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Sumo tournament in South Korea
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-02-18 10:53
Japanese sumo wrestlers
Tochiazuma, foreground, and Kaio have cucumber face masks applied in
Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004. Professional Japanese sumo
wrestlers are in South Korea for the first sumo tournament in the country
since the country was released from Japanese colonial rule in 1945.
[AP] |
South Korean sumo
wrestler Kasugao, right, throws Wakatoba during their match in the Seoul
sumo tournament in Seoul, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004. Japan's national sport
was staged over the weekend, for the first time since South Korea was
released from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. [AP] |
South Korean-born sumo
wrestler Kasugao, left, competes against Japanese Takamisakari, in
Seoul February 15, 2004 in the final match of the first exhibition match
to be held in South Korea since the end of the Japanese colonization in
1945. Kasugao won the match. [Reuters] |
Yokozuna Asashoryu of
Mongolia, left, lifts Ozeki Tochiazuma, during final match in Seoul,
Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004. Asashoryu won the match. Japanese sumo wrestlers
lumbered into Seoul on Thursday for the first tournament in South Korea
since the country was released from Japanese colonial rule in 1945.
[AP] |
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