New ozeki Kirishima makes long-awaited trip home to Mongolia

New ozeki Kirishima makes long-awaited trip home to Mongolia

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Kirishima (2nd from L), a newly promoted ozeki, receives a horse during a festival in his hometown in Dornod Province, some 700 kilometers east of the capital Ulaanbaatar, on June 9, 2023. He was making his first trip home in four years.

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