[bravefoot]

It's interesting to see this analysis a year later. The article posits that possibly "Hakuho sees his skills slipping and is resorting to dirty tactics in a last-ditch effort to stay on top of a sport" and since then Hakuho has been reprimanded for other actions in the ring, faced serious injury, and gone into the longest losing streak since becoming a Yokozuna. If this turns out to be the end of Hakuho's career, it's interesting that this article picked out a possible beginning of the fall

[jerrycruncher]

Indeed. I think the most recent tournament was very telling about Hakuho's future: he was clearly invested in winning, but he's just not as dominant as he used to be. His loss on day 15 really underscored that.