11.   Kotonishiki also had beaten Takanonami in their opening bout on Sunday.

12.   Keith Morgan of Calgary, a medal hope for Canada, lost his opening bout to Kim Min Soo of South Korea and was eliminated.

13.   Six other Americans failed to make it through their opening bouts in the first two days.

14.   She lost her opening bout to gold medallist Angelique Seriese of the Netherlands, then came back and defeated Oliveira Aperecida of Brazil in the repechage.

15.   The other yokozuna, American Akebono, or Chad Rowan from Hawaii, quickly slapped Kenko out of the ring in his opening bout.

16.   Two other ozekis, Wakanohana and Takanonami, won their opening bouts.

17.   Yokozuna Akebono and ozeki Musashimaru, who both lost their opening bouts Sunday, came back with victories.

18.   Chirac is due to attend the opening bout between the top two sumo wrestlers, Akebono and Takanohana, at a Paris exhibition centre on Friday night.