Durham area artistic swimmer making waves internationally

12 year-old Veda Nandakumar chasing Olympic dreams in the swimming pool. Antoine Saito 2025

Posted April 21, 2025 7:57 pm.

12 year-old Veda Nandakumar has big dreams of one day reaching the podium at the Olympics in artistic swimming. She was a part of the Team Ontario team that won at youth national competition and won a medal at the youth Pan-Am meet in Peru.

Veda Nanadkumar – Artistic Swimming

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