Young sumo wrestler dies of coronavirus in Japan

TRADITION. In this file photo, sumo wrestlers exercise during a training session at a stable in Tokyo. Photo by Behrouz Mehri/AFP

He developed a fever over April 4-5 but had trouble contacting the local public health office because phone lines were constantly busy, the Sumo Association said in a statement. "It must have been so very painful to fight the disease for over a month but, like a sumo wrestler, he persevered and endured, fighting to the very end," Hakkaku said.A handful of low-ranking wrestlers and trainees as well as a sumo stable master have tested positive for the virus in Japan.

The spring basho, held in March in Osaka, took place without spectators, with wrestlers surrounded by just a handful of judges in the empty arena.

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