Thirtieth edition
The 30th Muzzle Loading World Championship Valeggio (VR) ended today, Saturday 31 August, with the bronze of Sergio Magnani. The gold is missing for Italy, but it obtained the gold of the organization and, why not?, of the hospitality. The German team wins the medal table ahead of Switzerland and France. The echoes of the last races of the World Championship are now dead and the fifth day of the 30th World Championship of muzzle loading at the shooting range Valeggio, in the province of Verona, with the definitive results of yesterday and the last specialties that do not belong to the program of the Muzzle loaders associations International confederation-MLAIC. At the end of an intense week, the president of the National Confederation of the Arquebusiers-CNDA, Gianmario Delvò, would like to thank "all the CNDA staff who accompanied me, supported me and put up with me in this wonderful adventure and thanks to Marco Pasini for always believing in it, together with me, against everything and everyone. I am extremely satisfied with how the event was managed, the staff was fundamental to winning the bet. I hope that the goal achieved by the CNDA can relaunch the harquebusier movement in Italy. We have also obtained significant results from a competitive point of view despite many shooters being also involved in the organization”.
The blue booty
In the end, Italy won 4 silvers, 2 bronzes and 2 Urkunde, that is, the diplomas of merit that are awarded to the first six in each classification, to Andrea Vicini sixth in Lamarmora and to Graziano Cattaneo, sixth in Minié O. Let's recap the medals: silver for Sergio Magnani in Vetterli O, Marco Pasolini in Kuchenreuter Youth and in Mariette Youth and Paolo De Francesco in Kuchenreuter R; bronze for Luca Torelli in Colt and Magnani again in Pennsylvania O. This is the last medal won by the Azzurri. In the medal table, Germany slowed down just a little, perhaps satiated by the 31 gold medals won (19 individual), Switzerland recovered and rose to 12, while France has 6, Spain 5 and Slovakia 4. As for the non-MLAIC specialties, bronze and Italian record for the young Marco Pasolini, with a score of 90 (the previous one was 88). The young shooter returns to Romagna with three medals, a result that has no equal for the Italian team. Victory for the German Markus Wörnle with 94 and second place for the Czech Josef Forman with 91. In the Smith & Wesson at 25 meters, free revolver of pre-1890 model, metallic cartridge, Victory for the Spaniard Martin Morales Laguna (135) over his compatriot Ricardo Guillén Doz (134) and the Finnish Jukka Päärnila (131), a good fourth place for the Italian MLAIC delegate Antonio Ferrerio with 128.
The organization is definitely up to par
Gerda Lejeune, newly elected MLAIC general secretary, draws a flattering balance at the end of the World Championship. “The shooting range was well set up, comfortable, with excellent services and general cleanliness, despite the heat. The organization was more than up to par. There could have been perhaps more shooters, at least a hundred, but certainly the situation”. A final note for the success of the Italian replicas: out of 1.273 performances, 443 were obtained using weapons produced by Davide Pedersoli (with numerous victories) and 67 by the other sponsor of the Championship, specialized in handguns, Uberti. The appointment for the international muzzle-loading is for next year in Barcelos, Portugal, where the European Championship will be held, while in 2026 the next World Championship is scheduled for Eisenstadt, Austria (source: UITS).
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