It's a sad day for all in Japan.

[( o Y o )]

NEW YORK -- In a gut-busting showdown that combined drama, daring and indigestion, Joey Chestnut emerged Wednesday as the world's hot dog eating champion, knocking off six-time titlist Takeru Kobayashi in a rousing but repulsive triumph.

Chestnut, the American hope in the annual Fourth of July competition, broke his own world record by swallowing 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes -- a staggering one every 10.9 seconds before a screaming crowd in Coney Island.

"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.

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070705p2a00m0na001000c.html

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/368/hotdogos5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Titan]

LOL @ the disgusted looks on the scorecard girls faces

[( o Y o )]

check out this chicks look. lol

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/070705hotdog/78.jpg

[miscmisc]

OMG! I'm depressed...

And he has pumped up over the years in a very unusual way. He was a much, much skinnier dude before he became famous in the US, back in the days when he was beating everybody in TV Champion on TV Tokyo. He has too much muscle mass for a Japanese male of that size, and for someone who was very skinny just some years ago... Suspicious, suspicious...

Was this sanctioned by the atheltic commission!!??

[tiefling]

Gal Sone needs to step up and regain Japan's honor.

[Rattlesnake840]

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drZPCAsPWl4
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56uLxEllLM

The one Announcer was cracking me up.... If You Google American Hero tomorrow... You'll see Abe Lincoln, Neil Armstrong, and Joey Chestnut

[Dado]

The japanese guy has arthritis in his jaw. A few weeks ago he said he couldnt even fit his finger in his mouth.

[Arie-Kanarie]

It was on CNN's World Sport play of the day! I was shocked to see Kobayashi losing like that :(

[aubtin]

Wow I had no idea eating comps were so popular. I mean I knew they exsited but I didn't know they have such a big audience and proper TV coverage like a sport.

Also can't believe how much they eat, just watching them makes me feel full.

[RedHawk]

check out this chicks look. lol

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/070705hotdog/78.jpg


LMFAO!!

[FieldingMellish]

Joey Chestnut also has the greatest name in sports today!