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Kneading other stories into a forum thread? Impossible! BTW, someone change the thread's title to Kintanayama eating story thread .... puuuuulease.

This just in. Kintamayama was just injured while eating a large quantity of unhealthy food with Hakuho. They were trying to see who can eat more in 5 minutes. Kintamayama's stomach gave out in 4 minutes and 32 seconds when he couldn't stomach the thought of losing to a goat. Doctors are tending to his stomach and Kintamaya is expected to return. Hak was seen hobbling away from the scene with a grin and several large bags of hamburgers.

Spoken like a Japanese. Will see what kind of shape he comes back when he does. He is getting on years so a prolonged injury like this can set him back, even lead to intai. Will see. Will see.

Good enough for moi! Now, say you fixed the world hunger, population explosion, and environmental issues.

Ha, ha. Hak is not my favorite rikishi at all so I am excited for others to step up in his absence. Perhaps, someone like Go, Kak, Mita, or Takayasu?

I looked like that when I retired 3 years ago, less 10 million yen (or truck loads of peanuts).

He and Hattorizakura will get along fine. They can even start their own communal cult revolving around sumo (or, is that called heya?).

Wow, that's amazing although topping out at sd18 years ago dampens the record a bit. At 48 years old, he can get seriously hurt. What keeps him going? A longer record?

... and I thought Osunarashi looked like he was in his late 30s when he was actually only 26. Hiromasa easily beats Osunarashi in "looking older than own age."

Not anymore since 2016. We didn't see a lot of pros in Rio b/c the rule change came way too late for different nations (and their pros) to adept to the new rule.

Ha ha. But if you think about it, sports org aren't necessarily run by smart, educated, and/or good people. Reading this thread reminds me of why I retired early from a big corporate job where characters like Taka and "Kyokai guys" were abound.

I guess his losing to Tomokaze was a part of reason why he was passed over. Or,, Tomokaze has friends in high places .

I see it differently. I see an over achieving Ozeki fighting off kadoban after kadoban, even getting an yusho and jun-yushos here and there. He is not a physical specimen compare to the current y/o bunch. And yet, he gave us a zensho yusho when a Japanese yusho was a rarity. If anything, he was unlucky to be in the era of Haruma, Hak, Kak, and Kise. Perhaps, in another time, he'd be worthy of everyone's Ozeki and even be a yokozuna.

Hence, we hang around this forum post ..... Saw a GOAT comeback and make a splash in grand style. Yeah, I am referring to Tiger Wood. It seems as he aged, he has gained a bit more appreciation for the fans, lost a bit of arrogance, .... If Hak wants to be universally liked, he can learn from Tiger. Just saying ....

It seems he made the best of his "luck" by never losing his Ozeki rank. Will take him over Terunofuji any day.