A phenom who devours Frankfurters has arrived in New York. Joey "Jaws" Chestnut devoured his way to a 15th triumph in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest on Monday. He powered down 63 hot dogs and buns at the annual show of excess. Chestnut won by gobbling his way to victory.
Miki Sudo, the current holder of the women's record for the Frank Fest Chowdown, made a successful comeback after missing last year's competition due to pregnancy and won the women's division by consuming 40 hot dogs and buns to win the competition.
In addition, the competition was held on Monday in its customary position in front of Nathan's main store, which is situated in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn. Because of the widespread coronavirus epidemic, the event was moved both to 2020 and the previous year.
Chestnut, who is 38 years old and has a leg injury, accomplished his feat while wearing a surgical boot due to the fact that he was in front of a large crowd of onlookers. After his accomplishment, Chestnut told ESPN, "It's amazing to be back here."
"It's painful, but for a short while there, I was really in the zone." I was choosing to ignore it. " Chestnut reported that the discomfort eventually caused him to slow down during the 10-minute battle.
The inhabitant of Westfield, Indiana, broke his own record by eating 76 hot dogs and buns in the previous year to set a new benchmark.
In 2019, Sudo, who is from Tampa, Florida, broke the women's record with a score of 48 1/2 weiners and buns. She then took off the following year since she was expecting. She and her partner, Nick Wehry, a fellow competitive eater whom she had met through the Nathan's competition in 2018, became parents to a son named Max.
As his father held him, the infant witnessed his mother, who was 36 at the time, take home her ninth Nathan's victory. After the event, she expressed to ESPN her hope that he would one day learn a lesson from what had transpired.
"I want to set an example," she said, "to do things that you love and push yourself to your utmost limitations, and when things get difficult, to still give it a try." "I want to set an example," she said, "to do things that you love and push yourself to your ultimate limits." And, you never know, you might end up being the one who prevails after all. "
After that, Sudo took over the parental responsibilities while Wehry competed for the men's championship.
In conjunction with the event, Nathan's will be donating a total of one hundred thousand hot dogs to the Food Bank for New York City.
