(2)Ex-yokozuna Takanohana holds retirement ceremony

(2)Ex-yokozuna Takanohana holds retirement ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yokozuna Takanohana has his top knot cut by his stablemaster and father Futagoyama in a retirement ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on June 1. Takanohana, still recovering from a right knee injury he sustained in May 2001, announced his retirement from the sport in January 2003.

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