Indian-origin student wins selling bee after epic 95 rounds A 13-year old Indian-origin boy has emerged as the winner of a spelling bee contest in the US in an epic verbal duel that lasted a total of 95 rounds, after judges ran out of words in a previous marathon round held last month. Kush Sharma, a seventh-grader at Frontier School of Innovation spelled out "definition" to clinch the Jackson County Spelling Bee title in Missouri, and a berth in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington in May. Saturday's 29-round competition was lengthy in comparison to other spelling bees which typically run for about 20 rounds. Sharma won the title in two installments after the judges ran out of words in a previous round held on 22nd February. Sharma beat fifth-grader Sophia Hoffman, 11, of Highland Park Elementary to win Missouri county's annualbee contest on Saturday, before a packed Kansas City Public Library. Hoffman missed out after she mi...
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