[Sumo] [spoiler - but, hey, it was 3 days ago!] Ama v. Toyonoshima, Day 15

[Harold Friesner]

You're not the only one. My slo-mo shows Toyo's foot
down first. Had to be dead-man decision, or just
anti-Ama.  Seems he seldom gets the break. 

Yoharry
--- Charles Finberg <cfinberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have watched the Ama-Toyonoshima bout repeatedly,
> in extremely slow
> motion.  (Okay, other people prefer to watch
> "Lost.")
> 
> Did anyone else think that Toyonoshima was out
> first?  Not even mentioned on
> the broadcast.  And of course no mono-ii.  It's not
> as though Ama was the
> sole 'dead man.'  They were both on their way out. 
> If not a reversal, I
> would at least have done it over.  Maybe, at that
> late stage of the basho,
> no one cared.  And, it did secure a special prize
> for Toyonoshima.  But, the
> difference between 9 wins and 10 for Ama is
> important if he's going to have
> any hope of ozeki promotion.
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