Moldovan sportsman Iulian Bercu ranked 15th of 180 participants for the 250-km race of New Zealand Racing Planet ultramarathon.

Iulian Bercu shared his experience about the competition. He said he was proud, he failed to conquer the first place though. 

"The runners have heard where the Republic of Moldova is, how the Moldovan flag looks like. Today they know that Moldovans can run when we want so hard", said Iulian Bercu.

He longs to have hot dog and a bottle of beer after a week of full effort for the competition. 

In the Racing Planet ultramarathon, the sportsman from Moldova competed with participants from 35 countries such as Ireland, China and Japan, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea. French runner championed the race this time.