[sumo] (SPOILER) Withdrawals

[Jeanne Hedge]

At 05:39 AM 1/12/08, Jack Gartin wrote:
 >The following article contains spoiler info about several withdrawals.
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 >3 wrestlers who beat younger grappler to skip another tournament
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 >Three sumo wrestlers who allegedly assaulted a junior wrestler during a
 >training session last year will refrain from participating in the January
 >Grand Sumo Tournament, which will start on Sunday.
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 >It is the second time that the three wrestlers, who belong to the
 >Tokitsukaze stable, have withdrawn from a tournament after they were absent
 >from the November Grand Sumo Tournament last year.
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from Kintamayama:

The three implicated rikishi will be kyujo again. A fourth has 
retired. No names given, just that one is from Makushita and two from 
Jonidan. The Jonidan guys are probably Dotou and Tokioumaru, while 
the Makushita guy could be Akiyutaka. They intended to participate 
and did keiko all this time but upon further discussion with the 
Oyakata, they decided to go kyujo. "We don't want to be a bother to 
the other rikishi and the Kyokai", they said. As for the intai guy, 
I'll bet it's Tokinoumi.



Kintamayama later confirmed the above information.  Akiyutaka is the 
former Tokitairyuu, who was apparently seen as an up-and-comer.

Regards,
Jeanne Hedge