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In 2009, the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] evolved into its final form, that of a World Championship (CDM, abbreviation for Championnat du Monde, which means World Championship in French). The event was open for and advertised towards the global SMK population and in the end karters from two additional continents participated. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_america North America] was represented by [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA USA] once again and this time [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/south_america South America] was represented as well by the Champion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil], [[Guilherme Arantes]]. Of course, much like in 2008, karters from throughout [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] were present,  including karters from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands Netherlands], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/england England], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/germany Germany] and of course the vast majority of the participants from the hosting nation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France] itself.

In 2009, the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] evolved into its final form, that of a World Championship (CDM, abbreviation for Championnat du Monde, which means World Championship in French). The event was open for and advertised towards the global SMK population and in the end karters from two additional continents participated. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_america North America] was represented by [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA USA] once again and this time [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/south_america South America] was represented as well by the Champion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil], [[Guilherme Arantes]]. Of course, much like in 2008, karters from throughout [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] were present,  including karters from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands Netherlands], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/england England], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/germany Germany] and of course the vast majority of the participants from the hosting nation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France] itself.

As [http://speedrunwiki.com/Pierre_L%27Hoest Pierre] was still in retirement, Florent was expecting the most fierce competition to come from SMK’s Godfather [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami], who had been training on-line through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_emulator emulators] for months. [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] himself had high expectations of this rivalry as well, judging by a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbT16aFfFvI&fmt=18 trailer] he published in the week prior to the event. It turned out both of them were right, as this year’s tournament really turned out to be a historically thrilling race between the aforementioned two, starting right from the beginning and lasting all the way to the very last match.  

As [http://speedrunwiki.com/Pierre_L%27Hoest Pierre] was still in retirement, Florent was expecting the most fierce competition to come from SMK’s Godfather [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami], who had been training on-line through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_emulator emulators] for months. [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] himself had high expectations of this rivalry as well, judging by a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbT16aFfFvI&fmt=18 trailer] he published in the week prior to the event. It turned out both of them were right, as this year’s tournament essentially was a historically thrilling race between the two, starting right from the beginning and lasting all the way to the very last match.  

In the [[Time Trial]] event Florent and his opponent [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] both reached the final with some strong performances. This year the final was raced on three tracks and a wall crash on the final one, [[BC2]], meant that Florent could not take the gold medal home this time.

In the [[Time Trial]] event Florent and his opponent [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] both reached the final with some strong performances. This year the final was raced on three tracks and a wall crash on the final one, [[BC2]], meant that Florent could not take the gold medal home this time.

== Championship Medal Collection ==

== Championship Medal Collection ==