Bollywood actor R Madhvan's son Vedaant Madhvan wins silver medal at Danish Open swimming competition

Vedaant Madhavan, the son of Bollywood star R. Madhavan, has made the nation proud by winning the silver medal at the Danish Open swimming competition. The 16-year old participated in the competition held in Copenhagen and clocked 15.57.86 in the men's 1500m freestyle event. This timing was the personal best for Vedaant. Meanwhile, Alexander Bjorn defeated Vedaant to the finish line (15:50.18). The bronze medal was won by Frederik Lindholm (16:02.22).

He achieved this feat on Friday, however, this is not his only major achievement. The swimmer had also won a bronze medal at Latvia open in March 2021. Proud of his son's achievements, R Madhvan took to Instagram to express his gratitude toward Vedaant's coach and the swimming federation of India.

"@vedaantmadhavan wins Silver for India at the Danish Open in Copenhagen. Thank you so much Pradeep sir, #swimmingfederationofindia, and #ansadxb for all your efforts. We are so proud," he wrote in the caption while sharing a video from the felicitation ceremony.

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Apart from Vedaant, Sajan Prakash shined in the men's 200m butterfly, winning the gold medal. Prakash finished first in his first international event of the year, with a time of 1.59.27 seconds on Friday night. The Kerala swimmer, who practises in Dubai under coach Pradeep Kumar, qualified for the 'A' final by clocking 2.03.67 in the heats.

With a time of 5:10:71, Shakthi Balakrishnan finished second in the 'B' Final and eighth overall in the women's 400m medley. Tanish George Mathew, the fourth Indian swimmer competing at the event, finished 29th in the 50m freestyle heats with a time of 24:29.