Dolly, Barely Three Years Old, Sets National Archery Record

Two-year-old Indian archer Dolly Shivani Cherukuri takes aim during a world record target attempt at The Volga Archery Academy in Vijayawada some 250kms south-east of Hyderabad 

 

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 New Delhi:  A two-year-old groomed from birth to be an archery champion after the tragic death of her older siblings set a new national record today, according to the India Book of Records.

Dolly Shivani Cherukuri was conceived through surrogacy after the death of her brother, an international archer and coach, in a road accident in 2010. The couple's eldest daughter had died in 2004.

Today, nine days before her third birthday,she became the youngest Indian to score 200 points over five and seven-metre distances according to Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury of the India Book of Records.

She has become the youngest in the country to achieve the feat," Mr Chowdhury said by telephone from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, where the successful record attempt was made.

"It's a record which will be difficult to break."

Dolly's parents said they had arrows specially made for her out of carbon when she was first learning the sport to ensure she could carry them.