Daniel Dediu wins the Madona National 2024 race

The Madona National race has every chance to be the most famous of all the marathon races that are organized in this Moldova province every year. It is already a race with tradition, reached in many editions, so it is enough just to win this competition and you can say that you already have a great result in your records. This year, for the National Madonna, the pigeons were released on July 20, at 05:57.

The National Madona 2024 was attended by 1,074 pigeon fans, a real record, from all six counties of the province of Moldova (Suceava, Botoșani, Bacău, Iaşi, Neamț and Vaslui). No less than 17,573 pigeons were boarded and even if all the breeders had distances of over 900 km and even over 1,100 km, most of the pigeons arrived in the breeders from the first day of the competition.

This year, the winner is Daniel Dediu

The big winner of this year in the Madonna National race is from Botoșani. His name is Daniel Dediu and not later than last season he was the national champion in the As Middle Distance (Yearlings) category. He won the Madona race with a three-year-old hen, RO-2021-2023397, competing in natural (on eggs). His arrival was recorded at 19:16:11. He had to fly 936.489 km, and the average speed with which he traveled was 1,171.81 m/min.