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Sport in Short: Sumo

Thursday 28 January 1993 00:02 GMT
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THE 6ft 8in, 32 1/2 st Hawaiian wrestler Chad Rowan, who fights under the name Akebono (which means 'Sunrise'), has been awarded the sport's highest rank, making him the first non-Japanese yokozuna.

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