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Re: [General Sports]Re: The 100 Greatest

At 08:10 99.2.2 -0800, Masumi Abe wrote:
>Takanohana-I, or current Futagoyama Oyakata has never been in an Olympic
>Games as an athlete.
>
>When he was in middle school, he was a national champion swimmer in his
>age group and an Olympic candidate for Japanesa national team.
 
I heard many years ago that the young Hanada carried the Olympic torch in
the relay.  Is this true or is it just a bit of mythology that attached
itself to this charismatic person?

Doreen in sumoland

  In sumoland, we sing
            Beethoven's Ninth In February