The 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Cyleane Equra Ama Quansah, 11, of Accra, Ghana, spells her word in the preliminaries. Sixty spellers were eliminated in Tuesday's early spelling and vocabulary rounds, leaving 183 to take a written spelling and vocabulary test ahead of Wednesday's quarter-finals. Photograph:Raian Timur, 10, of Greenwood, Indiana, yawns while awaiting his turn in the preliminaries. Photograph:A participant studies for the National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. Photograph: TheTarini Handakumar, 14, of Austin, Texas, spells her word during the preliminaries. Photograph:Aurora Ottilie Spisak, 14, of Dayton, Ohio dances during a commercial break during Tuesday's preliminaries. Photograph:Zwe Sunyata Spacetime, 13, of Washington DC, spells his word in the preliminaries. Photograph:Zachary Luke Milallos Rara, 13, of Louisville, Kentucky, spells his word in the preliminaries. Photograph:Beatriz Lucille Whitford-Rodriguez, 14, of Chicago, reacts after successfully spelling her word in the quarter-finals. Photograph:The elite field of 243 spellers from all over the globe was narrowed down to 57 semi-finalists following the preliminary and quarter-final rounds. Photograph:Isaac Gabriel Cancio, 14, of Corpus Christi, Texas, hugs his family after making it into the semi-finals. Photograph:Aishwarya Kallakuri, 14, of Charlotte, North Carolina, spells her word in Wednesday's semi-finals. Photograph:Hannah Kuo, 12, of San Bernardino, California's family cheers after she correctly spells her word in the semi-finals. Photograph:Sarv Shailesh Dharavane, 11, of Tucker, Georgia, reacts after successfully spelling his word in the semi-finals. He is one of nine spellers who advanced to compete in Thursday's final round.
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