Eating champion devours 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes - VIDEO

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut wins the World Hot Dog Eating Contest for the fifth consecutive time, devouring 62 sausages and buns in 10 minutes.

Chestnut retained the mustard-yellow champion's belt at the annual July 4 contest on New York's Coney Island, beating 16 other competitors including three who had flown all the way from China.

The 27-year-old engineering student from San Jose, California, was six hot dogs short of his personal best but won $10,000 for his efforts.

He said: "I feel great about my performance, the competition was awesome. I was able to eat more than last year.

"Next year, if somebody pushes me a little harder, I will definitely go for a new record."

The winner in the women's event was Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas, a five-foot-five-inch, 105 pound, 42-year-old who ate 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes.


/Telegraph.co.uk/


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