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== Super Mario Kart PAL World Championship 2009==

== Super Mario Kart PAL World Championship 2009==

In 2009, the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] evolved into its final form, that of a World Championship (CDM, abbreviation for Championnat du Monde, which means World Championship in French). The event was open for and advertised towards the global SMK population and in the end karters from two additional continents participated. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_america North America] was represented by [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA USA] once again and this time [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/south_america South America] was represented as well by the Champion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil], [[Guilherme Arantes]]. Of course [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] was well represented as always, with a big team from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands Netherlands] and karters from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/england England] and of course the vast majority of the participants from the hosting nation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France] itself.

In 2009, the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] evolved into its final form, that of a World Championship (CDM, abbreviation for Championnat du Monde, which means World Championship in French). The event was open for and advertised towards the global SMK population and in the end karters from two additional continents participated. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_america North America] was represented by [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA USA] once again and this time [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/south_america South America] was represented as well by the Champion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil], [[Guilherme Arantes]]. Of course karters throughout[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] were present, much like in 2008, with a big team from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands Netherlands] and karters from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/england England], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/germany Germany] and of course the vast majority of the participants from the hosting nation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France] itself.

== Championship Medal Collection ==

== Championship Medal Collection ==