Sumo: With yokozuna promotion at stake, Hoshoryu focused on process

Twenty-two years after his uncle approached the same challenge, ozeki Hoshoryu heads into January’s New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with a shot at promotion to the sport’s highest rank.

Asashoryu won 25 career grand sumo tournaments, the fourth most on the all-time list, and clinched promotion as the first yokozuna from Mongolia at 2003’s January meet. And though his 25-year-old nephew is rightly impressed, the ozeki’s focus was on doing things his way.

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