Since 1962 the Scripps National Spelling Bee has only seen one contender each year holds the coveted golden cup. This year, the 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee, at the Gaylord National in Oxon Hill, Maryland, two boys stood together as co-champions surviving through 281 total contestants.

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Ansun Sujoe, 13, and Sriram Hathwar, 14 were able to raise the cup after eliminating the 10 other finalists and going through a final list of 25 words, not missing a single letter.

Hathwar’s final word was “stichomythia”, of Greek decent meaning dialogue given by two actors in alternating lines. Then it all came down to Sujoe’s last word “feuilleton” according to SBS, a French word involving a word of fiction catering to popular taste.

When he spelled that correctly, the two boys became the first co-champions in 52 years. Their prize is a golden cup and $30,000 in cash and prizes.

The two champions also became the seventh and eighth kids of South Asian heritage to win the spelling bee since 2008 via Yahoo.