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Onosato, day 8 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by merde@sh.itjust.works to c/sumo@lemmy.world

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What's wrong with him?

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[–] Sergio@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

... Onosato offered surprisingly little resistance, further raising concerns about the condition of the injured left shoulder that forced him to withdraw on the last day of the November tournament.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260118/p2g/00m/0sp/036000c

[from last November:]
Onosato's Nishonoseki stable submitted a medical certificate to the Japan Sumo Association stating he had a dislocated left shoulder requiring one month of treatment and recovery.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251123/p2g/00m/0sp/014000c

The second article's from late last November. Turns out dislocated shoulders need more than a month of recovery time.

If you think about it...

every 2 months there's a 15-day tourney. So for 1/4th of the year, sumo wrestlers are fighting daily, giving it 100%.
Combat sport athletes are inevitably going to get injured.
If they take time off to recover from injury, they lose position, status, and possibly pay. (plus there's pride and their fans.)
Therefore, in any given tourney, numerous wrestlers are fighting injured.

@merde@sh.itjust.works

[–] DV8@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, his shoulder was what I thought first too. I can for sure be very wrong. It's just the touch on the tawara that makes me think he actually has more injuries than the shoulder.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I see what you're saying... It looks like Onosato was in pain from the moment Hakunofuji hit his shoulder, but at least Onosato was sliding/stepping backwards; then when Onosato hit the bales he resisted for a second then immediately stepped out. His legs and posture were straight the whole time, though. My guess is that the pressure on the shoulder (and therefore the pain) increased dramatically once Onosato hit the bales and started pushing forwards. But that's just a guess.

Sumotori are trained to ignore pain and to not display emotion, so this must be one hell of a lot of pain to make Onosato grimace and step out and kneel in the hallway like that. I mean, I bet if I felt that much pain I'd be screaming nonstop, collapse, and need to be carried out.

I hope Onosato gets to rest enough and recovers.

[–] DV8@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Could be his shoulder for sure. But hearing what his stable master thinks is the appropriate way to handle injuries, which is pretend it's not real, I would not be shocked there's more going wrong than his shoulder.

I too hope, he can rest, but looking at the first half of this tournament, I think he shouldn't have even started.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

@DV8@lemmy.world , @Sergio@piefed.social

thanks for the information. let's see if he gets back tomorrow