The Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kaloyan Mahlyanov Kotooshu entered the history of the Japanese sport by becoming the first European to win the Emperor's Cup at the Big Summer Tournament in Tokyo.

In the 14th, last stage of the tournament Kotooshu defeated Saturday sakiwake Ama, thus becoming unattainable at the top of the ranking with 13 victories and only one loss, which guaranteed him the title.

The Bulgarian giant used the okuritaoshi technique by bringing down his opponent form behind.

Several minutes after Mahlyanov won the tournament, he was greeted by the Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, who also wished him many more victories and the winning of the highest rank in professional sumo - yokozuna.

"The winning of the Emperor's Cup is an extraordinary personal success of yours, which sets you a permanent place in the history of this sport as the first European to triumph in this competition", the President's letter to Kotooshu states.

Kaloyan Mahlyanov, born in 1983 in the Dzulyunitsa Village, close to the Bulgarian city of Veliko Turnovo, is currently ranked as ozeki - the second highest rank in professional sumo.

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