Spelling Bee Concentration Faces Are The New Olympic Diving Faces (PICTURES)

LOOK: Spelling Bee Concentration Faces Are The New Olympic Diving Faces
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We’re making it official: Spelling Bee concentration faces are the new Olympic diving faces.

First off, a massive congratulations to all the brainy young things who took part in the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition – particularly joint champions Ansun Sujoe and Sriram Hathwar.

And secondly – how charming and sweet are all these furrowed brows and visages of such intense concentration?

Take a look…

Spelling Bee Faces
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Jennifer M. Tennant of Father Andrew White S.J. School, Leonardtown
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Jacob Williamson, of Cape Coral
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Aparajita Rao, of Hummelstown, Pa
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Sean Hickey of Grass Lake, Michigan (credit:Getty Images)
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12-year-old Spencer Pogue of Edgartown in Massachusetts
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Tejas Muthusamy of Glen Allen, Virginia
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Jessie Skylar Williams of Traverse City, Michigan (credit:Getty Images)
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Naama Friedman of Knoxville, Tennessee
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Sumedh Garimella, of Duluth, Ga.
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Isabelle Marie Simmons, from 21st Century Education Foundation, in Annapolis
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Shayley Grace Martin of Riner, Virginia (credit:Getty Images)
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14-year-old Amber R. Robinson of Homestead in Florida
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Dylan O'Connor of Alexandria Bay, N.Y.
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Ed Horan, 14, of Hoboken in New Jersey
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Lokesh Nagineni, of Dallas
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Neha Konakalla, of Cupertino, Calif
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Harry Harman of New Concord, Ohio
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Neha Seshadri, of Detroit
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Mary Horton, of Orlando, Fla
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Tajaun Gibbison, of Kingston, Jamaica
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Ansun Sujoe, of Fort Worth, Texas
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Speller Kate Miller, of Abilene, Texas,
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Mark Kivimaki, of Edina, Minnistota
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Razeen Basunia of North Charleston, South Carolina
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13-year-old Ethan S. Perrins of Lawrence in Kansas
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Don't they look happy! Sriram Hathwar (R) of Painted Post, New York and Ansun Sujoe (L) of Fort Worth, Texas hold their trophy at the end of the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition May 29, 2014 in National Harbor, Maryland (credit:Getty Images)
Olympic Diving: Not So Graceful?
Qin Kai(01 of10)
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China's Qin Kai competes in the men's 3m springboard preliminary round during the diving event at the London 2012 Olympic Games (credit:Getty)
Yahel Castillo Huerta(02 of10)
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Mexico's Yahel Castillo Huerta during the Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary Round (credit:EMPICS Sport/EMPICS Sport)
Jenifer Benitez Benitez(03 of10)
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Spain's Jenifer Benitez Benitez in action during the Women's 3m Springboard Preliminary Round at the Aquatic Centre (credit:EMPICS Sport/EMPICS Sport)
Tania Cagnotto(04 of10)
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Fourth placed Tania Cagnotto from Italy competes during the women's 3-meter springboard diving final at the Aquatics Centre
Jaele Patrick(05 of10)
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Jaele Patrick of Australia in the diving women's 3m springboard final (credit:PA)
Ilya Zakharov(06 of10)
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Ilya Zakharov from Russia competes during the men's 3-meter springboard diving preliminaries at the Aquatics Centre (credit:PA)
He Chong(07 of10)
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He Chong from China competes during the men's 3-meter springboard diving preliminaries (credit:PA)
Qin Kai (08 of10)
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Qin Kai from China competes during the men's 3-meter springboard diving preliminaries at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park (credit:PA)
Troy Dumais(09 of10)
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Troy Dumais from the US competes during the men's 3-meter springboard diving preliminaries (credit:PA)
Patrick Hausding(10 of10)
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Patrick Hausding from Germany competes during the men's 3-meter springboard diving preliminaries (credit:PA)