Jairam Hathwar, speller 152, just spelled "Collyridian" correctly. The New York seventh grader has a brother, Sriram, who was the 2014 cochampion.
"I'm really happy he could come," Jairam said of his brother, who is in the audience. "He cheers me on."
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