Ulaanbaatar
Nagoya Basho loses last of three yokozunas
Sports
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament will continue without a yokozuna (grand champion). On July 13, Yokozuna Kakuryu submitted a request to drop out of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament due to elbow injury, joining the other two grand champions.
Fellow yokozuna Hakuho also withdrew from the fourth day after injuring his right knee. The 72nd yokozuna Kisenosato decided before the tournament started not to compete, making this the record worst eighth straight tournament that he will not have completed as a grand champion.
This will be the first time since the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in 1999 that all three yokozunas have not been around for the end of a tournament.
Fellow yokozuna Hakuho also withdrew from the fourth day after injuring his right knee. The 72nd yokozuna Kisenosato decided before the tournament started not to compete, making this the record worst eighth straight tournament that he will not have completed as a grand champion.
This will be the first time since the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in 1999 that all three yokozunas have not been around for the end of a tournament.
B.Misheel
Related news
Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Social Policy Meets ADB Country Director for Mongolia
2 days
Non-Resident Ambassadors to Mongolia Present Letters of Credence to the President of Mongolia
5 days
