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John Lindsey
25th October 2001, 04:48
By Sozo Kuribayashi
Mainichi Shimbun

October 17, 2001

The Hiroshima University Sumo Club is fighting its way back from the brink of extinction with the help of two foreign students.

This spring, the club's last two wrestlers finished college and were about to leave the club memberless and virtually defunct. Instead, a couple of foreign students from Morocco and Brazil jumped in to keep the club alive. They are fascinated by the hands-on allure of a traditional sport that the average Japanese rarely has the chance to experience


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