A 14-year-old girl from the US state of Ohio has won the country's coveted annual National Spelling Bee.
Anamika Veeramani, from North Royalton, claimed victory by correctly spelling the word stromuhr - a medical term.
She takes home $40,000 (£27,450) in cash and prizes, as well as the coveted championship title.
Anamika, who came joint fifth last year, was one of the favourites to win among the 273 spellers who took part in the three-day final in Washington.
It is the third year in a row that an Indian-American has won the championship.
Anamika's winning word, stromuhr, is the term for an instrument used to measure the velocity of blood flow.
The final was broadcast live on US television network ABC.
The popularity of the spelling bee - a peculiarly American tradition - has grown greatly over the past decade, partly as a result of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Spellbound
