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Day 8 Natsu 2021 Back without some tea this time. Feeling a little delicate from being out last night but its ok. Sumo time! Ura visits from juryo today and faced Keisei. Ura wins by pivoting Keisei. Akiseyama has gone kyujo after fracturing his jaw on day 3. He fought on for another 4 days!! Madness. It is his first time going kyujo for some 800 or so bouts. Hopefully he recovers soon! Okinoumi managed a fairly impressive feat. He defeated Chiyomaru by lifting him. Not an easy affair! Ishiura faced Terutsuyoshi is a battle of the short rikishi. They kept low to the ground and bent over for most of the bout. Terutsuyoshi got a right hand grip and flipped Ishiura over. A good match up. There are some odd matches at times. Kotonowaka seemed to just dominate Tsurugisho from the start. It seemed that Tsurugisho had lost in his head and was just putting in a token effort to try and grab Kotonowaka's belt. Kotonowaka seems a fine rikishi but not so good to turn Tsurugisho to jelly. There do seem to be some clear 'oh no, I can never win' partnerships around. I am confuddled I tell you. Endo managed to roll Hidenoumi out rather quickly. It was a nice gambol as they say in the West Midlands or forward roll for the rest of the world. 8 out of 10 for style. Hokutofuji had to work hard to send Tobizaru into the crowd. Tobizaru did lots of running, ducking and diving. It did him no good as Hokutofuji sent Tobizaru flying into the tiered seating. Hokutofuji has the record for furthest distance with a Tobizaru so far this basho. Kiribayama and Takayasu certainly had the longest bout today. Lots of hugging and trying to find the other's hand. They break out engage in hugs and then suddenly it is all over. Takayasu won another stamina bout. Wakatakakage showed Takanosho where the dohyo ended in quick order. He seems to be doing well this basho. Mitakeumi made Shodai's clearing kadoban that bit harder. Takakeisho didn't seem to have to do much to defeat Myogiru. Pretty much dodge and let Myogiru and gravity do all the work. Hoshoryu decided to dance with Asanoyama for a bit. They tried a jive but ended up on the ground with Hoshoryu on top. 2 out of 10 all round from the judges. Terunofuji faced Daieisho. There was a chase around the dohyo before Terunofuji got his kachi-koshi with a quick shove. So 1 kachi-koshi and 5 make-koshis (all kyujo rikishi) so far. Terunofuji and Takakeisho maintain their positions as yusho lead and yun-yusho leads. 7 are chasing with 2 losses. On to the last week!