[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Kirishima, Kotonowaka, Nishikigi training news

[R. Brown]

If 31 is an old man, what does that make us?

Kodaiyama

On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 11:56 AM Jeffrey Anderson <jpaitv at gmail.com> wrote:

> From Moti
>
> It’s late.
> Gaijingai
>
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> From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 4:10 AM
> Subject: [Sumo news] - Kirishima, Kotonowaka, Nishikigi training news
> To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>
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>
> Ozeki Kirishima went to Sadogatake beya for degeiko yesterday, facing
> Kotonowaka and others, 11-3.  First degeiko since coming to Nagoya and a
> lot of sweat. "I wanted us all to patiently give it our all.. I'll be going
> about it as usual. I will be less nervous than last basho.." he said.
>
> Kotonowaka welcomed Kirishima and others who came to train. He was 8-5. He
> was asked about keeping up with his three rivals who are vying for an Ozeki
> promotion. "I'm not keeping up with them, I'll be going with the feeling
> that I need to overtake them..If I don't go with that feeling, I won't be
> able to move upwards where I need to go.." he said.
>
> 32 year old veteran Nishikigi is at his highest rank of Maegashira 1 E,
> very close to sanyaku. He was at the same training session at Sadogatake
> beya yesterday and had 13 bouts against Kirishima and others. "I really
> want to get promoted  (to sanyaku).. First thing- kachikoshi. I hope my
> body survives this heat. As I become an old man, it gets increasingly
> difficult to shake off the fatigue.." he jested.
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