Terunofuji!

Terunofuji has been promoted to become the 73rd Yokozuna.  Now, to those of you who don't follow sumo (which would be most of you) that sounds like jibberish.  Terunofuji?  Yokozuna?  What is he talking about?

In fact, its a great story.  A few years ago this up and coming giant from Mongolia is beating everybody.  Greatness is surely inevitable.  And then he is injured - badly.  An ACL that would require surgery.  He would probably be sidelined for a year.

But he refuses to have surgery.  He continues to fight - and loses a lot more than he wins.  It is painful to watch - and surely painful for him.  However, he's a stubborn guy and won't give in.  Over the next two to three years he falls down the ranks - from sumo's top division to Jonidan, next to the lowest of sumo's six divisions.

Somehow, even with his injured knee, he turns it around and starts winning, working his way up to toward the top.  Not only does he win, he wins big.  He wins championships.  He is again the up and coming giant from Mongolia.  And this month his grit and pain and talent are rewarded.  He is made a Yokozuna, sumo's highest honor.

Well deserved!