Sunday May 27, 2012

Clash of the titans

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Hiroaki Tanaka of Japan, right, battles Russia’s Alan Karaev during the final of the men’s heavyweight sumo wrestling competition at the Combat Games in Beijing on Sunday. Karaev won the gold medal, with Tanaka taking the silver. The Combat Games are being held through Sept 4, with about 1,600 athletes from 60 countries competing in 13 sports.

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    isthistheend

    Excuse me dude, get off my turf!

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    Dewaashita

    I looove Sumo!

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    Derelict

    The ref looks like he's enjoying this the most out of anyone.

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    Disillusioned

    Which one did you bet on? Which one is on drugs? Which one laid down a beating at the izakaya last night?

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    Gurukun

    Never did understand these Sumo events. How would these guys do against real Rikishi...and vice versa.

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    jam_sandwich

    some of the female posters complain about not seeing any cute men posted on JT, I guess now you can stop complaining!

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    Sarge

    In this photo it doesn't look like Karaev was going to get the gold medal.

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    vulcan

    The women get to see men in T-backs! How come JT doesn't have women in T-backs?

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    paulinusa

    Please, no close-up photos!

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    paulinusa

    Think Karaev needs a little skin moisturizer you know where?

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    japaneseno1

    Japan is the only Asian coutry where local people are proud of their own traditional culture.

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    genjuro

    Fundoshi Fight.

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    DuraAce

    Sumo is the lamest sport in the world. Massively boring, with long drawn out ceremony and nothing in the way of substance, much like everything else 'Japanese'.

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    bababooey

    New sumo tactic - tickle him out of the ring.

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    bicultural

    Sumo is the lamest sport in the world. Massively boring, with long drawn out ceremony and nothing in the way of substance, much like everything else 'Japanese'.

    Thanks for brightening up my day!

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    Monkeyz

    Think Karaev needs a little skin moisturizer you know where?

    And Tanaka looks like he could use a little waxing in his "special area."

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    islandview

    Unfortunately the photograph was cropped on the left side where the dialogue bubble was cut off.
    It was for the referee, who is exclaiming, "Oh, man. I just noticed you are so very fat!"

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    Ranger_Miffy

    sorry, but these comments are incredibly ill informed.

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