Hakurozan and Roho…the Russian Cheech and Chong (Confused? Read on.)
When you think of Russia what comes to mind first? That’s right: pot smoking sumo wrestlers. Well the cold war may be over, but Russia is still providing us with hoots and hijinx in the form of Hakurozan and Roho, Russian sumo wrestlers. At first I read about these two brothers testing positive for drugs and I thought: Steroids. It makes perfect sense, just like the Olympics they could use roids to enhance their performance. I was wrong though, and it turned out to be marijuana that caused the brothers to have a positive drug test.
Why might these two be smoking weed? Is it to mellow out from a difficult day of sitting, eating, and sweating? Are they concerned about not being fat enough and are hoping to put on a few hundred pounds with the aid of Mary Jane? Whatever the reason, they apparently were using the stuff. The Guardian is reporting that:
The sumo association said it had carried out surprise tests on all 69 wrestlers in sumo’s top two divisions. Only Roho, 28, whose real name the association gave as Boradzov Soslan Feliksovich, and Hakurozan, 26, tested positive, officials said.
“It is possible that they inhaled very recently, probably within the last two days,” said Shohei Onishi, a sumo anti-doping official.
My favorite line is the response Roho gave about marijuana; “I have never used or even touched the stuff. I want another test to be conducted at a hospital I can trust.” Riiiiggght.
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