Bruhat Soma of indian origin has increased the pride of the country
Bruhat Soma of Indian-American origin has created history by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition of America. He studies in 7th grade and he has received 50 thousand dollars for winning this competition.
Bruhat Soma of indian origin has increased the pride of the country, won this tough competition of America
If an indian brings glory to his country abroad, then it is a proud moment for every Indian. Something similar has been done by 12-year-old Bruhat Soma of Indian-American origin. He has created history by winning the 'Scripps National Spelling Bee' competition of America. Bruhat studies in 7th grade in a school in Florida. In the tiebreaker, he won this competition by telling the correct spelling of 29 words. He was given 50,000 US dollars as a prize. Along with this, he also won many other awards.
What was Bruhat's championship word?
This year's competition reached the tiebreaker round, where Bruhat defeated his opponent Faizan Zaki by spelling 29 words correctly in 90 seconds. Faizan had spelled only 20 words correctly in the lightning round. Bruhat's championship word was 'abseil', which means to descend with the help of a rope on the protrusion during mountaineering. Bruhat finished first in the tiebreaker and after reaching 30 words, it seemed that no one would be able to beat him. Faizan's initial speed was very fast. He spelled 25 words, but he missed the last four.
Bruhat broke harini Logan's spell-off record
The organizers said, 'Bruhat Soma has a very good grip on words, he ruled the words! He is the champion of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee! This boy with an incredible memory did not miss a single word and is now taking the Scripps Cup home.' The organizers said that 'Bruhat Soma has won the title of this prestigious champion by spelling 29 out of 30 words correctly and also broke the spell-off record of harini Logan in 2022.
Bruhat's family is originally from Telangana
Bruhat participated in the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the third time. He ranked 74th in the year 2023 and 163rd in 2022. Bruhat's father Srinivas Soma is originally from Nalgonda, Telangana. There were 8 finalists in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition, out of which 5 were Indian-Americans.
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