Wednesday, July 04, 2007

San Jose Man Sets Hot Dog Eating Record

Joey Chestnut

William Marra writes for ABC News:

It was cheek-to-cheek, jaw-to-jaw and when the final seconds ticked away, a photo finish revealed a new American champion.

Joey Chestnut, a California graduate student, unseated six-time defending champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan at the 2007 Nathan's Famous International July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest.

On his way, he shattered his own record for hot dog consumption, slogging down 66 weiners in 12 minutes.

Kobayashi, whose jaw condition was questionable in the run up to this year's competition, swallowed 63 hot dogs -- keeping pace with Chestnut but never was in the lead.

More here.

Image source: William Jackson / Reuters

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