Sumo columnist James Hardy once bemoaned the difficulty of doing daily tournament reports, saying, "There are only so many ways to write A pushed out B."
With yokozuna Hakuho wrapping up his 42nd championship last Sunday, I'm beginning to feel the same way about describing the Mongolian's titles.
Victory in the final basho of the Heisei era means Hakuho now has ten Emperor's Cups more than the legendary Taiho.
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