2007 US SUMO OPEN – 7th Annual

2007 US SUMO OPEN OVERVIEW

Over 2,000 people packed the lower level of the Los Angeles Sports Arena for this pre-eminent competition. Over 40 of the world’s best international sumo athletes competed, but only one athlete was undefeated in his own weight class and in the openweight class!
Mongolian-born Byambajav Ulambayar (“Byamba”), who competed for 5 years in professional Japanese sumo, went 10-0, to take gold medals in both the men’s heavyweight and the men’s openweight. Byamba takes over where Koichi Kato (of Japan) left off in 2005 and 2006…. More