Three days into the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament and six of the seven highest-ranked wrestlers in the sport either have losing records or are absent from the meet.
Newly promoted ōzeki Kirishima is currently the only man ranked sekiwake or higher to remain unbeaten.
It’s a shocking state of affairs and quite frankly a worrying one for the Japan Sumo Association.
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