Called the most dominating athlete in sports history by ESPN, Takeru Kobayashi is a giant in the sport of eating. How could they say this? It all comes down to relative dominance of his sport. Kobayashi crushes his competition, with margins of victory that shatter anything Babe Ruth,
Lance Armstrong, Wayne Gretzky and
Michael Jordan ever held over their peers.
Reigning champ Joey Chestnut has logged his third consecutive win in Coney Island's annual hot dog eating contest with a world-record 68 franks. He defeated his archrival, six-time titleholder Takeru Kobayashi, in Saturday's bout. Chestnut led throughout the contest.
Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:46:40 GMTContestants compete during the Nathan's annual hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of New York July 4, 2009. Joey Chestnut (2nd L) from California and Takeru Kobayashi (3rd L) of Japan won the first and second places by eating 68 and 64 hot dogs within 10 minutes during the contest on Saturday.
Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:50:33 GMTHere's one American champion who still has the fire in his belly. Joey Chestnut crammed a stunning world-record 68 hot dogs down his throat on the Fourth of July to defeat archrival Takeru Kobayashi of Japan and win the 94th annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:28:38 GMT
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In a four year period, Kobayashi won the annual Nathan's hot dog eating contest by an average of 18.3 hot dogs, with his personal best being 53 and a half hot dogs. No one has ever come close.
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