NEW YORK - JULY 4: Joey Chestnut (C) of San Jose, California raises hands in victory with Chairman of Major League Eating George Shea (R) after defeating Takeru Kobayashi of Nagano, Japan and Patrick "deep dish" Bertoletti in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest on July 4, 2009 in Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Chestnut defeated Kobayashi with eating 68 to his 64.5 hotdogs. Kobayashi won six previous competitions before tying last year with Chestnut. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

NEW YORK - JULY 4: Joey Chestnut (C) of San Jose, California raises hands in victory with Chairman of Major League Eating George Shea (R) after defeating Takeru Kobayashi of Nagano, Japan and Patrick "deep dish" Bertoletti in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest on July 4, 2009 in Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Chestnut defeated Kobayashi with eating 68 to his 64.5 hotdogs. Kobayashi won six previous competitions before tying last year with Chestnut.

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