Joey Chestnut wins record 15th Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

Joey Chestnut chomped his technique to the highest of Nathan's Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest once more Monday.
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Joey Chestnut chomped his technique to the highest of Nathan’s Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest once more Monday, profitable a record-setting fifteenth victory on the annual Fourth of July competitors.

The 37-year-old wolfed down 63 scorching canines and buns in 10 minutes, a far cry from the report 76 he devoured final yr.

The quantity nonetheless eviscerated that of Chestnut’s closest competitor, GeoffreyEsper, by 20 canines.

Chestnut shocked the aggressive consuming world on Friday when he confirmed as much as his official weigh-in on crutches. A tendon harm required him to compete Monday in a medical boot.

The dominant victory on Monday marked the primary time since 2019 that the competitors was held at its standard location, the unique Nathan’s at Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

Final yr’s match was a limited-entry, ticketed occasion at close by Maimonides baseball stadium, house of the Brooklyn Cyclones.

Monday’s victory for Chestnut marked his fifteenth on the competitors.

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The 37-year-old wolfed down 63 scorching canines and buns in 10 minutes.

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Monday’s victory for Chestnut marked his fifteenth on the competitors.

Ranked No. 1 on this planet of aggressive eaters by Main League Consuming, the previous California resident has gained all however one Nathan’s contest since 2006.

Eight-time champ Miki Sudo gained the ladies’s scorching canine contest held earlier Sunday.

Longtime followers expressed aid and pleasure to be again on the flagship location for this yr’s competitors..

“It’s been a practice In my household to come back right here each 4th of July so right here we're,” mentioned Daphne, 26, of Brownsville.

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Joey Chestnut’s victory marked the primary time since 2019 that the competitors was held at its standard location.

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Neighborhood resident Joe Manny, 32, had not anticipated the occasion to return as “regular.”

“I might all the time come to Coney Island each Fourth of July for this competitors so being again in individual as we emerge from the pandemic feels nice as a result of I didn’t assume the world would get again to regular,” he mentioned.