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This 5-Year-Old Andhra Girl Has Created Two Archery Records in a Day

She created two records on Sunday to enter the Asia Book of Records and the India Book of Records, and it's not her first time!

This 5-Year-Old Andhra Girl Has Created Two Archery Records in a Day

When Dolly Shivani Cherukuri from Vijayawada was nearing two, she became the youngest Indian archer to score more than 200 points at a trial event.

And boy was she young!

Three years later, Dolly has done it again. On Sunday, the now 5-year-old created two records to enter the Asia Book of Records and the India Book of Records.

According to Deccan Chronicle, Dolly created the first record by shooting 103 arrows to a distance of 10m in just 11 minutes, 19 seconds.

She used the Indian arrow and a compound bow – one that uses a levering system to bend the limbs.

Dolly Shivani Cherukuri. Source: Facebook

She created the second record by shooting 36 arrows from a distance of 20m in 5 minutes, 8 seconds. Out of 360 points, she scored 290.

“The performance of Shivani was outstanding, and an archer in their teens cannot do the feat done by Shivani. It was a big challenge for her in this age, and we appreciate the efforts of Volga Archery Academy for their training,” B. Shravan Kumar, an official from Archery Association of India, told Deccan Chronicle.

Dolly comes from a family of archers. Her father runs an archery academy, and her older brother, who unfortunately passed away six years ago, was an international archer as well as coach.

The records certificates were handed over to Dolly’s father, Cherukuri Satyanarayana, by the officials of Asia Books of Records.

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