Joey Chestnut doesn’t ‘feel too great’ after NYC hot dog contest win

Joey Chestnut acknowledged Tuesday he doesn’t “really feel too nice” a day after hoovering up 63 scorching canines whereas cruising to victory within the annual Nathan’s Fourth of July Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest — however downplayed the post-binge bloat, saying it’s much like the routine soreness different athletes expertise.

“I in all probability odor like meat,” the 38-year-old quipped to the hosts of NBC’s “At present.”

“I don’t really feel too nice, but it surely’s like something, a marathon runner doesn’t really feel too nice after a marathon,” added the perennial champion of chomp. “It would take me a day and a half to recuperate.”

After his fifteenth win on the annual scorching canine consuming competitors, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut says it should take him a day and a half to recuperate.

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Regardless of having to compete in a boot attributable to a tendon harm, Chestnut nonetheless managed to eat his approach by means of the competitors.

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Chestnut and Miki Sudo each defended their titles throughout Monday’s competitors.

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Chestnut recorded a record-setting fifteenth victory on the Independence Day competitors Monday.  

Whereas he trounced the man aggressive eaters, the 63 franks he wolfed down was beneath the 76 he guzzled final 12 months — maybe partly as a result of he momentarily halted his scorching canine consumption to struggle off an animal rights protester who stormed the Coney Island stage in the midst of the competitors.

The day after his 2021 win, Chestnut instructed The Publish his garments match slightly “cosy,” and that he had “loopy goals” paying homage to the 2010 Christopher Nolan film “Inception.”

The record-holder in contrast his victory to working a marathon in a post-competition interview.

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The 106th annual Nathan’s Fourth of July Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest returned to its authentic location in Coney Island this 12 months after being pressured to relocate final 12 months as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.

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In a Tuesday morning cellphone interview, Chestnut stated he didn’t get sufficient high quality shut-eye to recall any visions.

“I used to be having a tough time sleeping final evening. I don’t bear in mind any loopy goals final evening,” the California native instructed The Publish. “It wasn’t the perfect sleep.”

Miki Sudo — who on Monday earned her eighth victory in 9 years within the girls’s competitors by devouring 40 scorching canines — instructed the hosts of NBC’s morning present that she feels “puffy” and “slightly bloated.”