Sumo: Juryo wrestler Ura employs another rare technique

Sumo: Juryo wrestler Ura employs another rare technique

Ura (L) defeats Amakaze with a "tasukizori" reverse backward body drop in the juryo division on the 13th day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2017, the first time that a wrester has used that technique in the second-tier division or the top makuuchi division since the Japan Sumo Association began to release winning techniques in 1955. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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