Chiyotaikai beats
Asashoryu for Cup

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Star-Bulletin news services

OSAKA, Japan >> Ozeki Chiyotaikai broke Asashoryu's two-tournament winning streak by pushing the yokozuna out by oshidashi (frontal push out) to win the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

It was Chiyotaikai's third Emperor's Cup in 62 tournaments, and second in two years. He also won last year's Nagoya tournament.

Asashoryu won the first two tournaments of the year, which Chiyotaikai sat out of because of injury. Chiyotaikai had the most successful season of his 11-year career last year, when he won 72 percent of his matches.

Asashoryu could have forced a three-way tie, but lost to make Kaio's (10-5) match with Kotomitsuki meaningless. Kaio lost anyway.

Musashimaru, or Hawaii's Fiamalu Penitani, sat out with a torn tendon in his left wrist.

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DAY 15

Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
Won		Technique	Lost
Akinoshima	6-9	oshidashi	+Aogiyama	10-5
Kasuganishiki	6-9	tsukiotoshi	Kinkaiyama	5-10
Hokutoriki	10-5	oshidashi	Gojoro	9-6
Asasekiryu	6-9	hikiotoshi	+Yotsukasa	9-6
Aminishiki	8-7	oshidashi	Buyuzan	7-8
Kasugao	8-7	okuritaoshi	Tochinohana	5-10
Kaiho	8-7	sotogake	Jumonji	9-6
Toki	5-10	hikiotoshi	Kotoryu	5-10
Wakanoyama	4-11	yorikiri	Takanotsuru	4-11
Kotonowaka	7-8	hikiotoshi	Tamarikido	8-7
Tamanoshima	8-7	yorikiri	Takamisakari	8-7
Kyokushuzan	10-5	harimanage	Tochinonada	9-6
Kyokutenho	9-6	uwatenage	Takanonami	7-8
Tosanoumi	8-7	oshidashi	Miyabiyama	9-6
Wakanosato	9-6	yorikiri	Dejima	8-7
Kotomitsuki	6-9	yorikiri	Kaio	10-5
Chiyotaikai	12-3	oshidashi	Asashoryu	10-5
+ indicates juryo-division wrestlers
Division winners Makuuchi -- Chiyotaikai, Kokonoe stable 12-3 Juryo -- Tochisakae, Kasugano stable, 10-5 (winner in playoff) Makushita -- Nakao, Matsugane stable, 7-0 Sandamme -- Aoba, Ajigawa stable 7-0 (winner in playoff) Jonidan -- Hoshikaze, Oguruma stable, 7-0 Jonokuchi -- Ono, Irumagawa stable, 7-0 (Note: Wrestlers in sumo's four junior divisions compete in only seven bouts during the tournament.) Special awards for makuuchi-division wrestlers Outstanding Performance Prize - None Technique Prize -- Takamisakari, Azumazeki stable (2) Fighting Spirit Prize -- Kyokutenho, Oshima stable (2)

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