LUCKNOW, May 14 -- Athletes from Uttar Pradesh continued to hg the limelight at the Khelo India Youth Games in Bihar even on Tuesday as its weightlifters won two gold medals at the Rajgir Sports Complex. Tushar Chaudhary's performance was the highlight of the day as he broke both the clean and jerk and total lift records held by Goldi Khan of Himachal Pradesh set at Indian Weightlifting Federation's National Championships in Nagercoil in January 2023. Uttar Pradesh men also excelled on Tuesday, finishing runners-up in the hockey, losing to Haryana by a solitary goal in the final late on Tuesday. With stiff competition from Tamil Nadu's R Kishore, Tushar was unperturbed and produced a superlative performance to put his rival in shade and claim the gold, lifting 126kg in snatch and 163 in clean and jerk, a 10kg improvement in the discipline, and 7kg more than Khan's overall total. "I had only one thing in mind and that was to create a new record. I have been training well at a private academy in my hometown Bijnor. Hopefully, this record will attract talent scouts and I will get the chance to be inducted in either Khelo India Centre or a National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) as my father is a farmer and this will help someone like me in both training and injury recovery," Tushar said after his win. Kishore had to settle for silver despite improving the snatch record twice with 130kg and 135kg and the overall lift record once with a total of 288kg. Assam's Chanakya Bora lifted 258kg for bronze. Earlier, Keerti Yadav made a terrific comeback from a one-year injury layoff to clinch first gold for Uttar Pradesh in youth girls 76kg class. She lifted a total of 183kg, 81kg in snatch and 102kg in clean and jerk, to lift the gold medal in 76kg class. Maharashtra's Grishma Yatin Thorat took the silver with an overall lift of 172kg and MA Hasina Shrin of Tamil Nadu clinched the bronze with 165kg. Keerti sustained an ACL plus meniscus tear in her knee during training last year after participating in her first National Championships in Nagercoil. Thereafter, she underwent knee surgery with clear instructions from her doctor not to train for the next 10-12 months for better recovery. Fearing aggravation of the injury, she only competed in School Nationals earlier this year where she won gold in the same category. She was not sure of competing in Khelo India Youth Games as she also had her Class XII Board exams....