the AP as saying, “There are so many good spellers. But there’s ... Read Full Story
Written by disgrasian on
Name: Kavya Shivashankar Age: 13 Hails from: Olathe, Kansas Occupation: Spelling Bee Champ Known for: Correctly spelling "Laodicean" --meaning: lukewarm or indifferent, particularly in matters of religion or politics--to clinch the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee last week. Being a Hardass Asian Parents' Ultimate Wet Dream--watch Kavya's interview with the Chenbot where she describes how she juggled training for the spelling bee with a busy schedule of homework, practicing the violin, and learning Indian dance, and how her future plans include going to "a good medical school." Damn, Kavya, do you know how proud you've made your parents? Wait, what are we saying? Of ... Read Full Story
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Trophy news from the 82nd annual bee Spelling Bee Trophies The 4th time was a charm for new spelling bee champion Televised in prime time, last night the 82 nd annual bee (Scripps National Spelling Bee) had a record number of participants with 293 hopeful competitors. 13-year-old Kavya Shivashankar correctly spelled ‘Laodicean’ to win the bee. She raised high her champion trophy with a shy smile. As it turns out the 4 th time was the charm for Kavya, who had competed in the last three National Spelling Bees (finishing 10 th , 8 th and 4 th consecutively). She out-spelled her competition, including ... Read Full Story
LONDON--Former Sooner gymnast Jonathan Horton had one last chance to win a medal at the world championships, but he finished eighth on the horizontal bar with a flawed performance.The Olympic silver medalist on the apparatus, Horton was in position to challenge for a medal until he missed a critical release skill that left him sprawling on the mat.  
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Men’s Finals All-Around starts 1:30PM ET, Oct 15th. Can the young Japanese gymnastics sensation maintain his consistency and win the World Gymnastics Championships today? I think so. His strongest rival was Fabian Hambüchen, out with an untimely minor injury. I’ve learned the hard way not to count out Jonathan Horton, however. Historically inconsistent, Jon has a [...]  
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LONDON (Reuters) - Jonathan Horton came into the all-around final at the gymnastics world championships knowing if he wanted to win the title he would have to conquer his biggest enemy -- the pommel horse.  
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Jonathan Horton's leadership skills will get a workout at the world gymnastics championships. Jake Dalton and Wesley Haagensen were added Sunday to the U.S. team for next month's worlds, making the Olympic silver medalist the only American with experience at major international competitio...  
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Whoop. I still can’t get too excited about today’s SPECTACULAR. Olympians Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin join us again for this spectular event. This year’s musical host is Ashley Tisdale, who starred in Disney High School Musical movies. NASTIA LIUKIN SAMANTHA PESZEK SHAWN JOHNSON RAJ BHAVSAR COURTNEY KUPET JONATHAN HORTON IVAN IVANKOV Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, South Dakota – Progressive Skating and [...]  
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