INITIALLY, for James de los Santos, the gold dangling on his neck that turned into silver 12 hours later at the Adidas Karate World Open Series 2 E-Tournament last Wednesday was something fishy and shocking.

After de los Santos was awarded the gold in the men’s senior kata (form) event, Eduardo Garcia of Portugal was announced as the true winner when one of the judges admitted to making a “mistake.” While de los Santos’ score was reportedly 24.7 points, Garcia’s was 25.1.

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