NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.: The Scripps National Spelling Bee crowned two winners Thursday night after a five-round duel in which neither could miss a word. In the end, Sriram Hathwar of Painted Post, N.Y., and Ansun Sujoe of Fort Worth, Texas, shared the prize.

It was just the fourth time in the bee’s history, and the first in more than 50 years, that winners shared the winning title. Others were in 1950, 1957 and 1962.

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