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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-04-11 08:03 PM
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Congatulations to Jaws and The Black Widow! (view at yor own risk)


You really don't want to see this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3UJFqix6P0&feature=player_embedded#at=19

NEW YORK—Joey Chestnut scarfed down 62 hot dogs to win his fifth consecutive Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Coney Island—the equivalent of about 20,000 calories in 10 minutes.

It wasn't a personal best for the 27-year-old nicknamed Jaws, but it was enough to out-eat second-place finisher Patrick Bertoletti by nine wieners. Chestnut, of San Jose, Calif., won $10,000 and the coveted mustard-yellow belt.

"I feel great!" he said after the contest, adding that he was going to drink a lot of water and avoid hot dogs for a few days.

Chestnut started at a blistering pace but couldn't beat his own record of 68 "because I kept messing up," he said, pausing for a burp. "Excuse me," he told reporters squeezed around him.

Bertoletti, of Chicago, won $5,000, and third-place contestant Tim Janus , of New York, won $2,500.

This year, for the first time, the annual contest in front of Nathan's Famous fast-food stand was broken into two divisions, one for men and one for women.

Sonya Thomas , known as the "Black Widow" of competitive eating, won with 40 downed dogs, earning her $10,000 and her own pink champion's belt.

"I'm so happy!" said Thomas, of Alexandria, Va....

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_18405953
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