(ANSA) - BELGRADE, AUG 21 - The Italian hang gliding national team won its eleventh world title, the seventh in a row, at the world championships in Krusevo, North Macedonia, according to the Italian National Free Flight Association. Alessandro Ploner of San Cassiano (Bolzano) was crowned world champion for the sixth time, adding this new gold medal to the five previously won. Silver medal for Marco Laurenzi from Veroli (Frosinone) Third place for the Brazilian Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli. Best woman in the race was the Austrian Sasha Serebrennikova, followed by the German Corinna Schwiegershausen and the Japanese Chisato Nojiri. 22 nations took part in the hang gliding world championships for a total of 141 pilots. (ANSA).