World No. 1 James De los Santos has remained perfect in the E-Karate World Series tournament.
This after the Filipino online karate sensation bagged his fifth gold medal in the said meet – his first for the year – as he downed Domont Matias Moreno 25.6-24.4 in the final round.
The 30-year-old De los Santos, a former member of the national team, now has a total of three gold medals for 2021.
“It’s a great feeling to win my third consecutive gold. This motivates me more to train harder and who knows, even beat my 2020 record,” said De los Santos in a message to
Published February 11, 2021, 4:02 PM
James De los Santos and Fatima A-Isha Lim Hamsain captured gold medals in their respective categories as results in the 1st Inner Strength Martial Arts International eTournament were posted Thursday.
De los Santos, the world No. 1 e-kata player, won in the male senior’s division following a 25.4-24.6 win against Nejc Sternisa of Slovenia in the final round of the event sanctioned by the Word Karate Federation.
It was the second gold medal for De los Santos after he dominated the prestigious SportData eTournament World Series 1 late last month when he beat No. 4 Silvio Cerone-Biogioni of South Africa.