SEA Games: Karate produces 2 silvers, 2 bronzes for PH

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The Filipino karatekas suffered a pair of painful losses but are still off to a bright start here in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games at the KLCC Hall 1.</p><p>James delos Santos secured a bronze medal in the men&#x27;s individual kata.</p><p>&quot;This is my redemption from 2013,&quot; said delos Santos, who failed to win a medal four years ago in Myanmar.</p><p>Meanwhile, Junna Tsukii also took a bronze in the -50 kg weight division of the women&#x27;s kumite, after beating her Burmese foe in the repechage.</p><p>On a day when gold medals poured in for the Philippines, two karatekas attempted to add to the nation&#x27;s haul.</p><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Macaalay trailing 3-4 <a href="https://t.co/U1djJdDW5B">pic.twitter.com/U1djJdDW5B</a></p>— Camille B. Naredo (@camillenaredo) <a href="https://twitter.com/camillenaredo/status/899927310941306881">August 22, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>But Rexor Tacay and Jayson Macaalay suffered heartbreaking losses in their respective gold-medal matches.</p><p>Macaalay was matches up against a Malaysian foe in Senthil Al Silvarajao in the -60 kg division of the men&#x27;s kumite.</p><p>With the final tied at 3-3, Macaalay had an opportunity to silence the boisterous hometown crowd at Hall 1 after what appeared to be a clean hit to his opponent&#x27;s head.</p><p>But after a protest, Macaalay was not given the full three points. The Malaysian karateka went on to win, 5-3.</p><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Heartbreaking loss for Tacay, loses 5-6 after leading 5-3. <a href="https://t.co/RLiPJCwGcT">pic.twitter.com/RLiPJCwGcT</a></p>— Camille B. Naredo (@camillenaredo) <a href="https://twitter.com/camillenaredo/status/899933198179639297">August 22, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Meanwhile, Tacay was leading Thailand&#x27;s Supa Ngamphuengphit in the gold medal match of men&#x27;s kumite -67kg, 5-3, but failed to hold on.</p><p>The Thai went on to win, 6-5, against Tacay who impressed en route to the gold medal match with his aggressive style.</p><p>More Filipino karatekas will see action Wednesday at KLCC Hall 1.</p><p>(For more sports coverage, visit the <strong><a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website.</a></strong>)</p>

<p>The Filipino karatekas suffered a pair of painful losses but are still off to a bright start in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games at the KLCC Hall 1 here.</p>

The Filipino karatekas suffered a pair of painful losses but are still off to a bright start in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games at the KLCC Hall 1 here.

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SEA Games: Karate produces 2 silvers, 2 bronzes for PH

SEA Games: Karate produces 2 silvers, 2 bronzes for PH

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 22, 2017 06:54 PM PHT

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