BUENOS AIRES: India's Suraj Panwar clinched a silver in males's 5000m race walk tournament in the ongoing Youth Olympic Games to open the country's medal account in athletics.
Panwar received the level 2 pageant by way of clocking 20 mins and 35.87 seconds on Monday night but finished 2d total.
In a new layout, there are no finals in monitor and field (apart from 4km cross-country) in the Youth Olympics and each tournament is held two times, with results from each rounds counting against the final standings.
The 17-year-old Panwar had finished 2d in the first level in 20.23.30s, in the back of Patin Oscar of Ecuador.
Oscar, who finished 2d in Stage 2, received the gold with timings of 20:13.69s and 20:38.17s.
Panwar's total time of 40:59.17s was over seven mins slower than Oscar's 40:51.86s. Puerto Rico's Jan Moreu finished third to assert the bronze.
This is India's first athletics medal in this version and third total. Arjun (males's discus throw) and Durgesh Kumar (males's 400m hurdles) had received a silver each in the inaugural version in 2010.
"It's a great feeling. I am very happy to have won a medal. I had put in a lot of hard work for the Games. It is my first medal for India," Panwar said after winning the silver medal.
"My next target is to better my performance here and win a medal in the senior level also," he added.
Panwar received the level 2 pageant by way of clocking 20 mins and 35.87 seconds on Monday night but finished 2d total.
In a new layout, there are no finals in monitor and field (apart from 4km cross-country) in the Youth Olympics and each tournament is held two times, with results from each rounds counting against the final standings.
The 17-year-old Panwar had finished 2d in the first level in 20.23.30s, in the back of Patin Oscar of Ecuador.
Oscar, who finished 2d in Stage 2, received the gold with timings of 20:13.69s and 20:38.17s.
Panwar's total time of 40:59.17s was over seven mins slower than Oscar's 40:51.86s. Puerto Rico's Jan Moreu finished third to assert the bronze.
This is India's first athletics medal in this version and third total. Arjun (males's discus throw) and Durgesh Kumar (males's 400m hurdles) had received a silver each in the inaugural version in 2010.
"It's a great feeling. I am very happy to have won a medal. I had put in a lot of hard work for the Games. It is my first medal for India," Panwar said after winning the silver medal.
"My next target is to better my performance here and win a medal in the senior level also," he added.
Youth Olympics: Suraj Panwar wins silver in 5000m race walk
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