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Byambajav Ulambayar, a four-time World Sumo champion, celebrates a win at last year's US Sumo Open.

America is becoming an under-the-radar hub of sumo wrestling

September 22, 2014Sports

Over the weekend, in Long Beach, Calif., a tournament featuring some larger-than-life competitors took place — the 14th annual US Sumo Open. Surprisingly, it’s the biggest amateur sumo competition outside of Japan. So could sumo’s time be arriving in the US?