Posted on 07/04/2009 1:40:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Defending Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion Joey Chestnut says he practiced hard to successfully retain his crown Saturday in New York. The 25-year-old told the New York Daily News he went into the annual Fourth of July competition in Coney Island confident he would repeat as the hot dog-eating champion of the world.
"I've been practicing hard," Chestnut said wolfing down a personal high with 68 hot dogs. "I knew it would be hard to beat me."
Chestnut said despite going against six-time titleholder Takeru (Tsunami) Kobayashi, he felt comfortable after consuming 23 hot dogs in the event's first two minutes.
"After the second minute I knew my body was cooperating," said the 218-pound winner, who earned the event's Mustard Belt award and $20,000 prize.
The Daily News said Chestnut's victory at the 94th annual contest came a year after he narrowly defeated Kobayashi in the competitive eating contest.
I am 6’8”, 245lbs. I eat 2 hotdogs and I feel bloated. I’ll never understand how these people can eat the way they do. 68 dogs!? I don’t eat that many in a year.
Really, I can manage 2 in about 15 minutes.
I aspire to the goal, but fall short by about 5 dozen dogs. wow.
I was reading on a news forum that that many hot dogs is about 20,000 calories. Can you imagine what kind of strain that puts on the digestive system!
I think Im up to the challenge. Mind over matter.
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