| 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]]. |
| + | In 2011, Florent continued to reach milestones and achievements. For the first time he participated in an [http://smkbelgium.monforum.com/viewforum.php?f=36 ODB] (abbreviation of Open de Belgique in French, which means Belgian Open in English). The ODB 2011 took place in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge Liège] on Saturday 19 March. It is a one-day tournament covering all the multiplayer modes of [[Super Mario Kart]]. |