Chiyotaikai a win
away from title

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Star-Bulletin news services

OSAKA, Japan >> Ozeki Chiyotaikai reclaimed sole possession of first place by beating Miyabiyama (9-5) today at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

Yokozuna Asashoryu, who was tied with Chiyotaikai going into today, fell to Kaio, who moved into a tie with Asashoryu for second place.

Asashoryu could have forced a winner-take-all bout tomorrow, when he faces Chiyotaikai. He must now beat the ozeki to force a tie. Kaio, meanwhile, must beat Kotomitsuki (5-9) to force a playoff.

By losing to Chiyotaikai, Miyabiyama was mathematically eliminated.

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

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- Day 14 -

at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

Won		Technique	Lost
Tochinohana	5-9	yoritaoshi	+Senshuyama	5-9
Kasuganishiki	5-9	yorikiri	+Otsukasa	8-6
+Ushiomaru	8-6	tsukiotoshi	Kinkaiyama	5-9
+Oginishiki	8-6	yorikiri	Akinoshima	5-9
Kasugao	7-7	yorikiri	Takanotsuru	4-10
Jumonji	9-5	yorikiri	Toki	4-10
Tamarikido	8-6	yorikiri	Kotoryu	5-9
Gojoro	9-5	hatakikomi	Wakanoyama	3-11
Asasekiryu	5-9	kirikaeshi	Kotonowaka	6-8
Tochinonada	9-5	sukuinage	Buyuzan	7-7
Aminishiki	7-7	kakenage	Takanonami	7-7
Kyokutenho	8-6	yorikiri	Tamanoshima	7-7
Hokutoriki	9-5	tsukidashi	Dejima	8-6
Kaiho	7-7	oshidashi	Tosanoumi	7-7
Kyokushuzan	9-5	hatakikomi	Kotomitsuki	5-9
Takamisakari	8-6	yorikiri	Wakanosato	8-6
Chiyotaikai	11-3	hatakikomi	Miyabiyama	9-5
Kaio	10-4	tsukiotoshi	Asashoryu	10-4
+ indicates juryo-division wrestlers

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