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For the third year running, Florent got eliminated by [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] in the semi final of Battle Mode, though he put up a good fight with a 9-6 score. Furthermore, Florent obtained the bronze medal in a battle with [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] that had direct consequences for the overall rankings. This result meant that reaching the GP finals would be sufficient for Florent to propagate his World Champion title. Being the absolute favourite in the GP tournament, this proved to be no problem for him. With the overall result decided, the final against [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] still proved to be one of the biggest fights in the history of the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ Championships], with both players determined to show the world who was best. Florent started out winning the first cups by utilizing some techniques adopted from Match Race, to give him the extra edge. On the other end of the spectrum in this clash of styles, [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] managed to take the match back to 4-4 with very impressive [[Time Trial]] like driving. Eventually, Florent came through as the victor in the final and ninth cup by driving a very solid Flower Cup; for the first time in [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] history a ninth cup was needed to decide the GP final. In his victory speech Florent had some encouraging words for his rival [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami], when he expressed that [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] was too strong a karter to not win a CDM one day, signaling a sentiment perhaps shared by many. Future speculations aside, Florent could now boast about becoming the first back-to-back World Champion of [[Super Mario Kart]].
For the third year running, Florent got eliminated by [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] in the semi final of Battle Mode, though he put up a good fight with a 9-6 score. Furthermore, Florent obtained the bronze medal in a battle with [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] that had direct consequences for the overall rankings. This result meant that reaching the GP finals would be sufficient for Florent to propagate his World Champion title. Being the absolute favourite in the GP tournament, this proved to be no problem for him. With the overall result decided, the final against [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] still proved to be one of the biggest fights in the history of the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ Championships], with both players determined to show the world who was best. Florent started out winning the first cups by utilizing some techniques adopted from Match Race, to give him the extra edge. On the other end of the spectrum in this clash of styles, [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] managed to take the match back to 4-4 with very impressive [[Time Trial]] like driving. Eventually, Florent came through as the victor in the final and ninth cup by driving a very solid Flower Cup; for the first time in [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] history a ninth cup was needed to decide the GP final. In his victory speech Florent had some encouraging words for his rival [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami], when he expressed that [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] was too strong a karter to not win a CDM one day, signaling a sentiment perhaps shared by many. Future speculations aside, Florent could now boast about becoming the first back-to-back World Champion of [[Super Mario Kart]].
== Championship Medal Collection ==
== Championship Medal Collection ==
Florent is perhaps most famous for his high level performances during the annually organized [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]/CDE/CDM. The [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] was founded in 2002 by Franck Mazieres; in the beginning it mainly featured French competitors and a few Swiss ones. This changed in 2008, which showed an influx of competitors from outside of France; the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] would therefore be known as CDE from that year onwards; CDE being an abbreviation of Championnat d’Europe, meaning Championship of Europe in English. In 2009 the final evolution of the event took place and CDE became CDM, being an abbreviation of Championnat du Monde, meaning World Championship in English.
Florent is perhaps most famous for his high level performances during the annually organized [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]/CDE/CDM. The [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] was founded in 2002 by Franck Mazieres; in the beginning it mainly featured [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people French] competitors and a few [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_people Swiss] ones. This changed in 2008, which showed an influx of competitors from outside of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]; the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] would therefore be known as CDE from that year onwards; CDE being an abbreviation of Championnat d’Europe, meaning Championship of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] in English. In 2009 the final evolution of the event took place and CDE became CDM, being an abbreviation of Championnat du Monde, meaning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World World] Championship in English.
In various [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]/CDE/CDM events since 2005 Florent has gathered 5 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]), [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2010.php 2010]), 3 gold medals in Match Race ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2008.php 2008]), 1 gold medal in Battle Mode ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2007.php 2007]), 2 gold medals in Time Trial ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2008.php 2008]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2010.php 2010]) and one Master Cup* ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MC2008.php 2008]). Furthermore he has won 2 silver medals in Match Race ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2009.php 2009]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2010.php 2010]), 2 bronze medals in Battle Mode ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2009.php 2009]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2010.php 2010]) and 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in Time Trial ([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).
In various [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF]/CDE/CDM events since 2005 Florent has gathered 5 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]), [http://www.championnat-smk.org/GP2010.php 2010]), 3 gold medals in Match Race ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2006.php 2006], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2007.php 2007], [http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2008.php 2008]), 1 gold medal in Battle Mode ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2007.php 2007]), 2 gold medals in Time Trial ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2008.php 2008]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/TT2010.php 2010]) and one Master Cup* ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MC2008.php 2008]). Furthermore he has won 2 silver medals in Match Race ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2009.php 2009]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/MR2010.php 2010]), 2 bronze medals in Battle Mode ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2009.php 2009]), ([http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2010.php 2010]) and 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in Time Trial ([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).