Nagoya

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Anyone following the Grand Sumo Tournament out of Nagoya now? Just past the halfway point and it looks like Hakuho's to win again.

 

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It also looks like Harumafuji may be heading for an early retirement.

 

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And it certainly looks like Kisenosato's dream of being promoted to Yokozuna will remain just a dream for the foreseeable future.

 

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Looks like Hakuho is running away with it again, but there's still a few rikishi who have not been mathematically eliminated.

 

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And Hakuho wins another title, putting him in 3rd place in the all-time winners list. He did lose two matches (one against the other Yokozuna Harumafuji - and it turns out he had been fighting a good portion of the tournament with a broken rib) stopping his undefeated streak at the mysterious number 43. This win puts him one tournament victory ahead of the record of former Yokozuna (and fellow Mongolian, and rival) Asashoryu.