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Terunofuji, a new champion to confirm mongolian athletes supremacy in the japanese national sport elite

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 10 months ago

Sekiwake Haruo Te-runofuji only needed 25 tournaments from his debut to nab his first Emperor's Cup, making him the third fastest to win the event after Takahanada and Asashoryu. The new champion's speedy rise has ensured his promotion to ozeki, the second-highest ranking in the world of sumo.

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0 | #11090 by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 11 months ago

for some reason the image has disappeared from the news and I can't seem to fix it right now. However thanks for the submission, @mts! I haven't heard about Terunofuji Haruo before and it is very curious to know about yet another great fighter from Mongolia. They must have something in the food there that so many athletes come from there.


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