Hot Diggity Dog- Joey Chestnut wins fifth straight
Written by playerpress.com, Monday July 04 2011
On a day when America celebrates independence, one event that has become a Fourth of July tradition is Nathans hot dog eating contest at Coney Island in New York.
Joey Chestnut won his fifth straight contest by consuming 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
Chestnut, 27, nicknamed Jaws, of San Jose, California, won $10,000 and the hot dog eating champion mustard-yellow belt.
Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago, won second place and $5,000 after consuming 53 hot dogs, and third-place contestant Tim Janus, of New York, won $2,500.
For the first time this year, the annual contest was broken into two divisions, one for men and one for women.
Sonya Thomas, known as the "Black Widow" of competitive eating, won the women’s division after she consumed 40 hot dogs, earning her $10,000 and the pink champion's belt.
In 2009, both Chestnut and Thomas, this years two winners, broke world records when he ate 68 hot dogs to break the male record and she ate 41 to break the female record.
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