A third-place finish at 4,086 km — and the first international ultra-cycling podium by an Indian.
Menon reports the result: Bharat closed Virtual RAAM in third place, logging 4,086.28 km over the 12 days, with Hirokazu Suzuki of Japan the provisional winner having completed the full course. It is the finish that made Bharat the first Indian to take a podium at an international ultra-cycling event.
The article carries Bharat's own jubilant note from the finish, explains the provisional nature of the standings pending verification, and profiles Suzuki's background — rounding out the dispatch series that followed the race day by day.
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