American wins hot dog eating contest

Joey Chestnut ate 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes, and beating the reigning champion from Japan who managed 63

there is hope for America at last

 

God bless American wieners.

 

Hey- we finally bested a Japanese at something- and appropriately enough it's eating junk food.

 

This brings a tear to my eye. I am so proud.

 

damn, thats eating 5.5 dogs a minute.....

 

Chestnut smashes world record, beats Kobayashi for title

Associated Press







Updated: July 4, 2007, 4:42 PM ET








NEW YORK -- In a gut-busting showdown that combined drama, daring and indigestion, Joey Chestnut emerged Wednesday as the world's hot dog eating champion, knocking off six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi in a record-setting yet repulsive triumph.

AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Joey Chestnut poses with 66 hot dogs -- the amount he stuffed into his face to claim the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Competition title. But where's the sauerkraut?










Chestnut, the great red, white and blue hope in the annual Fourth of July competition, broke his own world record by inhaling 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes -- a staggering one every 10.9 seconds before a screaming crowd in Coney Island.





"If I needed to eat another one right now, I could," the 23-year-old Californian said after receiving the mustard yellow belt emblematic of hot dog eating supremacy.





Kobayashi, the Japanese eating machine, recently had a wisdom tooth extracted and received chiropractic treatment due to a sore jaw. But the winner of every Nathan's hot dog competition from 2001 to 2006 showed no ill effects as he stayed with Chestnut frank-for-frank until the very end of the 12-minute competition.





Once the contest ended, the runner-up suffered a reversal -- competitive eating-speak for barfing -- leading to a deduction from his final total. Kobayashi finished with 63 HDBs (hot dogs and buns eaten) in his best performance ever.





Competitors receive credit for anything in their mouths at the 12-minute mark, provided they can swallow it.





"Obviously, the last bit exited his mouth quite dramatically," said Rich Shea of the International Federation of Competitive Eating. Kobayashi's gastric distress was the only sour note in the tube-steak tussle, which aired nationally on ESPN.





Kobayashi's previous best was 53½ in the competition that dates back to 1916. The all-time record before Wednesday's remarkable contest was Chestnut's 59½, set just last month in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe.





The two gustatory gladiators quickly distanced themselves from the rest of the 17 competitors, processing more beef than a slaughterhouse within the first few minutes. The two had each downed 60 hot dogs with 60 seconds to go when Chestnut -- the veins on his forehead extended -- put away the final franks to end Kobayashi's reign.





Kobayashi, through a translator, promised to return for the 2008 event.





The victory by the San Jose, Calif., resident ended Japan's long dominance of the contest. The only previous non-Japanese winner since 1996 was New Jersey's Steve Keiner in 1999. Third place this year went to another American, Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago, with 49.





"This title's been held by Kobayashi for six years, so it's about time it came home," said Chestnut, holding an American flag in his arms. "I knew going into this contest that Kobayashi was going to give 100 percent."

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

 

i know..so proud of America right now *sniffle*

 

Still nothing compared to the sub-hundred pound woman that I watched eat 60 hard boiled eggs in around 10 minutes. The only reason she didn't eat more is that they didn't have more ready.

 

now thats crazy

 

Yeah. She goes by 'Black Widow'. I'm pretty sure she's the most successful competitive eater in recent history.

 

paul newman in cool hand luke couldnt even do that!

 

That's because he wasn't Asian......

 

she doesn't like hot dogs? how come she doesn't enter the nathan's hot dog eating contest?

 

yeah, but it IS paul newman....... he could hustle with the best of em....

 

lmao, man that shit was disgusting. I was eatin while it was on and had to look away from the tv till I finished lmao..

them motherfuckers dippin them hotdogs in water and shit was nasty as fuck.

lmao @ how when the asian guy threw up they called it a reversal... lmaoooo

btw, who seen that commercial on there, the paper rock scissors national tournament on espn2 saturday at 9pm lmaooooooo...