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Mike
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Hatsu Post-basho Report
Jan. 30, 2011
- The Hatsu basho was a strange one indeed, and Hakuho's three losses
over four days in the middle of week 2 was so unconventional that it
actually became the hotter issue than Baruto's first career yusho in my
view. And deservedly so. I've witnessed the emergence of three
dai-Yokozuna the past 20 years in Takanohana, Asashoryu, and now Hakuho,
and never once has any of them allowed a yusho by day 13 from a non
Yokozuna. Add that to the fact that Baruto was just good and not great
at the Hatsu basho sealing the deal without a single signature win, and
so of course I'm going to...
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Kisenosato
promoted to Ozeki capping another rough year for sumo
Sumo
capped another tumultuous year with an attempt to put a positive spin on
the sport by promoting Kisenosato to the Ozeki ranks, the second
Japanese rikishi in as many tournaments to receive the prestigious
promotion. After a devastating bout-fixing scandal early in the year
that caused the Sumo Association to cancel a tournament outright and
strip a subsequent tournament of its hon-basho status, the sport was in
danger of losing even more fan support when Ozeki Kaio retired resulting
in no Japanese rikishi occupying sumo's top two ranks. Kotoshogiku was
promoted to Ozeki after the September tournament with numbers that had
been insufficient for others the past decade, and Kisenosato was
promoted in November after failing to even reach the unwritten rule of
33 wins over three tournaments. With order somewhat restored to the
banzuke, the next hurdle for Japan is having one of their own win a
tournament, a feat that hasn't happened since January 2006.