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To still have a shot at winning the overall title Florent had to rank above [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] in both of the remaining events. After having been eliminated by an unleashed [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield], who was now using the hard to control D.K. JR to devastating effect, in the Battle Mode semi finals, Florent cruised to a 9-6 victory against [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] in the bronze medal play-off. This meant that with only GP left, he still had a clean shot at gaining the World title. With GP being his strongest mode, he made short work of all of his opponents and reached the final, suffering only 2 cup losses during the entire tournament. [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] followed a similar path to the final, losing only a single cup and drawing one. For the first time in history the Championship was decided by the very last match; absolutely everything was on the stakes. During the final Florent reached out for his maximum level once more and crushed [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] 5-1 with a devastating tour-de-force. This meant he was crowned the SMK World Champion of 2009. He later claimed this to be the most important victory of his career, as he really had to earn it through a hard and lasting battle.

To still have a shot at winning the overall title Florent had to rank above [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] in both of the remaining events. After having been eliminated by an unleashed [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield], who was now using the hard to control D.K. JR to devastating effect, in the Battle Mode semi finals, Florent cruised to a 9-6 victory against [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] in the bronze medal play-off. This meant that with only GP left, he still had a clean shot at gaining the World title. With GP being his strongest mode, he made short work of all of his opponents and reached the final, suffering only 2 cup losses during the entire tournament. [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] followed a similar path to the final, losing only a single cup and drawing one. For the first time in history the Championship was decided by the very last match; absolutely everything was on the stakes. During the final Florent reached out for his maximum level once more and crushed [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] 5-1 with a devastating tour-de-force. This meant he was crowned the [[Super Mario Kart] World Champion of 2009. He later claimed this to be the most important victory of his career, as he really had to earn it through a hard and lasting battle.

 

== Championship Medal Collection ==

== Championship Medal Collection ==

In various [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]/CDM events since 2005 Florent has gathered 4 gold medals in GP ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2008.php 2008], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2009.php 2009]), 3 gold medals ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2008.php 2008]) and 1 silver medal ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2008.php 2009]) in Match Race , 1 gold medal ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2007.php 2007]) and 1 bronze medal ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2009.php 2009])  in Battle Mode , 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in Time Trial ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2008.php 2008], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2009.php 2009] and [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2006.php 2006] respectively) and one Master Cup ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MC2008.php 2008]). The Master Cup was introduced as a new element at the SMK Championships of 2008 as an experiment and was scheduled after the overall competition was finished. The goal was to see if a more randomly organized tournament system could work for future tournaments, clear favourites were not seeded for example, but it was not an undisputed success and will not return in future tournaments.

In various [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]/CDM events since 2005 Florent has gathered 4 gold medals in GP ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2008.php 2008], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2009.php 2009]), 3 gold medals ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2008.php 2008]) and 1 silver medal ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2008.php 2009]) in Match Race , 1 gold medal ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2007.php 2007]) and 1 bronze medal ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2009.php 2009])  in Battle Mode , 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in Time Trial ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2008.php 2008], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2009.php 2009] and [http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2006.php 2006] respectively) and one Master Cup ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MC2008.php 2008]). The Master Cup was introduced as a new element at the SMK Championships of 2008 as an experiment and was scheduled after the overall competition was finished. The goal was to see if a more randomly organized tournament system could work for future tournaments, clear favourites were not seeded for example, but it was not an undisputed success and will not return in future tournaments.

== Time Trial ==

== Time Trial ==