20-year-old Pune woman becomes the fastest Asian to cycle the globe
Vedangi Kulkarni, a 20-year-old cyclist from Maharashtra's Pune, has become the fastest Asian to cycle the globe. Vedangi achieved the feat by completing the 29,000-km distance required to qualify as bicycling across the globe in 159 days. She reached Kolkata on Sunday after pedalling up to 300 km a day in 14 countries across the 159 days.