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World conker champion found with steel chestnut, cleared of cheating

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424 points notamy | 2 comments | 15 Oct 24 03:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bee_rider ◴[15 Oct 24 03:43 UTC] No.41844720[source]▶
It seems like a bad move to have a participant responsible for drilling the holes and attaching the strings.

Also I don’t understand the one paragraph aside about the American who is never mentioned before or after(?)

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silisili ◴[15 Oct 24 03:54 UTC] No.41844792[source]▶
The guy the article is about won the men's. At the end, the men's champ plays the women's champ for overall champion.

This American mentioned was the women's champ, who apparently went on to beat him. Which either means he wasn't cheating, or was and then played fairly on the last match?

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1. penjelly ◴[15 Oct 24 04:05 UTC] No.41844843[source]▶
I assume he wouldn't cheat everytime and instead would only do it to reduce the overall wear on the chestnut over many matches?
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2. umanwizard ◴[15 Oct 24 04:11 UTC] No.41844871[source]▶
Apparently they pick a new one each round.