Hot Dog Heavyweight: Chestnut Wins Again
California's Joey Chestnut Beats Japans Takeru Kobayashi in a Dramatic Tiebreaker
Among them was the stipulation that the competition would last 10 minutes. In an effort to "honor tradition," the competition was changed.
Many expected the shorter time limit to affect the competition because it would force eaters to eat quickly but would not require as much stomach endurance.
Regardless of the change, the results for the top two spots remained the same.
"I love to eat," Chestnut said. "I love the competition. I was being pushed by everyone on the Fourth of July. You can only get away with it on this day, working so hard on something silly like this."
But the title is his only for the year, and when Kobayashi was asked if he would be competing again, he offered a simple, yet ominous "of course."
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