Wednesday, July 05, 2006

2006 Hot Dog Eating Champion

54 hot dogsJoey Chestnut gave Takeru Kobayashi a run for his money, pushing the reigning Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest champion to a new world record.

Kobayashi ate 53 3/4 hot dogs (with buns) to claim his sixth consecutive Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest title. Chestnut, who had hoped to bring the hot dog eating championship home to America, ate 52 hot dogs.
The previous world hot dog eating record, also set by Kobayashi, was 53 1/2 hot dogs (with buns).

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