'''Leyla Hasso''' is a female Super Mario Kart ([[SMK]]) player from London, UK. She has been active on and off in SMK from 2004 to 2007 then pursued an interest in [[MKDS]] until receiving a Wii for her 9th Birthday in 2008. Leyla has been one of the youngest active karters on any of the kart sites and also achieved a Women's British Record on Choco Island 2 Fastlap for [[SMK]]. Leyla is still currently ranked the #1 Female Karter in London. She is perhaps most famous for defeating top [[MKDD]] player [[Vincent van der Fluit]] in a SMK Grand Prix 150cc Mushroom Cup tournament for karters around their skill level. Videos of those races are available on youtube and have also been created into a DVD.
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'''Leyla Hasso''' is a female Super Mario Kart ([[SMK]]) player from London, UK. She has been active on and off in SMK from 2004 to 2007 then briefly played [[MKDS]] until receiving a Wii for her 9th Birthday in 2008. Leyla has been one of the youngest active karters on any of the kart sites and also achieved a Women's British Record and a Women's World Record for [[SMK]]. Leyla is currently ranked the #1 Female Karter in London, the 2nd fastest in the UK and the 5th fastest PAL version female SMK player in the World. She is perhaps most famous 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. Videos of those races are available on youtube and have also been created into a DVD.
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== Early years of SMK ==
== Early years of SMK ==
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== The Wii and taking on a Young Apprentice ==
== The Wii and taking on a Young Apprentice ==
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Leyla now also plays on the Nintendo Wii and Mario Kart Wii recreationally along with some other games. For a short period in Summer 2008, Leyla trained her younger sister Maia on SMK who became the youngest player to finish a record on Mario Circuit 1 Time Trial in 1 minute 40 seconds, aged 2 years and 8 months! Maia has gone on to join the Super Mario Kart Time Trial World Rankings at 3 years and 11 months and has been known to defeat other young rivals on Mario Kart Wii along with developed skills on Mario platformers.
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Leyla has also played on the Nintendo Wii and Mario Kart Wii recreationally along with some other games. For a short period in Summer 2008, Leyla trained her younger sister Maia on SMK who became the youngest player to finish a record on Mario Circuit 1 Time Trial in 1 minute 40 seconds, aged 2 years and 8 months! Maia has gone on to join the Super Mario Kart Time Trial World Rankings at 3 years and 11 months and has been known to defeat other young rivals on Mario Kart Wii along with developed skills on Mario platformers.