"The Tsunami" has been displaced by "Jaws."Joey Chestnut, a 23-year-old from California, downed 59 1/2 hot dogs (with buns) in 12 minutes yesterday at the Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Championship in Arizona, setting a new world record.
Chestnut, whose nickname is "Jaws," crushed the previous mark of 53 3/4, held by Japan's Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayashi, who holds a host of eating records and has won the annual 4th of July world hot dog eating championship, held at the Coney Island Nathan's, six years in a row. Chestnut holds several world records himself, including devouring 182 chicken wings at the 2007 Wing Bowl in Philadelphia.
Such contests may be entertaining, and the physiology of these guys is interesting, but I've got to believe that it won't be long before someone dies while in the midst of eating a massive amount of some food.
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