Last day (senshuraku) of the first tournament of '08 and an exciting one it was!
For the first time in 5 years two Yokozuna with the same record met on the last match of the last day to decide the whole show!
And the Yusho goes to... Hakuho!!! In an amazing match between two guys at the absolute top of their game the newer Yokozuna beat the all-but-unbeatable Asashoryu in great, straight-up classical Sumo.
Great, great Sumo on the last day!
And Hakuho wins the Emperor's Cup (and a few dozen other cups - many of which are too big for the old men presenters to actually pick up and hand to the winner, though they gamely try). The Prime Minister's Cup in particular is about the size of a Buick. And he wins a whole bunch of other stuff, from a whole cow to a year's worth of gas to a year's worth of beer to Lord knows how much rice and lots of other goodies.
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