Joey Chestnut Retains Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Crown in Thrilling OT Eat-Off!
Joey Chestnut Retains Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Crown in Thrilling OT Eat-Off!
Joey Chestnut held onto his title in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Championship in a thrilling overtime dog-off with six-time champion Takeru "Kobe" Koayashi. For the first time ever, the contest ended in a tie when the contest ended after 10 minutes (the contest was formerly 12 minutes, but was shortened by 2 minutes this year).
Chestnut and Kobayashi were deadlocked after 10 minutes, having both eaten 59 hot dogs and buns. In the Dog-Off, five additional hot dogs and buns were brought to both contestants, and Chestnut was just a bit faster in finishing them off.
Kobayashi had won the contest six straight times before losing to Chestnut last year; he had been suffering from arthritis of the jaw but seemed to be recovered for this year's contest.
The annual contest takes place next to the location of the original Nathan's Famous hot dog restaurant, on the boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
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I find it funny on tv how
I find it funny on tv how they said it was some of the most suspenseful tv ever. I watched it and its ok, but they go over the top!
Nathan's hot dog eating contest
I thought it was pretty exciting, considering it came down to a last-second tie, and then the "dog-off" was pretty close.
Of course, those announcers were playing up the drama, they were joking the whole time and not being too serious about it (like saying that one contestant is the Madonna to another competitor's A-Rod).