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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: 0.001s | source
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tomcam ◴[15 Oct 24 04:08 UTC] No.41844858[source]▶
The conkeror this year is from Indianapolis! She only learned about conkers a few months ago.
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philipwhiuk ◴[15 Oct 24 11:37 UTC] No.41847459[source]▶
The field of entrants is probably like 50.
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1. tomcam ◴[15 Oct 24 13:39 UTC] No.41848484[source]▶
Sad to experience this kind of Indianapolisphobia in the hallowed pages of HN
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2. philipwhiuk ◴[15 Oct 24 13:42 UTC] No.41848521[source]▶
Judging by the photos it's definitely in the 2 digits, although given the existence of a number 70 let's assume it's ~99: https://www.worldconkerchampionships.com/gallery/all/Geoff%2...

I guess it could be that each country can only send at most one representative (making her the US Conker Champion) but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's a little unlikely.