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Original – Indoor Senegalese wrestling. World African Wrestling world tour, Paris-Bercy, 2013. Mame Balla vs Pape Mor Lô.
Reason
Good quality and high EV. Commons FP.
Articles in which this image appears
Senegalese wrestling
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
Or is it a seam in the billboard behind him? Sca (talk) 17:05, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No, because you can follow it all the way into the sand. I really think we've got some inadvertent bladder control issues in the photo. Should we be featuring something potentially embarrassing like that? Hmm. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:44, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. He is not urinating. It's a sewing thread, from his clothes. You can see it easier on File:Lutte sénégalaise Bercy 2013 - Mame Balla-Pape Mor Lô - 31.jpg taken 16 seconds before. Thx for reviewing my picture. Pyb (talk) 20:30, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Phew, thanks for confirming! That makes sense, and it's a good example of why it's better to ask the photographer than to make assumptions. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 22:16, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lutte sénégalaise Bercy 2013 - Mame Balla-Pape Mor Lô - 32.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:44, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]