(2)Marriage makes newly wed ozeki Asashoryu go ga-ga

(2)Marriage makes newly wed ozeki Asashoryu go ga-ga

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Asashoryu and his wife Gombotseren Tamir pose for a photograph at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 10. The couple filed marriage documents at the end of 2002 and plan to hold the ceremony some time after the autumn basho in September 2003.

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