SUMO WRESTLER YOKOZUNA AKEBONO HOLDS A BOUQUET IN TOKYO.
Yokozuna Akebono, sumo's first foreign-born grand champion, holds a bouquet as he leaves a news conference after announing his retirement from the ring in Tokyo January 22, 2001. Akebono exited the ring on Monday, ending career which saw the former Hawaiian high-school basketball star not only excel in the sport, but adapt to the ultra-conservative sumo world.
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