Top Indian swimmer and a Malayali Sajan Prakash clinched gold in the men’s 200m butterfly at the Danish Open swimming meet in Copenhagen, Denmark. In his maiden international meet this year, Prakash stopped the clock at 1.59.27 to stand atop the podium on Friday night.
Prakash, who trains in Dubai under coach Pradeep Kumar, had clocked 2.02.67 in the heats to qualify for the ‘A’ final.
On the other hand, son of Indian actor R Madhavan, Vedaant Madhavan, clocked 15.57.86 to finish second in the 10-swimmer final. He improved his personal best time to bag the silver medal in the men’s 1500m freestyle event.
“With all your blessings & Gods grace @swim_sajan and @VedaantMadhavan won gold and silver respectively for India, at The Danish open in Copenhagen. Thank you sooo much Coach Pradeep sir, SFI and ANSA.We are so Proud,” Madhavan tweeted.
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.