[Updated at 12:56 p.m. ET] Joey "Jaws" Chestnut has successfully defended his title at Nathan's annual hot eating competition in Brooklyn, New York, tying his world record by downing 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes.His victory Wednesday marks his 6th win at the competition.
[Posted at 11:58 a.m. ET] Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas defended her title at the annual hot dog eating competition in New York on Wednesday, setting a women's world record by downing 45 hot dogs. Thomas weighs about 100 pounds.
Thomas was seeking to hold on to her title: a record 41 hot dogs and buns.
"My technique is, I dunk two hot dogs in the water cup and then eat," she said.
The contest started nearly 100 years ago as a sideshow on the famous boardwalk at Coney Island. All that changed when Nathan's Famous Restaurant saw the draw it had for the boardwalk and especially the eatery.
Up until last year, men and women held contests together. They now have separate divisions.
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you gotta love this country!
Look up Ms. Sonya Thomas sometime. Her life has been an interesting story. It's unbelievable how much food this tiny little Korean-American lady can pound down.
I bet she poops for a week straight!
That's disgusting...why? There is no way I'd stuff that much nasty meat in my body. Congrats you two, you are "winners"!
love those 'hot dogs but dripped in water to eat them 'oh! yuk!
Boy Now I am really hungry for 4th of July BBQ??!!!???!!!!!!!
so while european scientists are discovering the origin of the universe with the higgs boson particle, here in the good ol' usa we are celebrating gluttony with pointless hot dog eating contests while millions of children around the world are starving. You gotta love this country
I will be glad to buy you a plane ticket if you would move out of this country and never return since you are so dissatisfied.
I DO love this country! If YOU don't, make a run for the border!
Im 6' 0" 280 pounds and I cant even eat 4 hotdogs!!
Why all of a sudden make two categories? I though men and woman were supposed to be equal!!
My guess is that if the woman could beat the men by over 20 hot dogs, they would have never made 2 different categories.
He's best friends with cholesterol.
Interesting that women want to be declared equal to men when it comes to all the benefits of society, but they don't want to compete with men in any contests, whether eating , football, baseball, golf, basketball, swimming, or ANY sports. They want their own leagues where they only have to compete with other women.
I concider myself a liberal feminist, but I am in complete agreement with you. We (women) seem to want everything both ways nowdays.
What about equestrian events or auto racing?
Can you say built differently? I thought you could.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Nanny Bloomberg try to limit the number of hot dogs a person can eat in one day.
And cut down on a tourist main attraction? Never happen.
But they are professionals.
Woman only want their own categories (sports) when they can't compete with a male. But if they can, then they demand to be treated as an equal.
All's well that ends well....both winners received a coupon for 25% off for their first angioplasty!
That is good