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World conker champion found with steel chestnut, cleared of cheating

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424 points notamy | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 03:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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_fat_santa ◴[15 Oct 24 12:14 UTC] No.41847744[source]▶
Apparently he was cleared of cheating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJKIbq2FuG8
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hn_throwaway_99 ◴[15 Oct 24 15:13 UTC] No.41849471[source]▶
I wish there were a picture of this steel conker somewhere. I mean, is it "steel colored"? Seems like it would be obvious if it were used.
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1. hacky_engineer ◴[17 Oct 24 15:32 UTC] No.41870600[source]▶
In the video they mention it was painted and looked like a genuine conker.