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Article: Big blow for sumo.
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- 7 Days (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2008
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Japan's legendary grand champion Kitanoumi quit yesterday as head of the country's sumo association as two more Russian wrestlers were thrown out for allegedly smoking marijuana.The scandal was the latest to tarnish the image in Japan of sumo, a heavily ritualistic 2,000-year-old sport whose athletes are expected to lead almost ascetic lives.Kitanoumi resigned as head of the Japan Sumo Association after the scandal reached his stable, where one of the Russian wrestlers trained."I bear the responsibility," Kitanoumi, one of the greatest sumo wrestlers of the 1970s, told a nationally televised news conference."I am offering my resignation out ...
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