[sumo] [spoiler] rare event

[Juergen Hader]

Barbara wrote / schrieb:

> From the commentary from the English team - David Shapiro reportedly 
> confirmed my suspicion I wrote in a previous message here that this 
> is the first time that any Kadoban ozeki has defeated two yokozuna.

Not quite so it seems.

Daikirin went 2-1 against yokozuna in Kyushu 1973
Asashio went 3-0 against yokozuna in Hatsu 1984
Chiyotaikai went 2-1 against yokozuna in Nagoya 1999

Source:
<http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=15085&view=findpost&p=144273>
or
<http://tinyurl.com/5p9sba>
if the above link gets broken.

Bye,
Juergen

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