It's that time again. It's almost the 4th of July which means it's almost time for the 2006 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest! I'm sure by now that you are all familiar with Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi and his world record of eating 53 1/2 HDBs (hot dog and buns) in 12 minutes. He set that record 2 years ago and dominates this field of competition. I followed the live footage last year (Pre-Game and Post-Game) and am eager to watch it again. Kobayashi won last year with 49 dogs, giving him the title (and mustard yellow belt) for the 5th year in a row.Last year, Sonya "Black Widow" Thomas set a US record (and women's record) with 37 HDBs. Finishing 3rd was Joey "Jaws" Chestnut with 32. But just last month, Joey Chestnut took down 50 hot dogs in the Las Vegas qualifier, setting a new American record. Will the US fight back this year and take the title from Kobayashi?
Catch all the action live on ESPN (and ESPN HD) on Tuesday July 4th at 9am!
3 comments:
Nathan's are my favorite tasting, but they cost five times as much! They're still worth it. :)
crap! i watched this whole show on tv about how he trains for eating competitions and i totally meant to tell you about it. and now i can't remember what channel it was on.
damn the alzheimer's!!!
oh well... looking forward to the recap from you next week.
USA!! USA!! This would be huge for the United States if we could win the Hot Dog eating title on the heals of such devastating performance at the World Cup. Let's go Joey!!
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