Legendary Competitive Eater Joey Chestnut has done it again and on crutches due to a ruptured Achilles!
.@joeyjaws makes his entrance for a chance at a 15th title đź’Ş pic.twitter.com/Cfa8ycG6SL
— ESPN (@espn) July 4, 2022
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Check out the electrifying intro for THE REIGNING DEFENDING HOT DOG CHAMPION!
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15 years ago, Joey Chestnut won his first Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest and he’s SILL THE CHAMPION!
THE GOAT of competitive eating earned his 15th title at the annual Fourth Of July Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island
Matt Stonie upset Joey in 2015 62 HDB to 60 but since then has won another 7 years in a row!
Chestnut aka ” Joey Jaws” ate 63 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes to claim the Mustard Belt!
The 38 year old Hot Dog Eating Champion beat the next closest competitor by 14.5 hot dogs but didn’t come close to his World Record of 76 he wolfed down in 2021 and 75 in 2022.
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Official 2022 MLE Fourth of July Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest Results:
RESULTS:
3. 41 HDB – James Webb (Sydney, Australia)
2. 47.5 HDB – Geoff Esper (Oxford, MA)
1. 63 HDB – Joey Chestnut (Goatville, USA)— Major League Eating (@eatingcontest) July 4, 2022
MIKI SUDO RETURNS TO TOP OF NATHAN’S HOT DOG EAT CONTEST AFTER HIATUS
Miki Sudo won her 8th Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest victory in 9 years on Monday.  Sudo sat out during the 2021 Hot Dog Eating Contest because she was pregnant, ate 40 Hot Dogs and Buns winning by 14.
Sudo led the entire competition, crossing the 10-dog threshold at the minute-forty mark.
The 2021 winner Michelle Lesco came in 2nd place Monday, finishing runner-up to her friend and former roommate for the fourth time.
Sudo first competed in the annual Fourth of July tradition in 2014 and has never lost.
