{"id":279721,"date":"2020-12-26T02:45:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T07:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=279721"},"modified":"2020-12-26T02:45:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T07:45:42","slug":"pinoy-karateka-ends-year-with-hat-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/26\/pinoy-karateka-ends-year-with-hat-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinoy karateka ends year with hat trick"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As his 2020 season comes to a close, he amassed a total of 36 golds, and pending the official count, he is set to end the year as the world’s top e-kata player. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Filipino karateka James de Los Santos grabbed three more golds as his e-kata campaign for 2020 came to a close.<\/p>\n

As announced on Friday, De Los Santos won the Super Final of the Katana Intercontinental League 5, the Golden League Karate eTournament 4, and the E-Karate Grand Winner tourney.<\/p>\n

De Los Santos first beat Nejc Sternisa of Slovenia, 25.38-24.18, for the Katana Intercontinental League gold.<\/p>\n

He qualified for the final after ruling a five-man semifinal group that included Alfredo Bustamante of the United States, Silvio Cerone-Biagoni of South Africa, Botond Nagy of Hungary, Amund Hillestad of Norway.<\/p>\n

He actually repeated over Bustamante, 25.3-24.1, in the final of the Golden League Karate eTournament 4.<\/p>\n

Prior to making the final, he got the better again of Hillestad, who got a first-round bye, in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

De Los Santos first defeated Elias Ekman of Sweden in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

He then beat Chrisley Philippart of Belgium, 25.4-23.4, to become the E-Karate Grand Winner.<\/p>\n

Taking a first-round farewell, he once again defeated Bustamante in the semifinals to set up the battle against Philippart.<\/p>\n

“A Merry Christmas indeed,” he said.<\/p>\n

As his 2020 season comes to a close, he amassed a total of 36 golds, and pending the official count, he is set to end the year as the world’s top e-kata player.<\/p>\n

“It has been a blast,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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