Mongolian iron man Tamawashi hands front-runner Asanoyama his first loss of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, creating a four-man logjam atop the leaderboard at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Mongolian ironman Tamawashi became the oldest wrestler in 40 years to regain promotion to sumo s upper ranks, after the 37-year-old was listed as a komusubi on Oct. 31 in the Japan Sumo Association s rankings ahead of the Nov. 13-27 Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.