KYOKUTENHO N.TSEVEGNYAM IS BEST ATHLETE OF MAY
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ A State Honored Sportsman and sumo wrestler Kyokutenho N.Tsevegnyam has been named as the best athlete of May of Mongolia.
The professional sumo wrestler N.Tsevegnyam gained 68 per cent votes from members of the commission television and newspapers, and participants of the online polling ran though the www.sportnews.mn website. He is the second sumo wrestler to be selected as the best athlete of a month after Ozeki Kakuryu M.Anand.
Kyokutenho N.Tsevegnyam won the Emperor's Cup for the first time by beating Tochiozan in a playoff after both finished with 12-3 records, in the highest division of professional sumo of Japan.
Also, he has become the oldest sumo wrestler to win the Emperor's Cup at the age of 37 years and eight months in modern sumo history. This is the 50th wins achieved by Mongolians.
"This is an unbelievable feeling," said Kyokutenho, who made his sumo debut at the 1992 spring basho. "So many people came out in support of me, and I really appreciate that. It's because of their support that I am here standing in this position today," he said after winning the tournament.
A Japanese newspaper reported that Kyokutenho (12-3) surpassed the mark of Toyokuni who achieved the feat at 35 years, 6 months in 1929--making it the best record since the Showa era (1926-1989). He also was a step above Chiyonofuji for the oldest to win a title since the establishment of the six-tourney system in 1958, the former yokozuna great winning one at 35 years, 5 months.
Tochiozan (12-3) failed to become the first Japanese-born wrestler to win a title since now-retired Tochiazuma won the New Year basho as an ozeki in 2006. It was the first time that a maegashira wrestler claimed the Emperor's Cup since Kotomitsuki did so at the 2001 autumn meet.
B.Khuder
The professional sumo wrestler N.Tsevegnyam gained 68 per cent votes from members of the commission television and newspapers, and participants of the online polling ran though the www.sportnews.mn website. He is the second sumo wrestler to be selected as the best athlete of a month after Ozeki Kakuryu M.Anand.
Kyokutenho N.Tsevegnyam won the Emperor's Cup for the first time by beating Tochiozan in a playoff after both finished with 12-3 records, in the highest division of professional sumo of Japan.
Also, he has become the oldest sumo wrestler to win the Emperor's Cup at the age of 37 years and eight months in modern sumo history. This is the 50th wins achieved by Mongolians.
"This is an unbelievable feeling," said Kyokutenho, who made his sumo debut at the 1992 spring basho. "So many people came out in support of me, and I really appreciate that. It's because of their support that I am here standing in this position today," he said after winning the tournament.
A Japanese newspaper reported that Kyokutenho (12-3) surpassed the mark of Toyokuni who achieved the feat at 35 years, 6 months in 1929--making it the best record since the Showa era (1926-1989). He also was a step above Chiyonofuji for the oldest to win a title since the establishment of the six-tourney system in 1958, the former yokozuna great winning one at 35 years, 5 months.
Tochiozan (12-3) failed to become the first Japanese-born wrestler to win a title since now-retired Tochiazuma won the New Year basho as an ozeki in 2006. It was the first time that a maegashira wrestler claimed the Emperor's Cup since Kotomitsuki did so at the 2001 autumn meet.
B.Khuder
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