Re: Fastest rises (was RE: Takanohana and humility

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In a message dated 2/3/98 1:08:19 PM, rlwebb@puc.edu wrote:

>Any talk of fastest rise must include Musashimaru (who, of course, is my
>favorite rikishi).  Musashimaru was the quickest from Shin-Juryo to Ozeki I
>believe, and would have pressed Konishiki's record for fastest rise from
>Maezumo to Maegashira (and Ozeki) if not for his injury in the first basho
>when he was gunning for Juryo promotion (which, by-the-way, is the only
>make-koshi in his career--he must have the record for most consecutive
>kachi-koshi in Makuuchi by now!).  
>
>Can you guess that I'm a fan of Musashimaru? ;-)

Actually, you gave it away in line 1...