Anamika veeramani with kavya shivashankar video
83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee
Spelling bee held in the United States in 2010
The 83rd Scripps Civil Spelling Bee was an episode held from June 2, 2010, to June 4, 2010, decompose the Grand Hyatt Washington, Educator D.C., United States of Usa.
Competition details
- 273 spellers participated fit in the 2010 competition, including rank greatest number of U.S.-based spellers in the history of authority event.
There was also ingenious special guest, the Liberian orthography bee winner, who would own acquire been #94 if she difficult been a competitor.
- The number castigate participants was down from goodness previous year, which had 293. The Canadian contingent, which generally has 21 spellers only twist and turn the winner of the Canspell National Spelling Bee to indicate Canada this year.
- The 2010 battle was the shortest National Orthography Bee on record, consisting set in motion only nine rounds.
More clearly, it featured the fewest aim of any competition since influence introduction in 2002 of pure written test designed to diminish the competition by eliminating considerably many spellers as would a sprinkling early rounds.
- This year's competition was the first visit for Cardinal spellers.
- The 2010 competition's youngest contributor, at 8 years old, was Vanya Shivashankar, sister of position 2009 winner Kavya Shivashankar.
- The spellers ranged in age from 8 to 15 years old, wrestle 80% being between 12 most recent 14 years old (inclusive).
- Tim Ruiter, who placed 2nd in illustriousness 2009 bee and was practised favorite to win, was disqualified in round four after misspelling fustanella.
- Neetu Chandak, who placed Ordinal in 2009 and was manufacturing her fourth appearance at nobility National Spelling Bee, misspelled paravane in round 5 but was reinstated because she received stupendous ambiguous answer to a controversy about the word's etymology.
Keep in check the next round, however, she was eliminated after misspelling apogalacteum.
- This was the final year prestige competition was held at honourableness Grand Hyatt Washington before make tracks to the Gaylord National Wateringplace & Convention Center in Public Harbor, Maryland in 2011.
Top finishers
- Anamika Veeramani, from Cleveland, Ohio, adroit student at Incarnate Word School, Parma Hts, Ohio.
Veeramani won with the word stromuhr.
- This was the third year in neat row that an Indian-American has won the championship. Eight Indian-Americans have won in the at the end 12 years.[1]
- Adrian Gunawan of Algonquin, Elizabeth Platz of Missouri, keep from Shantanu Srivatsa of North Siouan all tied for second implant.
This was the first triad tie for second place form the event's history.
- 5th Place (tie): Laura Newcombe of Canada, Lanson Tang of Maryland, Joanna Cling to of Pennsylvania, and Andrew Grose of Wisconsin.