Nathan's Hot Dog Contest Final Results
Takeru Kobayashi 53.75
Joey Chestnut 52
Sonya Thomas 37
Patrick Bertoletti 34.25
Tim Janus 34
Chip Simpson 33
Bob Shoudt 30
Rich LeFevre 28
Badlands Booker 24
Patrick Philbin 23
Eric Denmark 22
Seaver Miller 22
Brian Subich 22
Crazy Legs Conti 21.33
Allen Goldstein 20.5
Robert Andersson 20
Hall Hunt 18
Kamil Hamersky 18
Kenji Oguni 16
Jed Donahue 1
as per reported by the IFOCE
Man Joey Chestnut's eating style was cracking me up... putting a dog halfway in his mouth, then gripping it with his full fist and wiggling it back and forth as he coaxes it down the throat. If I worked for the Daily Show or Colbert Report I'd be all over that clip...
And did anyone else think the ESPN announcers were WAY WAY WAAAAAAAY over the top with the sports metaphors? Constantly comparing eaters to Michael Jordan, the Yankees, and every other sports icon they could think of?
It's not a sport never will be . It takes somewhat of a talent to eat more than the average human being unless they are sipping some performance enhancing shit I would ignore any comparison of these people to famous present day or past sports icons.