vedaant madhavan decided to follow his heart and took up swimming seriously and the 16yearold has been making headlines for his accomplishments in swimming winning several medals including at the junior national aquatic championships 2021 in october the young champ talks to us about his decision to take up swimming seriously his dream of winning a medal for the country in the olympic games how he looks up to his dad and more excerptswhat got you hooked to swimmingever since i was a kid i always loved being in the swimming pool playing with my friends and in school i decided to join the swim team thats when i got into competitive swimming one day there was a relay and my teammates were really fast and i just wanted to be on the same level as them so i took it up seriously now its been four years since i started taking it up competitivelyyour father actor r madhavan came from a nonfilm background yet he made it big in the industry was that the motivation for you also to carve a path for yourself in swimmingyes he does inspire me with his work ethics hes very dedicated to his work and that kind of runs in my blood as well i am very determined and completely passionate about swimming just like how my dad is passionate about acting so i think i picked that up from him hes absolutely an inspiration for me and i am looking forward to be as successful as him being an actors son therell obviously be a lot of attention on you is that a boon or bane how do you manage to stay focused on the sporti believe i am too young for attention i dont focus on that as much i basically keep myself as any other kid and stay focused on swimming my schedule is really busy with swimming so one hundred per cent of my mind goes to swimmingon your 16th birthday your father shared a post on social media wishing you and saying how his heart swelled with pride because of your achievements he also mentioned how much hes got to learn from you tell us about the bond that you both sharei look up to my dad a lot hes a really wise man ive become who i am because of him his words have helped me during tough times and helped me progress in swimming he also says that he wants to learn from me especially my determination its that kind of relationship where we both look up to each other do you want to take up swimming as your profession or pursue something else and keep swimming as a hobby that youre passionate aboutat the moment my dream is to win a medal for india at the olympics i am working towards that goal every day thats the only thing on my mind so whats next immediately in terms of major meets the next major meet