Vedaant Madhavan sets Junior National Record in 1500m Freestyle at Junior National Aquatic Championships
We all have seen Bollywood actor’s kids, bagging a movie, however, Vedaant Madhavan son of amazing actor R Madhavan has drawn very different future goals for himself. Being a National Level Swimming Champion; Vedaant Madhavan rewrote the national record in the 1500m freestyle event for group I boys at the ongoing 48th Junior National Aquatic Championships being held at the Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool in the iconic Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.
Being the leader of his pack, Vedaant clocked 16:01.73 and erased his state-mate Advait Page’s record of 16:06.43 seconds which was created in the year 2017. He also beat Karnataka’s Amogh Anand Venkatesh who timed 16:21.98 seconds and Bengal’s Shubhojeet Gupta who touched pads on 16:34.06 to win the bronze.
R Madhavan’s Reaction
Being a proud father, R Madhavan took to social media to make the announcement, and said: “With the Grace of God and all your blessings, Vedaant breaks his first meet record of the 1500 m freestyle at the National Junior Aquatic Meet.”
He also posted a link to the live transmission of the aquatic meet and said, “48th Junior National Aquatic Championship 2022 (Final). Vedaant at the 1500m Junior National finals. Live now. Please watch.”
He also wrote: “Never say never. National Junior Record for 1500m freestyle broken.”
This is not Vedaant’s only achievement, he did the country proud by winning a gold and a silver medal at the Danish Open in Copenhagen. Last year, he won four silver medals and three bronze medals at the 47th Junior National Aquatic Championships which were held in Bangalore. Before that in March last year, Vedaant had won a bronze at the Latvian Open Swimming Champion event.
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