Re: Goeido-Tochinoshin. Fucking. A. And Mitakeumi is 5-0 too. Jesus this is a great basho.
Fusen means he's pulled out due to "injury" (some people are claiming it's a toe problem - but really it;s probably a head-not-quite-screwed-on-properly problem). Because the schedule is always out 48 hours in advance, if someone retires from the tournament, their next opponent gets a win by "fusen". By the time of the second day, they can rearrange the schedule so that everyone has an opponent, but they can't on 24 hours notice. It's a walkover, basically.
I don't know how Kisenosato avoids retirement at this point. Even pulling out of the tournament due to "injury" now won't save him, I don't think.
Fusen means he's pulled out due to "injury" (some people are claiming it's a toe problem - but really it;s probably a head-not-quite-screwed-on-properly problem). Because the schedule is always out 48 hours in advance, if someone retires from the tournament, their next opponent gets a win by "fusen". By the time of the second day, they can rearrange the schedule so that everyone has an opponent, but they can't on 24 hours notice. It's a walkover, basically.
I don't know how Kisenosato avoids retirement at this point. Even pulling out of the tournament due to "injury" now won't save him, I don't think.
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