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Article: Sumo wrestlers face weighty new issues
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- April 28, 1999
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TOKYO - For the first time in the history of the ancient sport of
sumo, wrestlers will be required to take a test measuring their body
fat - and told to go on a diet if necessary.
Ayako Suzuki, of the Japan Sumo Association, said today the first
fat test will be administered to wrestlers at the end of the 15-day
summer tournament that begins May 9.
The test aims to help wrestlers stay as healthy as possible.
If a wrestler is judged to be carrying more weight than his frame
can handle, he will receive a warning from the association and a
recommendation to go on a diet, she said.
She did not give more specific weight guidelines.
The announcement comes amid a rash of weight-related injuries and ...