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He got clearly robbed ! Shodais back of the foot touched the ground while Hoshoryu was still on the bales…

Is it march or why is Aoiyama doing so well ?

I think Raja Pradhan would agree ;)

Thanks a lot, for that great explanation !

Who was his grandfather again, i somehow can‘t remember right now ?

Yeah, absolutely, me too. I even think quality wise 2019 was way worse than now.. It only shows how close the joi and sanyaku are and how far above the yokozuna is these days.. (besides maybe this tournament )

2 Kadoban Ozeki, 1 Sekiwake and both Komosubi MK, this is the worst sanyaku since i‘m into sumo, iirc

Mitakeumi leads their head to head 7-2 (including a fusen win), but the last time they met was nagoya 2020, so it will be interesting to see if the „new“ abi can handle him.. http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query_bout.aspx?show_form=0&shikona1=mitakeumi&shikona2=abi

That‘s a very interesting possibility ! But after today and given it‘s Hatsu, anything is possible

Meisei ?! Ok now the yusho race became very interesting !

Imo, after the loss today Mitakeumi needs to get a 12-3 JY at least to get promoted. So he can really only afford loosing a bout to Terunofuji…

Wow, what a perfect uwatenage by Endo !

also Takakeisho pulling out, will probably help for this decision..

This day was indeed excellent and very entertaining ! Cool to see Chiyomaru and Onosho on fire and sad to see Tochi loosing 3 straight after winning his opening bout. Also what‘s up with Chiyonokuni, 0-4 ?! Terunofujis finishing move was just hilarious But i didn‘t understand why they called a torinaoshi on Mitakeumi vs Meisei ! 1. Meiseis left leg was under the dohyo line. 2. Even after that his right foot touched down while Mitakeumi was still clearly in the air.. Talking Mitakeumi, his bout yesterday was probably his strongest yotsu bout till now, at least for me a sign that he really improved his sumo !

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