Chiyotaikai still leading
with 3 days remaining

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Star-Bulletin news services

OSAKA, Japan >> Chiyotaikai continues to lead yokozuna Asashoryu by one win as the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament heads down the home stretch.

Chiyotaikai beat Kaiho (5-7) by oshidashi today to improve to 10-2 with three days left in the basho.

Asashoryu (9-3) defeated Wakanosato (7-5) in the final match of the day. Miyabiyama is also at 9-3, after he downed Hokutoriki (8-4) in the best matchup of the day.

Five wrestlers are at 8-4, with little chance left of catching Chiyotaikai.

Iwakiyama withdrew from the tournament this week after aggravating an old lower back injury. Shimotori pulled out a day earlier after he broke a left rib in a bout Monday.

Musashimaru, or Hawaii's Fiamalu Penitani, is sitting out the basho with a torn tendon in his left wrist that has been slow to heal.

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DAY 12

at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

Won		Technique	Lost
+Aogiyama	8-4	hikiotoshi	Tochinohana	3-9
+Asanowaka	8-4	okuridashi	Kasuganishiki	4-8
+Otsukasa	7-5	shitatenage	Akinoshima	4-8
Gojoro	7-5	tsukidashi	Buyuzan	7-5
Aminishiki	6-6	sotogake	Jumonji	7-5
Miyabiyama	9-3	oshidashi	Hokutoriki	8-4
Kinkaiyama	4-8	yorikiri	Takanotsuru	4-8
Tamarikido	6-6	yorikiri	Kasugao	5-7
Wakanoyama	3-9	oshidashi	Asasekiryu	4-8
Takamisakari	6-6	yorikiri	Kotoryu	5-7
Takanonami	7-5	abisetaoshi	Tokitsuumi	8-4
Kyokutenho	6-6	yorikiri	Kotonowaka	5-7
Dejima	8-4	yorikiri	Tamanoshima	7-5
Tosanoumi	6-6	tsukiotoshi	Tochinonada	7-5
Kotomitsuki	5-7	yorikiri	Toki	4-8
Kaio	8-4	yorikiri	Kyokushuzan	7-5
Chiyotaikai	10-2	oshidashi	Kaiho	5-7
Asashoryu	9-3	oshidashi	Wakanosato	7-5
+ indicates juryo-division wrestlers

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