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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1778491575739Zian Sing.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Filipino karateka Zian Alexander Sing. Handout" width="960"/>Filipino karateka Zian Alexander Sing. Handout</div>MANILA — Promising local karatekas Sebastian Neil Mañalac, Zian Alexander Sing, and Aeleyah Magrata will spearhead the hometown hopes in the Karate One Youth League presented by the Philippine Sports Commission, which kicks off on Thursday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.Given his international experience and track record, 17-year-old Mañalac looms as the brightest Filipino prospect in the four-day competition organized by the Karate ng Pilipinas Sports Federation, Inc. and sanctioned by the World Karate Federation.The junior kumite (sparring) exponent has dominated his age-group division at the National Championships for the last five years and has also been a consistent Batang Pinoy National Games gold medalist.Mañalac bagged a gold and a bronze medal in the 22nd Asian Cadet, Junior and Under-21 Karate Championships held at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City in 2024, earning him the No. 8 spot in the WKF world rankings for his age-group category.He likewise secured a gold and a bronze medal in the 1st Asian Karate Federation Youth Tournament and Training Camp staged in Wuhan, China two years ago.In his last overseas stint, the Lourdes School of Mandaluyong high school graduate won two matches in the junior kumite men’s -68-kilogram class at the Karate One Youth League leg held last February in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.Also a solid Pinoy prospect in the competition backed by the SM Group of Companies, Lanson Place, and the Philippine Olympic Committee is Sing, 17, who ruled the junior men’s 61kg class of the 4th Shureido International Karate Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia last year.The karateka likewise dominated his weight class in the 6th Manuel Veguillas Philippine International Open Karate Championship in 2025 and at the recent National Championships held in Tagaytay City.Last but not least is the versatile Magrata, who is equally at home in kumite and kata (forms), and will be vying in the juniors women’s -66kg kumite division of the tournament, which is also backed by Milo, Senators Pia Cayetano and Christopher “Bong” Go, and Citadines Place Manila.Magrata topped the juniors female intermediate kata division and settled for silver in the cadets female +61kg kumite division in the 2025 Batang Pinoy National Games held in General Santos City.Magrata was likewise the Karate Pilipinas grand winner in the juniors female kumite -66kg category last year.“All three young karatekas have been training very hard and I wouldn’t be surprised if they figure prominently in the battle for gold in their respective age-group categories,” karate chief Ricky Lim noted.“There may be others, but for now, Mañalac, Sing, and Magrata are our brightest hopes for the Karate One Youth League Manila leg,” he said.

Promising local karatekas Sebastian Neil Mañalac, Zian Alexander Sing, and Aeleyah Magrata will spearhead the hometown hopes in the Karate One Youth League presented by the Philippine Sports Commission, which kicks off on Thursday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

Promising local karatekas Sebastian Neil Mañalac, Zian Alexander Sing, and Aeleyah Magrata will spearhead the hometown hopes in the Karate One Youth League presented by the Philippine Sports Commission, which kicks off on Thursday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

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