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Bertoletti, Sudo win top dog honors at Nathan’s Famous power-eating contest, absent longtime champ
Read full article: Bertoletti, Sudo win top dog honors at Nathan’s Famous power-eating contest, absent longtime champPatrick Bertoletti of Chicago has won his first men’s title at the annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest.
Joey Chestnut shakes off rain delay and defends title at Nathan's Fourth of July hot dog contest
Read full article: Joey Chestnut shakes off rain delay and defends title at Nathan's Fourth of July hot dog contestEating superstar Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shook off a rain delay and gobbled his way to another win at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.
Champion Chestnut shakes off rain delay, defends title at Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog contest
Read full article: Champion Chestnut shakes off rain delay, defends title at Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog contestEating superstar Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shook off a rain delay and gobbled his way to another win at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.
Hot dog champs repeat as NYC marks virus-dampened July 4
Read full article: Hot dog champs repeat as NYC marks virus-dampened July 4NEW YORK The coronavirus put a damper on this years Fourth of July celebrations in New York, but some things stayed the same. Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo repeated as mens and womens champions at Saturdays Nathans Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest. Both hot dog totals were world records. Independence Day is a fitting occasion to reopen the 9/11 Memorial, Bloomberg, the chairperson of the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum, said in a prepared statement. New York Citys July 4 festivities will be capped by a televised fireworks display over the Empire State Building.
Chestnut, Sudo defend titles at 2019 hot dog eating contest
Read full article: Chestnut, Sudo defend titles at 2019 hot dog eating contestCNN imageThe two defending champs won the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. Last year they watched the hot dog eating contest on TV, and daughter Vivian was "fascinated by it." Chestnut set a record last year after eating 74 hot dogs, but he fell short after eating 71 hot dogs this year. Sudo wolfed down 31 hot dogs this year, which is down from the 37 hot dogs she ate to win the competition last year and her personal record of 41 hot dogs. Lesco was once again the runner-up, consuming 26 hot dogs to win second place.
We have a wiener! Joey Chestnut eats 71 hot dogs for title
Read full article: We have a wiener! Joey Chestnut eats 71 hot dogs for titleNEW YORK - Joey "Jaws" Chestnut ate 71 wieners and buns to secure his 12th title at Nathan's Famous annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest on Thursday, just a few hot dogs shy of breaking the record he set last year. Miki Sudo had already won the women's competition by chomping down 31 hot dogs. The 33-year-old fell short of her total last year of 37 frankfurters but earned her sixth consecutive title by easily beating runner-up Michelle Lesco, who wolfed down 26 hot dogs. Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas holds the all-time women's record of 45 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Spectators with foam hot dog hats, plastic noisemakers and homemade signs descended on Coney Island's famed boardwalk for the contest.
Miki Sudo eats 31 hot dogs to win 6th women's title
Read full article: Miki Sudo eats 31 hot dogs to win 6th women's title(AP Photo/Sarah Stier)NEW YORK - Reigning women's champion Miki Sudo devoured 31 hot dogs to win the women's division of the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest on New York City's Coney Island boardwalk on Thursday. The 33-year-old fell short of her total last year of 37 frankfurters but earned her sixth consecutive title by easily beating runner-up Michelle Lesco, who wolfed down 26 hot dogs. Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas holds the all-time women's record of 45 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Spectators with foam hot dog hats, plastic noisemakers and homemade signs descended on Coney Island's famed boardwalk for the contest. The men were to face offChestnut set a record last year by eating 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes.