{"id":138,"date":"2017-06-16T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/annual-us-sumo-open-comes-to-the-walter-pyramid-saturday-with-wrestlers-from-15-different-countries\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T19:36:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T19:36:00","slug":"annual-us-sumo-open-comes-to-the-walter-pyramid-saturday-with-wrestlers-from-15-different-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/annual-us-sumo-open-comes-to-the-walter-pyramid-saturday-with-wrestlers-from-15-different-countries","title":{"rendered":"US Sumo Open Comes to CSULB Saturday with Wrestlers from 15 Different Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-54730\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sumo_17.jpg\" alt=\"sumo 17\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of US Sumo Open.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over 60 athletes from 15 different countries will be competing during the 17th annual US Sumo Open at Cal State Long Beach\u2019s Walter Pyramid on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say this \u201cmay be the most powerful field\u201d yet since 21 of the competitors this year have also competed at the Sumo World Championships. <\/p>\n<p>Wrestlers will be representing countries such as the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Egypt, India, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Japan.<\/p>\n<p> <center> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6-foot-4.<br \/>600 pounds.<br \/>Yama.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisbrockman\">@chrisbrockman<\/a> + <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisLaw\">@ChrisLaw<\/a> step into the ring with some of the world&#8217;s best before the 17th <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USSumoOpen?src=hash\">#USSumoOpen<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yLHG8BIle7\">pic.twitter.com\/yLHG8BIle7<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Rich Eisen Show (@RichEisenShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichEisenShow\/status\/875443100222496768\">June 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script> <\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The event is seen as a cultural experience that pays homage to its Japanese roots with authentic Taiko drumming and a menu of Japanese food, Sapporo Beer and Hakutsuru Sake on sale all day.<\/p>\n<p>Fans may want to keep an eye out for the \u201cBIG 3\u201d headliners, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Byamba of Mongolia:<\/strong> 6 feet, 1 inch; 370 pounds; four-time World Sumo champion, nine-time heavyweight gold and open weight gold winner and a cumulative record of 97 wins and only four losses<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roy of USA:<\/strong> 6 feet, 5 inches; 370 pounds; three-time US Sumo champion, the first American ever to win a gold medal in heavyweight or open weight at the US SUmo Open. At last year\u2019s US Sumo Open, Roy defeated 11 different opponents, losing only to Byamba<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ramy of Egypt:<\/strong> 6 feet, 3 inches; 480 pounds; African Sumo champion; won gold at his first US Sumo Open in 2015 and medaled again in 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Doors open at noon. The event takes place from 1:00PM to 4:00PM at CSULB\u2019s Walter Pyramid, located at 1250 Bellflower Boulevard. Tickets range from $25 to $55. Parking is $7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usasumo.com\/us-sumo-open\/2017-us-sumo-open\/\">Click here<\/a> for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 60 athletes from 15 different countries will be competing during the 17th annual US Sumo Open at Cal State Long Beach\u2019s Walter Pyramid on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":16485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-us-sumo-open","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}