Sumo
Musashimaru
still sharing leadTOKYO, May 17 (Kyodo) - Yokozuna Musashimaru ousted hapless Takanonami in a quiet storm to remain undefeated Friday but the ozeki duo of Kaio and Tochiazuma were tripped up at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
Musashimaru charged forward steadily in the day's final bout at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan and slipped his right arm underneath the armpit of the No. 2 maegashira to pry the tricky former ozeki out of the ring for his sixth straight win of the tourney.
Takanonami tried a desperate last-second arm throw at the ring's edge but the Samoan-born grand champion simply slid his right leg behind and bellied the winless maegashira over the straw bales.
With the win, Musashimaru remained even with ozeki Chiyotaikai and No. 10 maegashira Kyokushuzan in the tournament lead.
In the day's upsets, Tochiazuma launched a solid frontal attack against Aminishiki and appeared to have the top-ranked maegashira on the run before the tables suddenly turned.
Aminishiki used an arm-throw while tiptoeing along the edge of the ring and somehow kept his left foot from stepping over the barrier to saddle the ozeki with his second loss of the tournament. Aminishiki moved to 2-4.
Kaio clashed against the fiery Asashoryu but was tossed out with a crafty underarm throw at the ring's edge to sink to 3-3. Asashoryu, who is nursing a sore left shoulder, stands at 4-2.
Chiyotaikai bumped heads with third-ranked maegashira Miyabiyama (2-4) and never let up, pushing and shoving the former ozeki over the edge while averting a slap-down to maintain his unblemished record.
Kyokushuzan, just 2-13 in March, applied a deft sidestep and swatted down 14th-ranked Hokutoriki (4-2) to give the 10th-ranked wrestler from Mongolia the first 6-0 start in the makuuchi division of his career.
Meanwhile, ozeki Musoyama made short work of Toki, toppling the top-ranked maegashira in a matter of seconds for his fifth win -- one pace off the leaders.
In other bouts, No. 9 maegashira Dejima, showing refreshing fervor, rolled like a freight train over sixth-ranked Kotonowaka (4-2) to remain a step behind at 5-1.
Also, Takamisakari seized Kyokutenho by the belt and twirled the Mongolian fourth-ranked grappler hard onto his back, leaving both wrestlers at 3-3.
Results
TOKYO, May 17 (Kyodo) - Results of makuuchi-division bouts Friday, the sixth day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan (+denotes juryo division wrestler):
Won Technique Lost +Aogiyama 4-2 hatakikomi Asanowaka 3-3 Buyuzan 3-3 oshidashi Tochisakae 2-4 Kyokushuzan 6-0 katasukashi Hokutoriki 4-2 Oikari 3-3 tsukiotoshi Chiyotenzan 1-5 Shimotori 4-2 yoritaoshi Jumonji 1-5 Kotoryu 3-3 uwatenage Tochinohana 3-3 Kaiho 4-2 yorikiri Hamanishiki 2-4 Tamanoshima 4-2 hatakikomi Wakanoyama 3-3 Dejima 5-1 yorikiri Kotonowaka 4-2 Otsukasa 2-4 hikiotoshi Daizen 2-4 Takamisakari 3-3 uwatenage Kyokutenho 3-3 Takanowaka 1-5 yorikiri Tamakasuga 1-5 Tosanoumi 4-2 oshidashi Akinoshima 2-4 Wakanosato 3-3 yorikiri Tochinonada 3-3 Asashoryu 4-2 shitatenage Kaio 3-3 Chiyotaikai 6-0 oshitaoshi Miyabiyama 2-4 Musoyama 5-1 oshidashi Toki 1-5 Aminishiki 2-4 shitatedashinage Tochiazuma 4-2 Musashimaru 6-0 yorikiri Takanonami 0-6
Saturday's bouts
Hokutoriki x - x +Higonoumi Oikari 1 - 1 Tochisakae Hamanishiki 0 - 1 Tochinohana Asanowaka 1 - 2 Tamanoshima Buyuzan 1 - 0 Jumonji Dejima 0 - 0 Shimotori Chiyotenzan 3 - 6 Wakanoyama Kotonowaka 6 - 6 Kyokushuzan Kotoryu 3 - 6 Tamakasuga Akinoshima 3 - 1 Otsukasa Kaiho 3 - 6 Kyokutenho Takamisakari 0 - 1 Takanowaka Miyabiyama 5 - 7 Tosanoumi Wakanosato 3 - 6 Toki Asashoryu 3 - 3 Tochiazuma Kaio 21 - 25 Takanonami Tochinonada 3 - 7 Chiyotaikai Musoyama 0 - 1 Aminishiki Musashimaru 5 - 2 Daizen
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