Retiring sumo wrestler Goeido said Wednesday there were no questions about his choice to hang up his mawashi, because he had failed in a do-or-die promise to himself.
He said he made the decision the day he suffered his eighth loss at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, when his demotion to the third-highest sekiwake rank was assured.
"I feel like I've gone the distance. I'm good with myself," said Goeido, who drew the curtain on a 15-year career in which he won one Emperor's Cup.