Chuki Birda, 19, sets national pole vault record at junior meet

Rajasthan's 19-year-old Chuki Birda set a new national record of 3.91m in the pole vault at the 41st National Junior Athletics Championships at Chennai's Nehru Stadium. One of eight daughters, her name means 'full stop' in the local dialect. Her mentor, government school teacher Ram Nivas Sahu, first spotted her speed when she was made to run as a school punishment.