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© Copyright 2008/9 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.Chestnut beats Kobayashi in hot dog eating contest after tie-breaker
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lipscombe
apparently you can, with trite dumb comments like “He wanted it, but I needed it,” “He should’ve won it, it was his to win,”
nutsagain
More hard-hitting news from JT.
GUNOT
its about damn time, us Americans took this bad boy back to the promise land
serindipity
Wow, the Japanese must be shattered to see their most prominent sportsperson lose. I can't wait to see him on the Saturday night talk show getting consoled by the team of immature twits.
timorborder
Good to see the comments of the winner playing down the importance of this charade.
This story reminds me of a friend of mine who is a doctor. He specializes in emergency gastrointestinal surgery, which often involves clearing blockages, etc. Christmas at his house is in early December because around Christmas time he is always on 24-hour a day call. He reckons that in a normal year between Christmas and New Year he has 30 emergency cases that require surgery because people eat too much.
romulus3
no one can out eat Americans. no one.
borscht
This has got to be the most complete and longest article JT has ever uploaded in the National section. Most seem to be two paragraph wonders that whet the appetite for more information. Could it be AP is more thorough than Kyodo - sort of mirroring the hot dog eating championships?
Congratulations (?) to Chestnut for, er, being a glutton and to Kobayashi for wanting to be a glutton. Hmmm. Bloated, high blood pressure and nausea. Plus ... $10,000! Go for it!
dr_jones
American Hotdogs are lame! Try Danish Hotdogs instead!
desmosedici
Haha, popular comment: they changed the rules, again!
pathat
An American beats a Japanese in a hot dog eating contest here as a lot of other Americans get prepared to smack around the Japanese in the Olympics next month. Go USA!
timeon
I wonder what the hell that means?
blvtzpk
Enough said - end of matter
hoserfella
no one can out eat Americans. no one.
Sarge
Heck, Chestnut, at 95 kilos, should be able to eat WAY more than Kobayashi, at 58 kilos.
"the two went dog-to-dog in the final stretch"
Har!
romulus3
yo!, Hoserfella, we are in agreement again?
Sarge
"no one can out eat Americans"
Witht the possible exception of the Aussies ha ha ha
romulus3
yes, the new America but wait... Aussies are gonna get slim fast...bye bye dream run...