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Asashoryu heads to Mongolia on month-long break to recover from injury

After pulling out of the autumn tournament in Tokyo due to injury, Yokozuna Asashoryu returned to Mongolia on Tuesday to recover.

The 28-year-old sumo champion has announced that he is devoting his efforts to recuperating, and will not be appearing in an autumn tour, and possibly November’s tournament in Kyushu.

Asashoryu asked the Japan Sumo Association for a four-week break after doctors diagnosed him with a ligament injury on the inside of his left elbow. (more…)

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Asashoryu off to strong start at fall sumo

TOKYO: Grand champion Asashoryu of Mongolia defeated Estonian wrestler Baruto on Sunday, the opening day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

Asashoryu came in low at the faceoff and got a grip of Baruto’s belt before hauling the komusubi down at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Asashoryu is gunning for his 23rd Emperor’s Cup. He missed July’s Nagoya meet with injuries and will be looking to bounce back with a strong showing in this tournament. (more…)

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Hakuho named east yokozuna for first time in 3 sumo tournaments

The Japan Sumo Association on Monday announced the rankings list for this month’s Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, placing Mongolian grappler Hakuho in the prominent east yokozuna position.

Hakuho, who had 15 straight victories in the previous tournament in Nagoya, takes up the position for the first time in three tournaments. Asashoryu, who retired partway through the last tournament but emerged to win the recent grand sumo tour in Mongolia, has been named west yokozuna for the September tourney.

The position of east maegashira No. 8, which would have been filled by Wakanoho, will be left empty following the wrestler’s arrest on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law, and his subsequent sacking. (more…)

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Sumo wrestlers arrive in Ulan Bator for 1st tour of Mongolia

www.japantoday.com writes that,

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The first batch of delegates from Japan’s professional sumo headed by grand champion Asashoryu arrived in Mongolia on Monday for their first tour of the country. The wrestlers were greeted by hand-clapping fans and city officials at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in suburban Ulan Bator as they started a tour that includes mini tournaments scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.

‘‘It made me happy and I appreciate it,’’ Asashoryu, making his homecoming, said of a welcome ceremony held at the airport. ‘‘I’m sure I’ll get nervous when I perform dohyo-iri (ring-entering ritual), and hopefully I want people here to watch not only sumo bouts but many other things (related to sumo culture),’’ he said.

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Mongolia’s aspiring sumo kids

Mongolia’s young sumo wrestlers compete at the ‘Future Championships’ in the country’s capital of Ulan Bator.

It’s a sport usually associated with Japan, but now it’s Mongolia’s youngsters that are taking an interest. More than 900 children turned up at the “Future Championships” sumo contest. Contestants took to the ring at the 12-day long event with the support of their families cheering them on. Later this month the Japanese Sumo Association is organising its first training tour in Mongolia where some 120 wrestlers from Japan are expected to show off their skills.

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Sumo’s next overseas mission is to be a two-day tournament at the end of August in Mongolia’s capital Ulan Bator

Japan Times writes that,

By MARK SCHREIBER

Since 1907, when yokozuna (grand champion) Hitachiyama visited the United States on the first sumo tour abroad, generations of the Japan’s giant grapplers have reveled in their roles as roving goodwill ambassadors.

Sumo’s next overseas mission is to be a two-day tournament at the end of August in Mongolia’s capital Ulan Bator.

When Shukan Post (May 23) first broke this story, it was clear the Mongolian hosts had yet to achieve consensus on were the bouts were going to be held. Now, with the event less than four weeks away, Shukan Post (Aug. 8 ) reiterates its earlier premise that the real battle is shaping up outside the straw ring, and it’s pitting the vested interests of two Mongolian nationals against one another — with the Japan Sumo Association caught in the middle.

One, 35-year-old Davaagiin Batbayar, competed under the name Kyokushuzan before his retirement in November 2006. While Kyokushuzan never rose above komusubi (the fourth-highest ranking), he was the first from his country to break into sumo’s makunouchi top division. (more…)

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Hakuho basks in sumo glory ahead of homecoming journey

AFP reports that,

TOKYO (AFP) — Mongolian grand champion Hakuho said Monday he would return home with confidence to show sumo to his country after proving himself to be at the top of the Japanese national sport.

Hakuho, who swept the 15-day summer tournament that closed Sunday with a perfect record, will join other wrestlers in sumo’s first-ever exhibition trip to Mongolia scheduled for late August.

“I can go home in the best way possible. I want to go home proud of myself,” he told reporters.

“I am more confident. I want to do my best so that I can win the next tournament as well,” he said. (more…)

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