💖 Please Subscribe: ✍ Japan's national sport of sumo conjures up visions of very large loincloth-clad men crashing into one another. But lately, a new breed of sumo wrestler is stepping into the ring. At just over 50 pounds, Mei Kigawa may not look like a sumo wrestler, but the shy fifth-grader is no pushover. "She's had plenty of bruises," her mom said. "But so far no broken bones." Kigawa was one of the young girls who competed in a national tournament in Osaka, CBS News correspondent Lucy Kraft reports. The girls trained for a whole year for matches that are over in seconds – sometimes one second. Aside from modified attire and separate weight classes, the rules for female sumo wrestlers are identical to professional sumo. And despite sumo's reputation as a contact sport for brawling behemoths, coaches say it's the ideal workout for just about anyone. "Sumo is good exercise, but it's also the most painful thing you can do," said Irish native John Gunning, a Tokyo-based sports writer and former ama ...
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