Shrey Parikh wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee, beating Ishaan Gupta in lightning round
The Scripps National Spelling Bee crowned a new champion, with Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old prodigy from Rancho Cucamonga, California, emerging victorious against Ishaan Gupta after an intense tiebreaker. Shrey's incredible agility saw him spell 32 words accurately within a mere 90 seconds, whereas Ishaan followed with 25.