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In 2011, Florent continued to reach milestones and achievements. He started off the year by winning the [http://smkbelgium.monforum.com/viewforum.php?f=36 ODB] (abbreviation of Open de Belgique in French, which means Belgian Open in English). It was the first time he participated in a Belgian Open. The ODB 2011 took place in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge Liège] on the 19th of March 2011. The ODB consists of a one-day tournament covering all the multiplayer modes of [[Super Mario Kart]]. Florent enjoyed a mini [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grand+slam Grand-Slam] performance, as he swept up all the modes, despite some strong opposition, in the form of [[Geoffrey Label]], [[Harold Christensen]] and [[Guillaume Leviach]], being present as well. As there was no Time Trial tournament and the ODB is not the official [[Super Mario Kart]] World Championship, Florent's performance can be referred to as a mini Grand-Slam, which still represents a phenomenal feat.  

In 2011, Florent continued to reach milestones and achievements. He started off the year by winning the [http://smkbelgium.monforum.com/viewforum.php?f=36 ODB] (abbreviation of Open de Belgique in French, which means Belgian Open in English). It was the first time he participated in a Belgian Open. The ODB 2011 took place in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge Liège] on the 19th of March 2011. The ODB consists of a one-day tournament covering all the multiplayer modes of [[Super Mario Kart]]. Florent enjoyed a mini [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grand+slam Grand-Slam] performance, as he swept up all the modes, despite some strong opposition, in the form of [[Geoffrey Label]], [[Harold Christensen]] and [[Guillaume Leviach]], being present as well. As there was no Time Trial tournament and the ODB is not the official [[Super Mario Kart]] World Championship, Florent's performance can be referred to as a mini Grand-Slam, which still represents a phenomenal feat.  

After a brief group stage with an unorthodox set-up, the equally condensed finals were played. The surprise of the tournament was Florent's confident 5-2 (in a first to 5 format) victory versus Battle Mode vice-World Champion (according to [http://www.championnat-smk.org/BM2010.php CDM 2010]) [[Geoffrey Label]], as [[Geo]] was considered the best player of France by some margin in the past two years. In Match Race (6-3 win) and GP (3-1 win) Florent managed to dispose of his main rival [[Geo]] as well. The full results can be viewed here: http://smkbelgium.monforum.com/resultats-de-lopen-de-be-image-vp6683496.html#6683496. His very succesful ODB campaign left Florent fuelled with confidence for the upcoming [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDM].

After a brief group stage with an unorthodox set-up, the equally condensed finals were played. The surprise of the tournament was Florent's confident 5-2 (in a first to 5 format) victory versus Battle Mode vice-World Champion (according to [http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=results&year=2010&show=bm CDM 2010]) [[Geoffrey Label]], as [[Geo]] was considered the best player of France by some margin in the past two years. In Match Race (6-3 win) and GP (3-1 win) Florent managed to dispose of his main rival [[Geo]] as well. The full results can be viewed here: [http://smkbelgium.monforum.com/resultats-de-lopen-de-be-image-vp6683496.html#6683496 Results ODB 2011]. His very succesful ODB campaign left Florent fuelled with confidence for the upcoming [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDM].

 

== SMK World Championship 2011==

== SMK World Championship 2011==