Delos Santos on tempo to breaking 2020 gold haul

James delos Santos is prone to surpass his gold medal output final yr as he continues his reign because the top-rated karateka on this planet.

With 15 occasions left, Delos Santos is aiming to win a minimum of another gold in any of these occasions and perhaps beat final yr’s haul earlier than he thinks of going face-to-face with an opponent once more.

Already the world No. 1 in males’s open, the 31-year-old Delos Santos on Tuesday added to his assortment the 2021 Katana Intercontinental League #2 title—his thirty fifth for this yr.

“I’d like to compete face-to-face once more,” stated Delos Santos, a bronze medalist within the Southeast Asian Video games. “However proper now, I’m not targeted on that but.”

“I’m nonetheless another gold away from tying with my report final yr,” he stated. “I feel there are nonetheless lower than 15 tournaments left for this yr. I plan to compete in all of them.”

Delos Santos has established himself because the nation’s gold medal machine within the time of pandemic. He even garnered a quotation from the Philippine Sportswriters Affiliation for his uncommon feat.

“Proper now, I’m nonetheless specializing in coaching and competing within the digital tournaments,” he stated. “I nonetheless stream in Kumu. I don’t wish to simply revolve my life round one exercise. It’s good to be various. However let’s see the way it goes.”

Earlier than Tuesday’s win, Delos Santos scored back-to-back triumphs within the Katana Intercontinental League #1 and the E-Karate World Collection. He felt he might have bettered his 2020 exhibiting already had he not misplaced a number of tournaments.

“I’ll admit that I didn’t make an ideal streak this yr. There have been some tournaments I missed out on and losses as properly,” he wrote on his Fb web page.

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