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Three-year-old female archer enters India Book of Records

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Press Trust of India Vijayawada
A three-year-old girl archer Cherukuli Dalli Shivani entered the India Book of Records after creating a record by achieving 388 points in archery at a show here today in the presence of senior sports personalities.

She shot 36 arrows each from five metres and seven metres to score 388 points.

India Book of Records representative Vishwajir Ray and Sports Authority of India representative P Rama Krishna declared that the girl has entered the India Book of Records after which she was presented a certificate.

Shalini is the youngest sister of Cherukuri Lenin, former international archery champion who died in a road accident in 2010.
 

She was trained at the Volga Archery Institute run by her father Ch Satyanarayana.

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First Published: Mar 24 2015 | 7:42 PM IST

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