Sadanoumi Wins Day 1 With a Visibly Bruised, Swollen Face and Says Nothing About the Injury
Nikkan Sports reports that juryo #11 Sadanoumi, 39 (Kise), pushed down juryo #11 Tomokaze, 31 (Nakamura), by oshitaoshi on Day 1. The writer says he looked different: skin from below his right ear down to the neck was dark, and his cheek and jaw were swollen. Asked about it, he replied, 'Is something wrong?' and said it was nothing serious.
A stable source said that about seven to ten days earlier, he was hurt while training with a makushita wrestler, and the next day the swelling was large; stable members described it as looking like mumps. Nikkan notes that he did not mention any pain and left the venue without discussing it.