Danish Open: R Madhavan’s son Vedaant provides a color of gold
Proceeding his preferrred run, fast-rising Indian swimmer Vedaant Madhavan added a 2nd medal to his kitty, a gold within the males’s 800m freestyle on the Danish Open in Copenhagen.
The 16-year-old bettered his private highest time via a whopping 11:48 to forestall the clock at 8:17.28, edging previous native swimmer Alexander L Bjorn via 0.10 to face atop the rostrum on Sunday evening.
After the Silver for @VedaantMadhavan day ahead of, via the grace of the ALMIGHTY & your whole Blessings- TODAYS RACE .do proportion our pleasure & the most recent information -Watch from 54.36 mins for the RACE and 1.10.25 for the medal rite.Beaten https://t.co/nhNG04EdqF❤️❤️????????
— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) April 17, 2022
Whilst Vedaant’s efficiency was once excellent sufficient to fetch him a gold on the meet, this is a great distance from world requirements. USA’s Robert Finke had gained the gold on the Tokyo Olympics within the match ultimate yr with a timing of seven:41.87, whilst the sector file for the development stands at 7:32.12.
Alternatively, Vedaant, son of Indian actor R Madhavan, has proven immense development. He has bettered his private highest occasions in all 3 occasions he has participated in within the ongoing meet.
He had gained the silver medal within the 1500m freestyle match on Friday ahead of improving his 200m freestyle time to complete 12th total within the match.
Ace Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash completed 5th within the ‘A’ ultimate of the lads’s 100m butterfly with a timing of 54.24, whilst Tanish George Mathew crowned the ‘C’ ultimate via preventing the clock at 56.44.
The highest 8 swimmers within the heats qualify for the ‘A’ ultimate, the following 8 for the ‘B’ adopted via the ‘C’ ultimate.
The 28-year-old Prakash, who’s making ready for the Commonwealth Video games and Asian Video games, had gained a gold within the 200m butterfly, his puppy match, at the opening day.
Within the girls’s match, Shakthi Balakrishnan completed 34 out of 42 swimmers with a time of two:14.27 in 200m freestyle.
India now has a haul of 3 medals within the ongoing meet together with two golds and a silver.
