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Kobayashi wins Nathan's hot dog eating contest for 6th time

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Posted on: July 4, 2006 4:08 PM, by Jake Young

In 4th of July related news, Takeru Kobayashi has yet again proven that stomach size and total body size have no clear correlation.

A 160-pound wonder from Japan set a new record by devouring a sickening 53 3/4 frankfurters in 12 minutes to win the annual Independence Day hot dog eating competition on Coney Island.

More interesting as he usually crushes the competition someone actually came close to beating him this time:

His strongest competition was Joey Chestnut, a 220-pound civil engineering student from San Jose, Calif., who set an American record by eating 50 hot dogs during a qualifying tournament in Las Vegas.

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I think the most disturbing piece of information to come out of this is, there is a qualifying tournament for hotdog eating contests?

Posted by: igor eduardo kupfer | July 4, 2006 5:40 PM

I was there! Awesome show, even though it was hard to see the eaters. The passion of Kobayashi's fans is bizarre. Crazy, crazy stuff.

Posted by: Mega Munch | July 7, 2006 9:47 AM

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