Joey Chestnut eats world-record 76 hot dogs to win Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest
![]() 1561 Monday, 05 July, 2021, 23:28 Chowdown champ Joey "Jaws" Chestnut broke his own record to gulp to a 14th win in the men's Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Sunday, while Michelle Lesco took the women's title. Chestnut downed 76 franks and buns in 10 minutes. That's one more than he did in setting the men's record last year, when the contest unfolded indoors and without fans because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lesco, of Tucson, Arizona, downed 30¾ dogs in 10 minutes and called her win "an amazing feeling." Reigning women's champ and record holder Miki Sudo skipped this year because she's expecting a baby in a few weeks with fellow competitive eater Nick Wehry. He vied for the men's title but came up short. The annual Fourth of July frankfurter fest normally happens outside Nathan's flagship shop in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood. But this year's planning took place amid shifting coronavirus restrictions, and the event was held in a nearby minor league baseball stadium, Maimonides Park, with 5,000 spectators. Chestnut said he'd missed the fans last year. "I've been looking forward to this all year,'' he told ESPN in an interview before this year's competition. ![]() |
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