Topknot cutting ceremony of retired yokozuna Asashoryu

Topknot cutting ceremony of retired yokozuna Asashoryu

TOKYO, Japan - Retired Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu performs his last ''dohyo-iri'' ritual before his topknot is cut off during a retirement ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 3, 2010. Asashoryu, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, retired in February amid allegations of assault.

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