<p class="title rtejustify">India's Suraj Panwar clinched a silver in men's 5000m race walk event in the ongoing Youth Olympic Games to open the country's medal account in athletics here.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Panwar won the stage 2 competition by clocking 20 minutes and 35.87 seconds on Monday night but finished second overall.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In a new format, there are no finals in track and field (with the exception of 4km cross-country) in the Youth Olympics and each event is held twice, with results from both rounds counting towards the final standings.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The 17-year-old Panwar had finished second in the first stage in 20.23.30s, behind Patin Oscar of Equador.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Oscar, who finished second in Stage 2, won the gold with timings of 20:13.69s and 20:38.17s.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Panwar's total time of 40:59.17s was over seven minutes slower than Oscar's 40:51.86s. Puerto Rico's Jan Moreu finished third to claim the bronze.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">This is India's first athletics medal in this edition and third overall. Arjun (men's discus throw) and Durgesh Kumar (men's 400m hurdles) had won a silver each in the inaugural edition in 2010.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"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.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"My next target is to better my performance here and win a medal in the senior level also," he added.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">India's Suraj Panwar clinched a silver in men's 5000m race walk event in the ongoing Youth Olympic Games to open the country's medal account in athletics here.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Panwar won the stage 2 competition by clocking 20 minutes and 35.87 seconds on Monday night but finished second overall.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In a new format, there are no finals in track and field (with the exception of 4km cross-country) in the Youth Olympics and each event is held twice, with results from both rounds counting towards the final standings.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The 17-year-old Panwar had finished second in the first stage in 20.23.30s, behind Patin Oscar of Equador.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Oscar, who finished second in Stage 2, won the gold with timings of 20:13.69s and 20:38.17s.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Panwar's total time of 40:59.17s was over seven minutes slower than Oscar's 40:51.86s. Puerto Rico's Jan Moreu finished third to claim the bronze.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">This is India's first athletics medal in this edition and third overall. Arjun (men's discus throw) and Durgesh Kumar (men's 400m hurdles) had won a silver each in the inaugural edition in 2010.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"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.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"My next target is to better my performance here and win a medal in the senior level also," he added.</p>