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Series champion Joey Chestnut won again on Tuesday, devouring 62 boiled sausages and water-soaked buns in the space of ten minutes. Thousands of spectators cheered the 39-year-old’s performance as he defeated contestants who had already won sushi, donuts and boiled-egg eating contests.
The competition is sponsored by a sausage producer and the manufacturer of a drug for heartburn. The men’s eating contest had started with a two-hour delay this year due to thunderstorms. At first it looked like the event would be canceled due to the danger for the spectators, but then the organizers reached an agreement with the police. “You can never bet against America,” said a commentator on sports broadcaster ESPN2.
Chestnut has consistently won the competition in front of the Coney Island amusement park south of New York since 2016. His own world record is 76 hot dogs – just under eight a minute. Chestnut also made headlines in the US earlier this year as an advertising figure for a beverage company that is now selling “Colachup” for hot dogs, a mixture of a cola drink and ketchup.
In the women’s category, Miki Sudo had previously been ahead with 39.5 hot dogs counted by the judges. She has won every competition since 2014 with the exception of 2021 – she did not take part when she was pregnant.
Source: Nachrichten
