Georgian Levan Gorgadze makes history, defeats sumo legend [VIDEO]

The Georgian sumo wrestler Levan Gorgadze has made history several minutes ago, as he defeated sumo legend Hakuho Sho. 

In previous years Levan Gorgadze, same as Tochinoshin, lost  all his 25 fights with the same rival. 

Gogadze has already won 12 fights out of total 14 and he is too close to win the sumo championship.  After the championship he is very likely to upgrade his title. 

Gorgadze claimed the champion’s title of the Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament in January 2018, becoming the first Georgian athlete to win the Emperor’s Cup.

The significance of the victory was underlined  by Georgian prime minister and president. 

Gorgadze has competed in 71 professional sumo tournaments since 2006. He has won three Juryo Division Championships and two Makushita Division Championships.

• Hakuho Sho is a Mongolian sportsman. 
• On 30 May 2007 at the age of 22 he became the second native of Mongolia, and the fourth non-Japanese overall, to be promoted to the highest rank in sumo, yokozuna.
• In 2009, he broke the record for the most wins in a calendar year, winning 86 out of 90 bouts, and repeated this feat with the same record again in 2010 when he established the second longest winning streak in sumo history. He also holds the record for the most undefeated tournament championships at thirteen, which is five more than any other sumo wrestler in history.
• He was the only active yokozuna from 2010, following the retirement of his rival and fellow Mongolian Asashoryu, until 2012 with the promotion of fellow Mongolian Harumafuji. In January 2015, he broke Taiho's long-standing record by winning his 33rd top division championship, the most in the history of sumo.
• He holds the records for most wins in the top division, achieved in May 2016, and most career wins, achieved in July 2017. He has been ranked as a yokozuna for a record 64 tournaments.