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    PHOTOS: It's 'Wrestle Mania' On The Beaches Of Senegal

    Kids and adults love to wrestle — especially on the sand. Photographer Nico Therin takes a closer look at the sport.
    by Diane Cole Sep 02, 2018 2 minutes
    A wrestler flexes his muscles. "He was showing me how big and powerful he is," says photographer Nico Therin, who visited the country to document its national sport.

    When photographer Nico Therin came across pictures of wrestling matches on the sand in Senegal, he was so intrigued he decided to take his camera and go.

    It didn't take long for Therin to learn that in Senegal, wrestling is a national sport. As Khadim Gadiaga,

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