Actor R Madhavan’s son Vedaant Madhavan has clinched gold in the men’s 800m freestyle at the Danish Open in Copenhagen. The 16-year-old bettered his personal best time by a whopping 11:48 to stop the clock at 8:17.28, edging past local swimmer Alexander L Bjorn by 0.10 to stand atop the podium on Sunday night.
This is his second win at the Danish Open. Earlier on Friday, Vedaant had won the silver medal in the 1500m freestyle event on Friday before bettering his 200m freestyle time to finish 12th overall in the event.
Taking to Instagram, Madhavan 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.”
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Ace Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash finished fifth in the ‘A’ final of the men’s 100m butterfly with a timing of 54.24. He is also preparing for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. Prakash had won a gold in the 200m butterfly, on the opening day.
