Joey Chestnut broke his own world record by swallowing 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes - one every 10.9 seconds - in Coney Island."If I needed to eat another one right now, I could," the 23-year-old Californian boasted after receiving the mustard yellow belt.Chestnut won against six-time champion Kobayashi, from Japan, who recently had a wisdom tooth extracted and received chiropractic treatment due to a sore jaw.But Kobayashi, who won every Nathan's hot dog competition since 2001 showed no ill effects as he stayed with Chestnut frank-for-frank until the very end of the 12-minute competition.But once the contest ended, Kobayashi vomited, leading to a deduction from his final total. He finished with 63 hot dogs and buns eaten - still his best performance ever.His previous high in the annual competition was 53½. The all-time record before Wednesday's remarkable contest was Chestnut's 59½, set just last month.Competitors receive credit for anything in their mouths at the 12-minute mark, provided they can swallow it.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
WORLD HOT DOG EATING CHAMPION
A US man has been named world hot dog eating champion.
Joey Chestnut broke his own world record by swallowing 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes - one every 10.9 seconds - in Coney Island."If I needed to eat another one right now, I could," the 23-year-old Californian boasted after receiving the mustard yellow belt.Chestnut won against six-time champion Kobayashi, from Japan, who recently had a wisdom tooth extracted and received chiropractic treatment due to a sore jaw.But Kobayashi, who won every Nathan's hot dog competition since 2001 showed no ill effects as he stayed with Chestnut frank-for-frank until the very end of the 12-minute competition.But once the contest ended, Kobayashi vomited, leading to a deduction from his final total. He finished with 63 hot dogs and buns eaten - still his best performance ever.His previous high in the annual competition was 53½. The all-time record before Wednesday's remarkable contest was Chestnut's 59½, set just last month.Competitors receive credit for anything in their mouths at the 12-minute mark, provided they can swallow it.
Joey Chestnut broke his own world record by swallowing 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes - one every 10.9 seconds - in Coney Island."If I needed to eat another one right now, I could," the 23-year-old Californian boasted after receiving the mustard yellow belt.Chestnut won against six-time champion Kobayashi, from Japan, who recently had a wisdom tooth extracted and received chiropractic treatment due to a sore jaw.But Kobayashi, who won every Nathan's hot dog competition since 2001 showed no ill effects as he stayed with Chestnut frank-for-frank until the very end of the 12-minute competition.But once the contest ended, Kobayashi vomited, leading to a deduction from his final total. He finished with 63 hot dogs and buns eaten - still his best performance ever.His previous high in the annual competition was 53½. The all-time record before Wednesday's remarkable contest was Chestnut's 59½, set just last month.Competitors receive credit for anything in their mouths at the 12-minute mark, provided they can swallow it.
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