Karateka James De Los Santos bags silver in virtual tourney

Karateka James De Los Santos did not let the lockdown stop him from bringing glory to the Philippines.

De Los Santos, a bronze medalist in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, bagged silver in the e-Kata individual male seniors category of the SportData e-Tournament World Series - Kata #2 on Saturday.

Delos Santos defeated Ireland, Poland, Hungary and Finland en route to the finals against Portugal.

He claimed silver after falling short against Portugal’s Eduardo Garcia in the final round, 24.2-24.5.

With the win, he is now ranked no. 6 in the e-Tournament World Series Ranking and actual World Ranking.

“It was a close fight, and ended up settling for silver. But I’m still very happy with the result, since it gives me more reasons to continue training amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as this being my first time competing in a virtual world competition,” he said in a Facebook post.

The virtual tournament ran from May 12 to 23. — Ma. Angelica Garcia/LA, GMA News