Madhavan's son wins gold for India after missing it in 200m!
- IndiaGlitz, [Monday,April 18 2022]
Actor R Madhavan’s 16-year-old son Vedaant Madhavan, a swimmer, has won a Gold medal for India at the Danish Open Swimming Meet in Copenhagen. The proud father took to Twitter to share the news with his followers.
Vedaant's father, Indian actor R. Madhavan had tweeted about the achievement and wrote, ??????GOLD….????????With all your blessings and God‘s greatest the winning street continues.❤️❤️???????????? Today it’s a GOLD IN 800m for @vedaantmadhavan. Overwhelmed and humbled. Thank you Coach @bacpradeep sir @swimmingfederation.in @ansadxb and the entire team. ????????????❤️❤️❤️
The 16-year-old, who had won a bronze medal at the Latvia Open in March 2021, had also impressed at the Junior National Aquatic Championships last year, bagging seven medals -- four silver and three bronze. After winning a silver in 200 meters butterfly event in the Danish open Vedaant has bagged the gold in 800m.
Danish Open is a competition that is open to all swimmers. Danish Open is a long course championship, where non-Danish swimmers participate on equal terms with Danish swimmers. The Competition is conducted under FINA rules and is approved as a qualifying event for the European Championships and the 2022 World Championships.