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SUMO/ Hakuho clinches championship on Day 14, earns his 23rd career title

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2012/11/25

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photoYokozuna Hakuho, left, wins his bout against ozeki Kakuryu for his 23rd career title at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 24. (Koichi Ueda)photoOzeki Kisenosato, front, pushes Harumafuji out of the ring, giving the new yokozuna his fourth consecutive loss. (Koichi Ueda)

Yokozuna Hakuho clinched his 23rd career title at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 24 by defeating Mongolian compatriot Kakuryu after the only wrestler who could have possibly matched him, yet another Mongolian, Kyokutenho, fell to his fourth defeat.

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