Today the 28-year-old Estonian the Balt declared that it made the decision to finish professional career sumotori.

One of the most popular athletes resigned, without having managed to order to Autumn tournament a sore left knee.

Being ozeki couldn't dare to fall to the third league makusita and to lose the elite status sekitori.

The Balt injured a forward crucial ligament and a meniscus in May on Summer tournament when it carried a rank sekiveki.

Having passed July base, passing in the city of Nagoya, the Estonian giant left in the second division dzjure.

The native of a quiet village of Veyke-Maarya was accepted in professional sumo in May of the 2004th year. The smiling blond European very quickly rose in bandzuke (tables of ranks) and promptly gained popularity.

Exactly in two years Balt (Baruto) acted already in the highest division makuuti.

During the period from September of the 2006th year to July of the 2007th year Kaydo Hyovelson injured a knee three times. But he managed to be restored – and his career went again uphill.

In March of the 2010th year the Balt was awarded the professional sumo of a rank second in hierarchy ozeki.

In January of the 2012th year the Estonian giant won the main trophy of national Japanese wrestling – the Cup of the Emperor.

The good-natured athlete allocated with bear force raised and at the highest rank yokodzun. But it was prevented by new traumas.

The Balt carried out on professional dohe 644 duels, won 431 victories. In the highest division makuuti it won 330 fights.

Thanks to Kaydo Hyovelson many Japanese learned and fell in love with Estonia.

The Balt never hid that dreams to return home after the end of career rikisi and to be engaged together with the wife, the Russian beauty Elena, a farm.

Soon glorified sumotori will begin new life on the native earth.

Denis Isayev

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