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SUMO/ Harumafuji moves closer to yokozuna on Day 11

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2012/09/20

Ozeki Harumafuji, left, falls into the photographers at ringside after throwing No. 8 maegashira Okinoumi on Sept. 19 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)No. 9 maegashira Takayasu, right, defeats No. 4 maegashira Toyohibiki with overarm throw on Sept. 19 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Sayaka Yamaguchi)No. 7 maegashira Miyabiyama, right, is pushed out of the ring by No. 10 maegashira Yoshikaze on Sept. 19 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)

Mongolia's Harumafuji moved one step closer to a promotion to yokozuna on Sept. 19 with a win that keeps him undefeated and in sole possession of the lead with just four days left in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.