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Kengo, 18-Year-Old Sumo Wrestler, In Coma After Collapse

Teenage Sumo Wrestler In Coma After Collapse
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Kengo, an 18-year-old Mongolian sumo wrestler collapsed on Thursday and remains in a coma following brain surgery.

The wrestler, whose real name is Baatarkhuu Turutvshin, complained of neck pain and collapsed at a bath house, according to the Japan Sumo Association.

He was rushed to the hospital and doctors removed a hematoma from the jonidan junior-division wrestler's head, the Tokyo Police say.

Kengo belongs to jonidan, the second-lowest of the six divisions in professional sumo wrestling.

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