[sumo] Any french prize for Asashoryu in Nagoya ?

[Thierry Perran]

Hi list !

For those who had the great priviledge to watch the complete yusho 
awards ceremony, did you notice the return of the french price ?

You can check a complete explanantion of the yusho awards ceremony in 
the great site made by Atsuo Tsubota:
http://www.ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsubota/kansen/040515hy.html (in 
japanese only !)
(close-up on the french prize: 
http://www.ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsubota/kansen/img/040555.jpg )

As I told you a few moths ago, our new president in France cancelled the 
french price, which was actually named "the price of Jacques Chirac, the 
president of the french republic" (??? ???????????). As Nicolas Sarkozy 
and Jacques Chirac were not exactly the best friends, this prize named 
after Chirac was clearly about to be dead.

However, some said that the official name was about to change, and thus 
the price would be back in the business. So, was it the case on sunday ?

Greetings from Paris,
Thierry