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In a gut-busting showdown that combined drama, daring and indigestion, Joey Chestnut emerged today as the world’s hot dog eating champion, knocking off six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi in a rousing but repulsive triumph.
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 New York City’s Coney Island.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Joey Chesnut. He’s still number 2 in the International Federation of Competitive Eating (Kobayashi is still number one) but clearly that won’t be for much longer.
