Sitting down with the greatest sumo wrestler of all time

Описание: This week, Hakuho, widely regarded as the greatest sumo wrestler of all time, sits down to talk to us about his life and career. He tells us about coming to Japan, his journey from small Mongolian boy to yokozuna, and the Hakuho Cup and his efforts to spread sumo across the world.

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0:00 Intro
0:47 Meet Hakuho
1:21 Origins of sumo
4:14 Hakuho's intro to sumo
6:51 Joining a sumo stable
11:55 Life as a new sumo wrestler
14:28 Gaining weight so quickly
20:21 First time in the ring
22:32 Rivalry with Asashoryu
28:51 Becoming yokozuna
31:20 Private life as a sumo wrestler
33:20 Life at the top
37:01 Mindset of a sumo wrestler
41:18 Sumo bullet time
44:17 Retiring
45:36 Life after retiring
48:41 The Hakuho cup
53:01 Women in sumo
54:49 Promoting sumo abroad
56:50 Will sumo join the Olympics?
58:15 Does sumo need to change?
1:00:36 Being a master
1:01:20 Hakuho's book
1:01:59 The source of Hakuho's strength
1:04:05 You need to make your own luck
1:05:47 The wooden bird

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