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Young World
Hot dogs a minute
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Annual hot dog eating competition: (From left) Takeru Kobayashi, from Japan, Joey Chestnut, and Sonya Thomas.
In one of the most exciting finishes in hot dog eating competition history, defending champion Joey Chestnut today defeated six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi in overtime to keep the Mustard Belt, $20,000 and the world’s fastest hot dog eater title. Both eaters downed 59 hot dogs in the regular 10-minute competition at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hotdog-Eating Contest in Coney Island, forcing a speed-eating, five-dog overtime. There Chestnut, kno
wn to some as the "Clay Aiken of Bacon" proved to be the speedier of the two. When the final whistle blew, both Kobayashi and Chestnut had their mouths and their hands full of their 59th dog. Their bellies already full, both competitors took on the speed-eating overtime just minutes later, where Chestnut prevailed.
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