(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-JUDO(CN)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-JUDO(CN)

(230731) -- CHENGDU, July 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Sugimura Mizuki (2nd L) of Japan, silver medalist Lee Yunseon (1st L) of South Korea, bronze medalists Erdenet-od Batbayar (2nd R) of Mongolia and Raffaela Regina Igl of Germany pose during the awarding ceremony for women's -78kg of Judo at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

Mongolian election

Mongolian election

KHOVD PROVINCE, Mongolia - Davaagiin Batbayar (L), who was previously a sumo wrestler in Japan, leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in a general election, in Khovd Province, western Mongolia, on June 28, 2012.

Mongolian election

Mongolian election

KHOVD PROVINCE, Mongolia - Davaagiin Batbayar, who was previously a sumo wrestler in Japan, casts his ballot in a general election at a polling station in Khovd Province, western Mongolia, on June 28, 2012.

Mongolian sumo wrestler appointed goodwill tourism envoy

Mongolian sumo wrestler appointed goodwill tourism envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrester Kyokushuzan, flanked by Ultnasan Ulambayar (L), Mongolia's deputy minister of infrastructure, and Mongolian Ambassador to Japan Zamba Batjargal (R), poses for photos at the Mongolian Embassy in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after being appointed goodwill ambassador to Japan. Kyokushuzan, whose real name is Davaa Batbayar, debuted in Japanese professional sumo in 1992.

Mongolian sumo wrestler appointed goodwill tourism envoy

Mongolian sumo wrestler appointed goodwill tourism envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrester Kyokushuzan, flanked by Ultnasan Ulambayar (L), Mongolia's deputy minister of infrastructure, and Mongolian Ambassador to Japan Zamba Batjargal (R), poses for photos at the Mongolian Embassy in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after being appointed goodwill ambassador to Japan. Kyokushuzan, whose real name is Davaa Batbayar, debuted in Japanese professional sumo in 1992. (Kyodo)

Ex-Mongolian sumo wrestler Kyokushuzan

Ex-Mongolian sumo wrestler Kyokushuzan

Former Mongolian sumo wrestler Davaagiin Batbayar speaks to reporters in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Nov. 17, 2017. Former komusubi Kyokushuzan, the first Mongolian wrestler to reach sumo's top makuuchi division, talked about the negative effect on young Mongolians of an assault scandal involving grand champion and compatriot Harumafuji. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo