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THE BIGGEST CATCH

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THE BIGGEST CATCH

Kotooshu Katsunori, born in Bulgaria as Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov, became the first European to win the Prestigious Emperor's Cup at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 24 in Japan. The 25-year-old, ranked as ozeki or `champion', the second-highest level in the sumo ranking system behind only yokozuna, needed only one win in this past weekend's fights to claim the title.  On May 24, he beat his Mongolian opponent Ama, boosting his score to a 13-1 record, enough to claim the title with one bout to spare, the International Herald Tribune reported. `I'm so happy,' Reuters quoted a beaming Kotooshu as saying on Japan's NHK television, `I'm speechless. I did it at last'. Kotooshu was the seventh foreigner to win an Emperor's Cup. He could be elevated to the highest rank in sumo, yokozuna, if he wins the next major event in Nagoya in July.

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