WASHINGTON: Nine of the 11 finalists for the US spelling bees contest this year are Indians Americans, which reflects the dominance of young people from the small ethnic community owned on high pressure and high-pressure resilience tests for more than a decade now.
11 Spells, nine Indians Americans, will compete for the title for the 2021 Scripps Final Bee National Spelling on July 8, a statement said on Monday.
During the final directly, bees will have the choice to activate spelling if needed.
The spelling will be activated in the minutes of closing the competition if a champion has not been stated in a traditional round, one person, one word, he said.
“We are honored to introduce our 2021 national spelling bee finalists.
Round after the round, this spelling group proves their courage, and we hope to see them show off their knowledge and hard work when they die with a dictionary on the national.” Said Dr.
J Michael Durnil, Bee Executive Director.
“Congratulations for all 209 national qualifications this year – they have survived more than a year who have challenged in many ways, and our team is proud to have witnessed their travel,” he said.
National bee is a high pressure resistance test, high pressure as many spelling matches and spelling nerd spending months prepare it.
The last round of this year’s contest will host the ESPN Wide.
World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida, and will be broadcast live in the main time at ESPN2.
11 Finalists are Roy Seligman, 12, from Nassau, Bahamas; Bhivana Madini, 13, from New York; Sreethan Gaju.
La, 14, from Charlotte, North Carolina; Ashrita Gandhari, 14, from Leesburg, Virginia; Avani Joshi, 13, from Illinois; Zaila Avant-Garde, 14, from New Orleans; Vivinsha Veduru, 10, from Texas; Dhroov Bharatia, 12, from Dallas; Vihan Sibal, 12, from Texas; Akshainie Kamma, 13, from Texas and Chaitra Thumumma, 12, from San Francisco.
Over the past 20 years, India-Americans have dominated spelling bee contests even though they only consisted of about 1 percent of the US population.
Bee was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
But there were eight co-champions in 2019, seven of them were Indians-Americans, carrying the total number of Indian-American champions from 1999 to 26.