James De Los Santos sets new personal best for 4th gold

James De Los Santos eclipsed his previous personal best for his fourth gold for the year. From his Facebook account

By Ivan Saldajeno

MANILA--James De Los Santos just set a new personal best in his e-kata career and won his fourth gold medal for the year in the Katana Intercontinental League #1.

De Los Santos, the world number one e-kata player right now, tallied a 26.64 in the final, beating world number two Matias Domont of Switzerland, which got 25.06.

"This is the highest I've ever scored in a virtual tournament," De Los Santos told Andrei Felix in an interview on CNN Philippines on Monday, where he first announced the result.

De Los Santos' previous e-kata personal best was a 26.1 last year right in the same tournament.

He first topped a three-man semifinal with a 24.72 against the 23.4 from American Alfredo Bustamante and a 22.16 from England's David Brierly.

This is his third gold in a span of five days having confirmed as well his golds from the Inner Strength International E-Tournament and the E-Karate World Series Edition 1 last week.

However, according to De Los Santos, the job is not yet done.

"There are a lot of tournaments this year. I've actually already plan to register on all of them especially that they will add points to the e-kata world rankings," he further said.

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