Mumbai: R Madhavan is ‘overwhelmed and humbled’ after his son Vedaant Madhavan won gold at the Danish Open swimming meet in Copenhagen, Denmark. He took to Instagram to share a video of Vedaant being announced as the winner. Vedaant won the 800m men’s freestyle swimming event with a time of 8:17:28. Vedaant had previously won a bronze medal at the Latvia Open in March 2021, as well as seven medals at the Junior National Aquatic Championships last year (four silver and three bronze).
In the video, Vedaant is seen shaking hands with silver medalist Alexander L Bjorn and bronze medalist Frederik Lindholm. After receiving the medal, he also bowed his head and folded his hands. R Madhavan captioned his post after sharing the video, “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.”
Shilpa Shirodkar responded to the post by saying, “Absolutely amazing Maddy, a proud moment for all of us. Congratulations my dear @vedaantmadhavan sending u loads of love and blessings my dear…” Sikandar Kher penned, “Superb !!! Jai Hind.” Vedaant said, “Thank you so much for all the wishes.” Dia Mirza posted a video clip to her Instagram Stories. She wrote, “Wohooooo Vedant @vedantmadhavan (raised hands, tiger, national flag emojis). So proud!!! Congratulations @msaru15 @actormaddy.” R Madhavan recently shared a post following Vedaant’s silver medal win at the same meet.