Basketball prodigy adds US spelling bee trophy to her three world records
New Orleans’ Zaila Avant-garde, 14, correctly spelt a word for a common Australasian shrub to become the national bee’s first African-American champion.
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Basketball prodigy adds US spelling bee trophy to her three world records
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