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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
'''Leyla Hasso''' is a female Super Mario Kart ([[SMK]]) (SNES) player from London, UK and is the niece of [[Sami Cetin]]. Leyla is currently the undefeated UK Women's Champion of Super Mario Kart Time Trial on both PAL and NTSC modes (former Women's World Champion from 18th March 2012 - 9th February 2015*); she is also ranked the 2nd fastest PAL Time Trial player in the UK. Leyla is however still current Women's World Champion on the Multiplayer World Championship results since 2012. She was historically known for defeating top [[MKDD]] player [[Vincent van der Fluit]] in a SMK Grand Prix 150cc Mushroom Cup tournament for karters around their skill level in 2007. Her latest Time Trial videos are uploaded on her youtube channel and co-managed by Sami. Leyla Hasso has been featured in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013 for her Women's World Title at the time on Super Mario Kart SNES and also on pages 216 and 177 of the the Guinness World Records 2014 and 2015 main books respectively. Outside of Super Mario Kart, she was also a keen Mario Kart Super Circuit player (Gameboy Advance), where she also holds a UK Women's title. Leyla has completed her GCSEs and is advancing to six form College.
'''Leyla Hasso''' is a female Super Mario Kart ([[SMK]]) (SNES) player from London, UK and is the niece of [[Sami Cetin]]. Leyla is currently the undefeated UK Women's Champion of Super Mario Kart Time Trial on both PAL and NTSC modes (former Women's World Champion from 18th March 2012 - 9th February 2015*); she is also ranked the 2nd fastest PAL Time Trial player in the UK. Leyla is however still current Women's World Champion on the Multiplayer World Championship results since 2012. She was historically known for defeating top [[MKDD]] player [[Vincent van der Fluit]] in a SMK Grand Prix 150cc Mushroom Cup tournament for karters around their skill level in 2007. Her latest Time Trial videos are uploaded on her youtube channel and co-managed by Sami. Leyla Hasso has been featured in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013 for her Women's World Title at the time on Super Mario Kart SNES and also on pages 216 and 177 of the the Guinness World Records 2014 and 2015 main books respectively. Outside of Super Mario Kart, she was also a keen Mario Kart Super Circuit player (Gameboy Advance), where she also holds a UK Women's title and made a good entry into Mario Kart 64 Time Trials. Leyla has completed her GCSEs and has advanced to six form College.
Following examinations in the summer of 2015, Leyla Hasso made a return to Super Mario Kart PAL Time Trials to secure some key PRs. She broke the sub minute barrier on Mario Circuit 1 for the first time, and with these latest PRs, she was able to pass Ben Allen for the 2nd fastest Time Trial rank on PAL Super Mario Kart Time Trials in the UK.
Following examinations in the summer of 2015, Leyla Hasso made a return to Super Mario Kart PAL Time Trials to secure some key PRs. She broke the sub minute barrier on Mario Circuit 1 for the first time, and with these latest PRs, she was able to pass Ben Allen for the 2nd fastest Time Trial rank on PAL Super Mario Kart Time Trials in the UK.
== Super Mario Kart World Championships 2015 ==
Following examinations in London, Leyla had limited time to train for the 2015 championships but was determined to compete again to defend her Women's Multiplayer title for the 4th year in Super Mario Kart. Leyla would face a stronger competition from Belgium's fastest female player, Sophie Jarmouni, but she managed to hold up the lead on all four modes and retain that title for the 4th time in a row. Leyla attended again with her uncle Sami, the UK Champion and some more of their team members from the UK. Leyla would also compete for the first time as the UK #2 in Time Trial Mode which she achieved slightly earlier this year. Her overall position was 11th overall and 3rd in the UK (after Sami and Conor).
Time Trial had a bit of a struggle on some tracks for Leyla this year, and the competition was a lot fiercer, minus one or two previous competitors not taking part this year. She reached 9th place on the group stages still which was amazing, and had a good shot to try and reach the quarter finals. However a zoom start miss on Rainbow Road set her back and then a subsequent error on Ghost Valley 1 made her final rank 9th and elimination in the Top 16. Leyla however maintained UK #2 at Time Trial One tries for the second year.
Match Race was a confident mode for Leyla; and with the increased competition she landed a very high group stage position at 9th overall, with a notable 2-2 score on live stream vs World Champion, Florent Lecoanet. Leyla reached the Top 16 vs racing specialist Jeremie Clement, and put a good match in, but he edged it with tactics and a few extra zoom starts, eliminating Leyla 5-2. Jeremie Clement would afterwards go on to eliminate Sami Cetin in the Quarter Final.
Battle Mode was also the weaker mode for Leyla which she had limited time to train, so it would be an uphill battle. But she had a goal to try to reach the Top 16 which she had not achieved before in Battle Mode. A tough start vs newcomer Jeffrey Paul of USA set her back a bit but she pulled it back on other matches towards the end to reach 15th place, skipping the barrages as well. Leyla was then eliminated 5-0 by 2nd seed Florent Lecoanet in the Top 16.
150cc Grand Prix was definitely the most neglected mode, and proved to be the toughest for everyone this year as more competitors would take part than ever before, including USA's former National Time Trial Champion, Joe Bernier making his debut at the Championships. Leyla had several near misses vs her rivals, and some karters who she may have had previous wins on, mostly due to missed zoom starts or red shell hits. This landed her in 17th and ironically would end up in a barrage GP cup vs 16th seed who turned out to be Joe Bernier. They faced on live stream on Mushroom Cup 150cc GP and Leyla took the win, advancing into the Top 16 there, marking the first time she reached the Top 16 at least on all of the modes. Leyla then faced 1st seed Geoffrey Label, losing 2-0 to him on cups. Geoffrey interestingly went on to win the Final vs Florent Lecoanet, who was only defeated by Sami in 2013 there.