Sajan Prakash, Kerala’s prodigy in swimming started the Goa national games with glory creating a record and taking away the gold medal. Sajan Prakash set a Games record by finishing in 53.79 seconds in the men's 100m butterfly stroke. Sajan won the gold by beating Tamil Nadu's B. Rohit (55.00 seconds), who started promisingly but had to finish in third place.

Maharashtra's Mihir Ambre finished second in 54.32 seconds. Sajan also won silver for Kerala in the men's 200m freestyle on Sunday by finishing in 1 minute 51.10 seconds. On Sunday, M S Athira won silver in Pencak Silat fighting and M T Ann Maria won silver in women's weightlifting 87 kg. Apart from this, Kerala started the national games dismally, winning so far only 3 gold, 8 silver and 3 bronze medals.