NETHERLANDS: SUMO WRESTLING - MALE AND FEMALE WRESTLERS COMPETE IN ROTTERDAM FOR THE FIRST SUMO WORLD CUP.

Record ID: 957526

  • Title: NETHERLANDS: SUMO WRESTLING - MALE AND FEMALE WRESTLERS COMPETE IN ROTTERDAM FOR THE FIRST SUMO WORLD CUP.
  • Date: 25th October 2003
  • Summary: ROTTERDAM. THE NETHERLANDS (OCTOBER 25, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. 27-YEAR-OLD SUMO WRESTLER GENGI KALO (150 KILOS) FROM HUNGARY SITTING ON DOHYO (MAT) TO START WRESTLING 2. 29-YEAR-OLD SUMO WRESTLER MANUELA VAN DEN BRINK (105 KILOS) FROM THE NETHERLANDS WRESTLING AGAINST KALO 3. KALO WINNING 4. VAN DEN BRINK LEAVING 5. 35-YEAR-OLD JACKIE BATES (135 KILOS) FROM GREAT BRITAIN PUSHING TRAINER TO WARM UP 6. BATES WALKING TOWARDS DOHYO 7. 24-YEAR-OLD HANNA WEERKAMP (80 KILOS) FROM THE NETHERLANDS WALKING UP 8. BATES AND WEERKAMP WRESTLING 9. BATES WINNING 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SUMO WRESTLER MANUELA VAN DEN BRINK SAYING:"It is the speed and your strength together in ten, twenty, thirty seconds. That is why I like it. If women like to have physical contact and they like Judo, they like Ji Jitsu that kind of stuff, they will like Sumo also." 11. WEERKAMP WRESTLING AGAINST 29-YEAR-OLD CLAUDIA DE GRAAL FROM THE NETHERLANDS (65 KILOS) FOR THIRD PLACE IN OPEN CATEGORY 12. WEERKAMP WINNING 13. KALO ENTERING DOHYO FOR FINALS OPEN CATEGORY 14. BATES GETTING READY 15. AUDIENCE WATCHING 16. KALO AND BATES WRESTLING FOR WORLD CUP TITLE 17. KALO WINNING 18. BATES ON FLOOR 19. KALO WITH MEDAL AND BOTTLE OF CHAMPAINE 20. BATES RECEIVING CHAMPAGNE. STANDING NEXT TO VAN DEN BRINK AND WEERKAMP 21. (SOUNDBITE) (English) 35-YEAR-OLD JACKIE BATES (135 KILOS) FROM GREAT BRITAIN SAYING: "I like this as an Olympic sport, it is on its way to becoming that. I think, as the only female Sumo wrestler from Great Britain, I got a very good chance. I took silver today and I think I can do well early at great level." 22. 29-YEAR-OLD KELLY GNEITING FROM USA WRESTLING AND WINNING 23. 31-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDER CZERWINSKI (160 KILOS) FROM GERMANY WRESTLING AGAINST GNEITING FOR THIRD PLACE IN +115KG CATEGORY 24. CZERWINSKI WINNING 25. 20-YEAR OLD AKIRA HYRAYAMA FROM JAPAN (155 KG) WRESTLING AGAINST TOTH BARNABAS FROM HUNGARY FOR FIRST PLACE IN +155KG CATEGORY 26. HYRAYAMA AND BARNABAS WRESTLING 27. CLOSE UP HEADS 28. HYRAYAMA WINNING 29. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF DUTCH SUMO UNION AND ORGANISER OF EVENT STEPHEN GADD SAYING: "People associate Sumo with fat. Fat is unhealthy and unhealthy is no good for business, sponsors. Everybody is looking for a new health image. By organising big international tournaments like this the whole world can see it is not just about fat guys. It is about athletes who really train hard, who want to be a world champion and possibly an Olympic champion and they are really giving their all to win their strives." 30. FOUR MALE SUMO WINNERS STANDING TOGETHER Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ROTTERDAM. THE NETHERLANDS
  • Country: Netherlands
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