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For 15 rounds, Akshay and the other finalist, survived the spelling of "lagniappe," "serpiginous," "ecdysis," and "foudroyant" until enthusiasm - or rather, "schwarmerei," - got the better of Akshay.

When the bell rang to signal that he was out, the audience gave a standing ovation for the boy who had himself had come to define the intensity of the competition.

Then the remaining student, David Scott Tidmarsh, from South Bend, Ind., also an eighth-grader, spelled "gaminerie" and then "autochthonous" - meaning indigenous - to claim the championship.

David, who began as one of nine million young people worldwide, and ended up as one of 256 spellers in the two-day competition in Washington, said he did not know what he would do with his winnings, but that he thought he would save most of it for college.

But the competition was not just about winning. One of the students, Snigdha Sur, 14, won the hearts of her fellow spellers. When she tripped up on "carnauba," nearly 20 spellers rushed to the door of the comfort room to be the first to get her autograph in their Bee Week Guide, a sort of yearbook for the week. Unlike many spellers who emerged from the comfort room, Snigdha was all smiles and said she knew that she had done her best. Her newfound friends proclaimed her one of the best spellers - and her constant entourage attested to her popularity.

Born in Raipur, India, she is an eighth-grader who attends public school in New York, and has already passed the SAT's with a 1410 score. But she said she has broader interests beyond spelling, including the piano, flute, and volunteering at the public library.

As for the boy who fainted, Akshay Buddiga had come close to joining his brother, Pratyush, as the national spelling champion.

But Pratyush, who won in 2002, said he was proud of his brother for having worked for four years to get this far. And, he noted, even he did not know how to spell "schwarmerei," the word that finally eliminated Akshay.

Pratyush said that his little brother had felt a lot of pressure from the news media because he was the brother of a former winner. "I think he kind of lost his cool on that one word," he said.

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Spelling Bee Finalist Proves He's Far From Faint-Hearted

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For 15 rounds, Akshay and the other finalist, survived the spelling of "lagniappe," "serpiginous," "ecdysis," and "foudroyant" until enthusiasm - or rather, "schwarmerei," - got the better of Akshay. When the bell rang to signal that he was out, the audience gave a standing ovation for the boy who had himself had come to define the intensity of the competition.