Hakuho extends winning streak to 55 bouts

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho tosses countryman Kyokutenho to the dirt on the eighth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at the Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2010. Hakuho extended his winning streak to 55 bouts, a day after surpassing the longest winning streak in postwar sumo history.

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