Yokozuna Hakuho on the first day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan on March 14 (Tsubasa Setoguchi)
Yokozuna Hakuho pulled out of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on March 16 with a serious knee injury that will require surgery, after winning his first two bouts.
Stablemaster Miyagino reported that Hakuho s doctor said the wrestler requires surgery on the joint in his injured right knee, a procedure that will be done during the tournament. Hakuho will require about two months of rehabilitation after the operation.
“If Hakuho continued fighting in this condition, he could no longer do sumo,” Miyagino quoted the doctor as saying.
ozeki Asanoyama took his first loss after being outmaneuvered by
komusubi Takayasu.
After a tough battle with komusubi Daieisho to start the 15-day meet at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan, Hakuho cruised through the final bout of Day 2 against No. 1
maegashira Takarafuji.
The rank-and-filer tried to take the fight to Hakuho, but after the pair locked up, the all-time championship record-holder sent Takarafuji (0-2) tumbling with an arm-lock throw.
With fellow Mongolian-born grappler Kakuryu once again out hurt, the 36-year-old Hakuho is fighting as the sole yokozuna as he tries to overcome his own extended run of absences caused by health concerns, including a positive coronavirus test that sidelined him in January.
In his first bout since July, the 44-time tournament champion recorded a close victory over komusubi Daieisho as the annual March meet kicked off at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Japan s sumo superstar Hakuho tests positive for Covid-19
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Tokyo, Jan 6 : Sumo grand champion Yokozuna Hakuho has become the latest Japanese star sportsman to test positive for coronavirus, the Japanese Sumo Association (JSA) has said.
The JSA said that the 35-year-old sumo superstar felt something wrong with his sense of smell and got tested in a hospital on Monday. The PCR test result proved positive Tuesday morning, reports Xinhua news agency.
JSA communications director Shiba Tayama told the Kyodo news agency that the Mongolian-born Hakuho will be unlikely to compete at the upcoming New Year Grand Sumo tournament to start on Sunday at Tokyo s Ryogoku Kokugikan.