YeinJee's Asian Journal » Joseph Christian “Joey” Chestnut http://yeinjee.com Popular blog on Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, otaku, trends, traditions, pictures, videos, and offbeat stuff. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:40:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Chestnut retained Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest title http://yeinjee.com/2008/chestnut-retained-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-title/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/chestnut-retained-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-title/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:09:26 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=786 American Joey Chestnut retained his Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest title in 2008, beating Japanese arch rival Takeru Kobayashi after a close fight.

Each of them consumed 59 hot dogs in 10 minutes and forced the game into extra time, with Chestnut claiming the final victory after a five-dog playoff.


Video: Nathan’s International July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest 2008

Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest is arguably the world’s most famous competitive eating contest. The competition is held annually on US’ Independence Day (July 4) in Coney Island, New York, since 1916.

Takeru Kobayashi is a legend in the contest, winning it for six times in a role (2001-2006) before Joey Chestnut, nicknamed the “Jaws”, claimed the title in 2007 and successfully defending it in 2008.

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