Jungyo news: Asashoryu (with pix)

[Achim Pawelczyk <sumo@achimp.de>]

Asashoryu couldn't step onto the doyho on day 3 of the winter jungyo
because of pain in his right knee. He has an old injury on this knee from
the Kyushu basho two years ago. He just did training with 25 kg weights in
each hand.

The Nikkan sports headline nevertheless is "Aiming to become the first
mongolian ozeki". 

The Hochi sports tells about him planning to go to New Japan pro-wrestling
for "degeiko" training.
His older brother is an athlete there.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/sports/dec/o20011204_30.htm
(in New Japan pro-wrestling training wear)

Kotomitsuki and Wakanosato each day are doing sanban-geiko training
together, on the sub-dohyo Tochiazuma did 13 training bouts with Tochinonada.


Kitazakura returned to Tokyo for treatment of pain in his right knee, one
more kyujo.


Akinomaki

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