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Call the winner!

This duel ended with a disappointing call of the wrong winner. Chiyotaikai's (OzW) hand can clearly be seen touching the dohyo with Ama (KomE) still in the air. Ama was cheated of this win.
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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