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== SMK World Championship 2014==
== SMK World Championship 2014==
Florent signed off on another momentous year by winning the SMK World Championship of 2014 with crushing dominance, reaching 4 out of 4 finals and 3 out of 4 gold medals ([http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=results&year=2014 CDM 2014]). On top of winning the CDM, Florent also organized it, proving that it is possible to be a succesful competitor even when burdened with organizatorial tasks. For the second year in a row the CDM opened its doors in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Suze-sur-Sarthe La Suze-sur-Sarthe], with its fantastic venue. The usual top players were all present and with a total of 43 participants the CDM was popular as ever. This year media coverage reached a new pinnacle with the NESblog team (http://www.nesblog.com/) creating a documentary of the event on site. Moreover, there were various big news papers conducting interviews with the top players (and Florent in particular) and further coverage was provided by a live-stream of the proceedings on the CDM Twitch channel (www.twitch.tv/ffsmk).
Florent signed off on another momentous year by winning the SMK World Championship of 2014 with crushing dominance, reaching 4 out of 4 finals and 3 out of 4 gold medals ([http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=results&year=2014 CDM 2014]). On top of winning the CDM, Florent also organized the event, proving that it is possible to be a succesful competitor even when burdened with organizatorial tasks. For the second year in a row the CDM opened its doors in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Suze-sur-Sarthe La Suze-sur-Sarthe], with its fantastic venue. The usual top players were all present and with a total of 43 participants the CDM was popular as ever. This year media coverage reached a new pinnacle with the NESblog team (http://www.nesblog.com/) creating a documentary of the event on site. Moreover, there were various big news papers conducting interviews with the top players (and Florent in particular) and further coverage was provided by a live-stream of the proceedings on the CDM Twitch channel (www.twitch.tv/ffsmk).
Florent cruised to the final in the [[Time Trial]] event with relative ease, never really getting into trouble. One of the upsets of the tournament was that the big favourite for TT, [[Guillaume Leviach]], did not reach further than a bronze medal this year. Instead the traditional Sami versus Florent final happened once more, conducted on MC2 this time. Unlike [[Sami]], Florent was prepared to take extra risks to beat his opponent, performing the tricky Long Boost in the two opening laps. This created a big enough gap for Florent to win the first gold medal of the 2014 edition.
Florent cruised to the final in the [[Time Trial]] event with relative ease, never really getting into trouble. One of the upsets of the tournament was that the big favourite for TT, [[Guillaume Leviach]], did not reach further than a bronze medal this year. Instead the traditional Sami versus Florent final happened once more, conducted on MC2 this time. Unlike [[Sami]], Florent was prepared to take extra risks to beat his opponent, performing the tricky Long Boost in the two opening laps. This created a big enough gap for Florent to win the first gold medal of the 2014 edition.
*In 2007 Florent had technically come closer to performing the "Grand Chelem", winning 3 gold medals and only losing by mere seconds in the TT final. However, seeing TT is traditionally held on the first day, Florent never actually had a shot at it that year.
*In 2007 Florent had technically come closer to performing the "Grand Chelem", winning 3 gold medals and only losing by mere seconds in the TT final. However, seeing TT is traditionally held on the first day, Florent never actually had a shot at it that year.
== Championship Medal Collection ==
== Championship Medal Collection ==