He had just inhaled a staggering 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes --- an average of one every 10.9 seconds -- to seize the world's hot dog eating championship from a six-time titlist. But if his victory was gut-wrenching for spectators, Joey Chestnut himself wasn't feeling it.
"If I needed to eat another one right now, I could," the 23-year-old Californian said after receiving the mustard-yellow belt emblematic of hot dog eating supremacy.
Chestnut -- the great red, white and blue hope in Coney Island's annual Fourth of July competition -- broke his own world record Wednesday to take the title, knocking off reigning winner Takeru Kobayashi in a showdown that combined drama, daring and indigestion.
Kobayashi, the Japanese eating machine, recently had a wisdom tooth extracted and received chiropractic treatment due to a sore jaw.
But the winner of the last six Nathan's hot dog competitions showed no ill effects as he stayed with Chestnut frank-for-frank until the very end of the 12-minute competition.
Once the contest ended, the runner-up suffered a reversal -- competitive eating-speak for barfing -- that led to a deduction from his final total. Kobayashi finished with 63 HDBs (hot dogs and buns eaten) in his best performance ever.
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