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Leaderboard after day 8:
Y1e Hakuho 8 - 0
O2e Takayasu 7 - 1
M8e Aoiyama 7 - 1
Y1w Harumafuji 6 - 2
M6w Onosho 6 - 2
M10e Chiyotairyu 6 - 2
M13e Takarafuji 6 - 2
Takayasu and Harumafuji the only ones with a realistic chance of beating Hakuho, but he's still solidly in the driver's seat. Btw, I really like Onosho.
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Back in March they were questioning Hakuho's future, now it looks like he might be the only yokozuna competing in September.
Possible elbow surgery for Harumafuji
Mongolian yokozuna Harumafuji may require left elbow surgery, a move which would not only rule him out of the summer regional tour beginning this weekend, but also the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in September, his stablemaster said Thursday.
"He has inflammation in his left elbow and can't extend it. Harumafuji is set to miss part of the regional tour but could join up (later on) "depending on how it heals," Isegahama said.
Isegahama, however, also spoke about the possibility of an operation and said Harumafuji "would not make it in time" for the Autumn meet starting on Sept. 10 in Tokyo should he have to go under the knife.
Isegahama was speaking a day after Japan Sumo Association deputy director Tamanoi said three of the four current yokozuna would miss part or all of the summer regional tour.
Kisenosato and Kakuryu are both carrying ankle injuries that forced them to withdraw from the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Harumafuji was the only yokozuna other than title winner Hakuho to compete in all 15 days of the Nagoya basho that wrapped up Sunday.
Kisenosato has now pulled out of two straight grand tournaments. In May, a lingering upper-arm injury forced him out. This month, Kisenosato hurt an ankle while not fully recovered from the arm injury suffered in March. His stable master Tagonoura on Wednesday said fans may be able to see the Japan-born grand champion in action if he is able to speed up his recovery.
"He has to get his body into top shape if he wants to take part in the tour. It all depends on how things go," Tagonoura said.
The summer edition of sumo's regional tour, which includes ring-entering ceremonies, matches and sumo-related exhibitions around a sumo ring, starts in Gifu on Sunday and ends Aug. 27 in Tokyo, the 21st stop.
Isegahama also said Thursday that Mongolian ozeki Terunofuji is expected to sit out the entire tour to focus on getting fit in time for the Autumn meet.
Terunofuji has not recovered as well as expected from left--knee surgery he had after May's Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. He pulled out midway through the Nagoya meet and is currently hospitalized.
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Boy, they just don't make them like they used to. Two more bite the dust.
Takayasu and Ura withdraw from Fall basho
Ozeki Takayasu withdrew from the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, joining the mounting casualty list of top makuuchi division wrestlers.
The 27-year-old at sumo's second-highest rank injured his right thigh in Monday's loss against komusubi Tamawashi and has decided to pull out of the 15-day meet at Ryogoku Kokugikan, forfeiting his third-day bout against Hokutofuji.
Fourth-ranked maegashira Ura has also withdrawn citing a knee injury as the casualty list that already includes three yokozuna -- Kisenosato, Kakuryu and Hakuho -- lengthens, with Harumafuji as the only grand champion competing.
It is the second time Takayasu has pulled out of a tournament, the first since the 2015 fall basho. His withdrawal leaves him no choice but to try to fight off demotion as a "kadoban" ozeki at the November meet in Fukuoka.
"He was training hard before the basho, so I'm sure he's more disappointed than anyone else," said Takyasu's stablemaster Tagonoura, who also manages Kisenosato.
"I hope this frustration drives him to make himself even stronger and do well in the next tournament."
Ura, 25, aggravated the right knee injury he sustained at the Nagoya tournament in July during his loss to Takakeisho on Monday. He forfeits Tuesday's scheduled bout against Ichinojo.
His stablemaster Kise was not as sympathetic as Tagonoura, saying the wrestler himself is to blame.
"His injury isn't serious enough to have surgery or anything like that. He lacked training and I'm terribly sorry to the fans," Kise said.
"He has to change his attitude and mechanics because he won't be competent doing what he has been doing until now. It's a good learning experience for him."
The last time three yokozuna and an ozeki pulled out from a single tournament was 18 years ago, when yokozuna Takanohana, Wakanohana and Akebono, and ozeki Chiyotaikai withdrew from the spring tourney.
Five wrestlers had pulled out before this meet got under way Sunday -- two maegashira Sadanoumi and Aoiyama, in addition to the yokozuna trio.
The seven absences here are the most at any one tournament in sumo's top flight since the 2005 Nagoya meet, excluding the six who were scratched from the 2010 basho in Nagoya for their involvement in illegal baseball gambling.
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One down already.
Yokozuna Kakuryu withdraws from Kyushu tournament
Kakuryu's career continues to hang by a thread as his stablemaster Izutsu said the Monogolian yokozuna will withdraw from the upcoming Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.
According to Izutsu, the 32-year-old wrestler has been experiencing lower back pain for the last few days in addition to pain in his right ankle from an injury he sustained at the Nagoya tournament in July.
The Fukuoka meet gets under way Sunday at Fukuoka Kokusai Center.
Kakuryu missed the entire Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in September along with two other yokozuna, Kisenosato and Hakuho, leaving Harumafuji as the only grand champion to compete in the 15-day meet at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
It is the fourth time in a row that Kakuryu will miss part or all of a tournament, and the fifth time this year.
Kakuryu's career was put at stake when he announced his withdrawal from the last meet, and if he does not return to the raised ring in the next two weeks, a decision to retire from the sport will be delayed until the New Year tournament in January.
"He's still feeling pain, and gets better one day and worse the next. He didn't get enough training time so he rushed his preparations. It would be irresponsible (of him) to compete in his current condition. We're terribly sorry," Izutsu said.
"We'll work hard for the New Year meet in January. He'll get on the dohyo and depending on how he does he'll have to make the call (to retire)," he said.
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And has pulled out of the basho.
Kisenosato withdraws from Kyushu tourney
Grand champion Kisenosato has pulled out of the ongoing Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament due to pain in his left ankle and lower back, his stablemaster Tagonoura said Tuesday.
Kisenosato, 31, suffered a third straight loss Monday that left his record at 4-5 in the 15-day meet at Fukuoka Kokusai Center, equaling Musashimaru's all-time record by giving up five "kinboshi," or losses to rank-and-file wrestlers, in a single tournament.
It is the fourth consecutive tournament from which the Japan-born yokozuna has withdrawn and fifth time in his career. He forfeits Tuesday's scheduled bout against fourth-ranked maegashira Chiyonokuni.
Since his yokozuna promotion following victory at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in January, there has only been one tournament in which Kisenosato competed all 15 days.
"He doesn't have the strength he needs. He was trying to deliver good results but it's not turning out the way he had hoped," Tagonoura said.
"I'm very sorry but we decided there was no option but to withdraw. I hope to find a way to pull through this together," he said.
The Japan Sumo Association received a medical statement saying Kisenosato's injury, which includes ligament damage in his left foot, requires a recovery period of one month.
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