Actor R Madhavan is a self-made and acclaimed superstar whose skills are par excellence. The actor who grew up in a small Indian town became a household name because he never stopped working hard.
Hence, when his son Vedaant Madhavan was born, people thought his son would continue his legacy. But, even though Vedaant choose a different career path, he learned to hustle and excel just like his parents.
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And today, he’s finally bearing the fruit of all the hard work he put into becoming an ace swimmer. The 17-year-old has already proved his mettle by winning several medals be it at the Danish Open 2022 or the Junior National Aquatic Championships.
Recently, he made his parents proud by winning 5 gold and 2 silver medals at Khelo India Youth Games 2022 organized in Madhya Pradesh.
Taking to Twitter, the overwhelmed father shared the good news with the world and congratulated his son for this amazing feat.
VERY grateful & humbled by the performances of @fernandes_apeksha ( 6 golds,1 silver,PB $ records)& @VedaantMadhavan (5golds &2 silver).Thank you @ansadxb & Pradeep sir for the unwavering efforts & @ChouhanShivraj & @ianuragthakur for the brilliant #KheloIndiaInMP. So proud pic.twitter.com/ZIz4XAeuwN
— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) February 12, 2023
He also lauded the performance of Vedaant’s competitor Apeksha Fernandes who won 6 golds and 1 silver medal at the event and lifted the trophy with him.
In the following tweet, he shared that Vedaant won gold in the 100m, 200m, and 1500m and silver in the 400m and 800m races.
With gods grace -Gold in 100m, 200m and 1500m and silver in 400m and 800m . 🙏🙏🙏👍👍 pic.twitter.com/DRAFqgZo9O
— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) February 12, 2023
Team Maharashtra also won 2 trophies in the entire Khelo India games.
CONGRATULATIONS team Maharashtra for the 2 trophy’s ..
1 for boys team Maharashtra in swimming & 2nd THE OVERALL Championship Trophy for Maharashtra in entire khelo games. pic.twitter.com/rn28piOAxY— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) February 12, 2023
People were impressed by Vedaant and congratulated him for the win.
Congratulations @VedaantMadhavan for your superb performance and congratulations #TeamMaharashtra for the top medal honours at #kheloindia.
Mubaarak to my dear friend @ActorMadhavan https://t.co/bI4Ti3VtnY— Jaaved Jaaferi (@jaavedjaaferi) February 12, 2023
Godbless and congratulations 👏❤️ https://t.co/kYsiaZ8ld8
— Suniel Shetty (@SunielVShetty) February 12, 2023
असली कमाई❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations my brother 👌 https://t.co/EDvTBz04YB— sonu sood (@SonuSood) February 12, 2023
Congratulations Champ !!!! So so proud of him…… https://t.co/m35ZrbERCX
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) February 12, 2023
He is such a gem. Way to go!