Musashimaru Retires

Saturday, November 15, 2003 at 20:54 JST
FUKUOKA - Yokozuna Musashimaru, the second foreign wrestler to reach sumo's
ultimate rank, decided to retire Saturday after his comeback bid at the
Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament ended in disaster.

The Samoan-born yokozuna has been plagued with a nagging wrist injury and
had missed the better part of six straight tournaments leading to the Kyushu
meet. Musashimaru, a 12-time Emperor's Cup winner, was forced to call it
quits after losing to Tosanoumi and seeing his record at 3-4 Saturday.
(Kyodo News)