Indian woman Vedangi Kulkarni has become the fastest Asian to cycle the globe. Hailing from a suburb of Pune, 20-year old Vedangi cycled into Kolkata in the wee hours today, completing the 29,000 kilometers’ distance required to qualify as bicycling across the globe.

Vedangi told a news agency that she spent 159 days  peddling up to 300 kilometers a day in 14 countries. Starting off from Perth in July, she will now be flying back to the Australian city to complete the record by cycling a 15 kilometer distance to reach the same place from where she started.

Vedangi is a student of the University of Bournemouth in the United Kingdom pursuing a degree in sports management.

Thirty-eight year old British adventurer Jenny Graham  is the fastest woman to have cycled the globe in 124 days this year.