Taking to Instagram, 'an overwhelmed and humbled' father shared a video of Vedaant being announced as the winner of the 800m men's freestyle swimming event, where he clocked at 8:17:28.
Actor R Madhavan's son, Vedaant, has done India proud once against after clinching a gold medal at the Danish Open 2022 in Copenhagen. Taking to Instagram, 'an overwhelmed and humbled' father shared a video of Vedaant being announced as the winner of the 800m men's freestyle swimming event, where he clocked at 8:17:28. Vedaant had earlier won a silver medal in another category at the same meet days ago.
"๐ ๐ ๐ GOLDโฆ.๐บ๐บ๐ ๐ With all your blessings and God's greatest the winning street continues.โค๏ธโค๏ธ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณToday it's a GOLD IN 800m for @vedaantmadhavan. Overwhelmed and humbled. Thank you Coach @bacpradeep sir @swimmingfederation.in @ansadxb and the entire team. ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ," wrote R Madhavan.
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The 3 Idiots star had earlier shared a clip of Vedaant winning a silver medal. In the post, he wrote, "@vedaantmadhavan wins Silver for India at the Danish Open in Copenhagen. Thank you so much Pradeep sir, #swimmingfederationofindia and #ansadxb for all your efforts. We are so proud.โค๏ธโค๏ธ๐๐"
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Following this achievement, several Bollywood stars and fans hailed Vedaant's achievement. Several celebrities, including Shilpa Shetty, Esha Gupta, Esha Doel and others, praised the actor and his son.ย
On Instagram, Shilpa Shirodkar said, "Absolutely amazing Maddy a proud moment for all of usโค๏ธ. Congratulations my dear @vedaantmadhavan sending u loads of love and blessings my dearโฆ"
Actor Sidharth Malhotra took to Twitter and wrote, "Many many congratulations maddy ๐ค๐ค", while BCCI VP Rajeev Shukla said, "Congratulations to ย @ActorMadhavan for superb performance by his son vedant in prestigious international swimming competition. Worthy son of a worthy father. Keep it up vedant."
Here's a look at some other reactions by actors and other celebrities from different walks of life on the micro-blogging site:
Many many congratulations maddy ๐ค๐ค
โ siddharth malhotra (@sidpmalhotra)Congratulations to for superb performance by his son vedant in prestigious international swimming competition. Worthy son of a worthy father. Keep it up vedant
โ Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv)Kudos to the champion ๐๐ป
Your achievement is an inspiration to all !!
Congratulations to the proud father, Maddy sir ๐โค๏ธ pic.twitter.com/EVW5dV9yUe
Congratulations proud dad!
โ Sharmila Nicollet (@MissNicollet)CONGRATULATIONS Youโve done India proud! Big hug to superdad More power to you, Vedaant and Maddy!
โ Vikram Malhotra (@vikramix)Congratulations to the champ !! So proud ๐ฎ๐ณ https://t.co/PJvyOYfRte
โ Huma S Qureshi (@humasqureshi)Congrats champ ๐ฅ๐ makes every Indian proud ๐๐๐๐ Big hug ๐ค๐คto pic.twitter.com/x59sYqY2fS
โ sridevi sreedhar (@sridevisreedhar)We used to adore and admire you as a person, now winning our heart with such dedication and passion. Wow.. A great example of Hardwork,Values and character to be followed by everyone.. เคฎเคนเคพเคฆเฅเคต เคเคพเคฐเฅเคฃเฅเคฏเคฎ เฅ https://t.co/VLEPySdTtP
โ Kailash Kher (@Kailashkher)Can imagine u as proud father proud indian ๐ฎ๐ณbig congratulations to ur son and u as father ๐ช https://t.co/dV6jCxTISM
โ Ravi Kishan (@ravikishann)So proud โค๏ธGod bless him. More power to himโค๏ธ https://t.co/RB5M94W7mg
โ Bipasha Basu (@bipsluvurself)wow congratulations to the proud father ... your son makes the country proud. ๐๐๐ https://t.co/gAgthd0Jz1
โ iamOnir (@IamOnir)Wow!!! ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
โ Abhishek ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐ง (@juniorbachchan)Congrats to the deservedly proud parents ๐๐ป๐๐ป
โ Parvin Dabas (@parvindabas)This is not the first time Vedaant is doing his father Madhavan proud. In 2021, he bagged seven medals at the junior national aquatic championships held in Bengaluru in 2021.ย
Representing Maharashtra, Vedaant won silver medals in 800 m freestyle swimming, 1500 freestyle swimming, 4ร100 freestyle relay and 4ร200 freestyle relay events. He won bronze medals in 100 m freestyle swimming, 200 m freestyle swimming and 400m freestyle swimming events.