Sumo For Women

I didn't know women did sumo wrestling, but East/West magazine has an article on the subject. The women's sport is called Shin Sumo, and this article mentions some of the controversy involved in meeting Olympic requirements that sports be open to both sexes. Even though

The term "sumo" first appeared in one of Japan's oldest historical works in reference to a wrestling match between two unclad females in the fifth century

the Japan Sumo Association does not endorse it.

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