Ozeki Kirishima hit a hurdle in his campaign for yokozuna promotion on Tuesday, taking his first loss of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at the hands of No. 2 maegashira Takayasu.There were few other big upsets on Day 3 of the 15-day meet at Ryogoku Kokugikan, however, with lone yokozuna Onosato improving to 3-0 along with ozeki Aonishiki and Kotozakura.Coming off three straight 12-3 performances, Kirishima blemished his perfect start after lunging at Takayasu and giving the veteran former ozeki the opening to execute a hand pull down.The 36-year-old Takayasu (1-2) opened his account with …READ FULL ARTICLE
