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Hiroaki Tanaka of Japan, right, battles Russia's Alan Karaev during the final of the men's heavyweight sumo wrestling competition at the Combat Games in Beijing on Sunday. Karaev won the gold medal, with Tanaka taking the silver. The Combat Games are being held through Sept 4, with about 1,600 athletes from 60 countries competing in 13 sports.

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sorry, but these comments are incredibly ill informed.

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Unfortunately the photograph was cropped on the left side where the dialogue bubble was cut off. It was for the referee, who is exclaiming, "Oh, man. I just noticed you are so very fat!"

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Think Karaev needs a little skin moisturizer you know where?

And Tanaka looks like he could use a little waxing in his "special area."

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Sumo is the lamest sport in the world. Massively boring, with long drawn out ceremony and nothing in the way of substance, much like everything else 'Japanese'.

Thanks for brightening up my day!

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New sumo tactic - tickle him out of the ring.

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Sumo is the lamest sport in the world. Massively boring, with long drawn out ceremony and nothing in the way of substance, much like everything else 'Japanese'.

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Fundoshi Fight.

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Japan is the only Asian coutry where local people are proud of their own traditional culture.

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Think Karaev needs a little skin moisturizer you know where?

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Please, no close-up photos!

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The women get to see men in T-backs! How come JT doesn't have women in T-backs?

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In this photo it doesn't look like Karaev was going to get the gold medal.

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some of the female posters complain about not seeing any cute men posted on JT, I guess now you can stop complaining!

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Never did understand these Sumo events. How would these guys do against real Rikishi...and vice versa.

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Which one did you bet on? Which one is on drugs? Which one laid down a beating at the izakaya last night?

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The ref looks like he's enjoying this the most out of anyone.

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I looove Sumo!

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Excuse me dude, get off my turf!

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