<span style="color: #222222;">Six Indian-origin students are among the eight participants who won the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee after defeating over 550 other contestants in an unprecedented competition in the US.<br />''<br />''It is the first time in the 94-year history of the competition that more than two co-champions have been named.<br />''<br />''Rishik Gandhasri, Saketh Sundar,  Shruthika Padhy, Sohum Sukhatankar, Abhijay Kodali,  Rohan Raja, Christopher Serrao and Erin Howard were named as co-champions. Each will receive the full winner's prize of 50,000 US Dollar in cash.<br />''<br />''The six boys and two girls combined to spell the final 47 words correctly over five consecutive perfect rounds.<br />''<br />''The 565 contestants ranged in age from 7 to 14 and came from across the US and several other countries, including Canada, Ghana and Jamaica.  <br />''<br />''The National Bee is a high-profile, high-pressure endurance test as much as a nerd spelling match and spellers spend months preparing for it.</span><br />