Takamisakari (MW8) limps out of the dohyo (and later the tournament)

Unfortunately this was the last sign of "Robocop" at Kyushu basho as he limped out after a bad landing. He made the first casualty of the makuuchi division. At any given basho, there is always a handful of rikishi who fail to complete the fifteen days of the tournament, and no pardon is given. Their rankings will suffer as a result and some may even be stripped of rank or placed in a lower division.

Kyushu Basho - Day 4

November 14th 2007
For those of you who don't like sumo; tough luck - we're turning up the temperature a couple of degrees today, so you might as well stop reading and hit the next journal link a few times... I started out a little bit earlier this morning (which translates to approximately 1 pm...) with the intent of having a "chance encounter" with some rikishi on the way to the arena. I had noticed a few lower ra ... read more

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