Sumo wrestling is a national sport in Japan. Every year there are six tournaments and million of Japanese watch them on television. A tournament is a series of matches.
Sumo is almost as old as the nation of Japan itself. Stories say that there was sumo wrestling over 2000 years ago. History says that there were national Sumo tournaments in the eight century.
Often athletes are thin and move very quickly. It is beautiful to watch them play. However sumo wrestlers weigh from 100 to 160 kilos. One famous wrestler weighed 195 kilos. Sumo wrestlers do not look beautiful, and sumo wrestling is a very slow sport.
Sumo wrestlers start training when they are boys. They exercise to make their bodies strong. They also eat and eat and eat.
They wrestlers wrestle in a round ring with a sand floor. A wrestler loses the match if he leaves the ring. He is also the loser if any part of his body except his feet touches the floor. Each wrestler tries to push the other down on the floor or out of the ring. Sometimes one wrestler just steps aside when the other wrestler rushes toward him. Then that wrestler falls down or fall out of the ring.
People from other countries usually think sumo is very strange, but the Japanese love it. Even young people find this traditional sport exciting.
1.where is sumo wrestling popular?
2.what is a tournament?
3.is sumo an old sport>
4.how are sumo wrestlers different from other athletes?
5.how do sumo wrestlers train?
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