A giant pumpkin from the Italian region of Tuscany triumphed at the European Championship in the German city of Ludwigsburg, DPA reported.
A statement made by the organizers states that the weight of the pumpkin is an impressive 1217.5 kilograms.
Its owner, Stefano Kutrupi from the Tuscan village of Rada in Chianti, was unable to travel to the event in the German state of Baden-Württemberg for family reasons.
A giant pumpkin weighing 1,217.5 kilograms from the Italian region of Tuscany has won the European Pumpkin Weighing Championship, held in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
The same pumpkin already broke the record for world’s heaviest when it was weighed at 1,226 kilograms in September. pic.twitter.com/DiEjO0sbhJ
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Kutrupi’s pumpkin had already broken the world record when it weighed 1,226 kilograms in September.
The pumpkin lost weight by evaporation after it was no longer attached to the plant, which is why it weighed less at the championship in Ludwigsburg.
The second place was taken by the Belgian producer Mario Vangeel with a pumpkin weighing 1106.5 kilograms, followed by Medi Dao from France, whose pumpkin reached 983.5 kilograms.
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