Well, Obama thinks he should be tournament champion, but I don’t know if the judges will agree ...
Give everyone a trophy so that no one feels bad.
If each wrestler has only one match, the greatest number of wins possible is one.
Those whacky Japanese!
I always liked sumo more than boxing and other fighting sports. You win on objective standards (pushing out of circle or onto ground) instead of the scoring of potentially biased judges making subjective judgments about how many punches you land etc.
It’s been a long time since I lived in Japan, but once upon a time I used to be a big fan.
Somehow, it seems to me that the real tourney result will at this point be based on the results of the Hakuho vs. Toshinoshin match.
The winner of that should win the tourney, whatever the respective ranks.
And even if he doesn’t win the tourney, the juryo may get a promotion anyway if the judges feel he’s ready.
On the other hand, I have a sneaking suspicion that the xenophobic Japanese promote foreign wrestlers just a tad slower than the homeboys.
Or, at least, they did back in the 80’s, when I was there.