68 hot dogs in 10 minutes

By Craig Ruttle  |  2009-7-6


Californian Joey Chestnut (left), the defending champion of the Nathan's famous July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest, celebrates his victory over former champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in New York on Saturday. Chestnut racked up his third consecutive win by downing a world-record of 68 franks in 10 minutes.

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