What a successful Area Contest it was for the Worldsurfers! Your dedication and persistence paid off, proving that regular practice helps you tap your potential and blossom no matter what 💯  A huge compliment to every speaker—you rocked it 🔥  Special shout-out to first-time contestants Veronica @RoniTalker, Mary @mary_englishgeek, and Nikolai @NikolaiMoor, who showed no fear in front of an unknown audience and handled the ambiguity like true professionals 🎤 And of course, kudos to @morskaya777 for demonstrating organization at the Concorde level, plus a big thank you to @polininja for coming to cheer us on 🙌 Now for the results: International Speech Contest (English): 🥇Artur Baimler @aba989 Evaluation Contest (English): 🥈Mary Terekhova @mary_englishgeek 🥉Artyom Botcharov @English_teacheh Evaluation Contest (Russian): 🥇Veronica Fedorova @RoniTalker Let’s keep this momentum and smash the next contest 👊🏆