The 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Vanya Shivashankar, second from left, 13, of Olathe, Kan., and Gokul Venkatachalam, right, 14, of St. Louis, are greeted onstage by their families as co-champions after winning the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 28, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md.