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  • Indiana Boy Wins U.S. Spelling Bee, Runner-Up Faints

    06/03/2004 7:33:34 PM PDT · by snopercod · 23 replies · 2,746+ views
    Reuters ^ | June 3, 2004 | Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a new definition of a fainting spell, the runner-up in the National Spelling Bee apparently fainted on Thursday when asked to spell "alopecoid" in the contest eventually won by a 14-year-old Indiana boy. Akshay Buddiga, 13, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, recovered enough to spell the word correctly and continued into the championship round, but he stood out from the crowd by spelling from a seated position, unlike the other competitors, who remained standing as they spelled. Buddiga lost on the word "schwarmerei," a German term that means adulation. He got plenty of that and a standing...