June 13, 2007, - 2:20 pm
America Defeats Japan to ReCapture Championship
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It’s not exactly the . And it’s not exactly the U.S. beating Japan in World War II.
But, today, America can take solace that we’ve retaken the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest from Japan. On June 2, America’s Joey Chestnut set a new world hot dog eating record of 59.5 hot dogs consumed in 12 minutes defeating Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi, who held the previous world record 53.75 hot dogs in 12 minutes (last year). That’s almost 5 hot dogs per minute. Kobayashi wasn’t competing in this particular contest. But a record’s a record. And Chestnut beat his.
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! Thanks to reader Ari for the tip. Here’s the video (you can stop watching after about a minute):
Here’s a shorter, second view from CNN (“Four Horsemen of the Esophagus”):
Tags: America, CNN, Debbie Schlussel It, Japan, Joey Chestnut, Soviet Union, Takeru Kobayashi, the 1980 Olympic, United States
You didn’t know this? Joey Chestnut almost beat Kobyashi last year. He came in a close 2nd at the Nathan’s contest.
However Deb, I think you need to do some fact checking. The news report I saw said that Chestnut beat Kobyashi’s record at a regional contest; NOT the Nathan’s contest. The Nathan’s contest (regarded as the world championship) is held on July 4th in New York.
I’m going off of memory here, so please forgive me if I’m wrong. You might just want to double-check some of the details of your blog entry.
In the mean time, Chestnut definitely beat Kobyashi’s record.
THIS ONE WAS SPONSORED BY NATHAN’S, TOO. CHECK THE VIDEO AND LOOK AT THE WALLPAPER/BACKGROUND.
DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL
There is NO Santa Claus on June 13, 2007 at 3:36 pm