U.S. champion retains hot dog eating title
Joey Chestnut holds a tray of 64 hot dogs after defeating Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in overtime at Nathan's annual hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of New York, July 4, 2008.
US defending champion Joey Chestnut won the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday by downing 64 hot dogs in a competition that stretched into a first-ever overtime.
Chestnut, of San Jose, California, defeated six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in the annual event held at New York's Coney Island beach.
The two were tied at 59 hot dogs a piece at the end of the regulation 10 minutes, forcing a sudden death overtime to determine which man could eat five more hotdogs in the shortest time.
Organizers said it was the first overtime in the contest's history.
Chestnut won the overtime, marking his second consecutive victory over Kobayashi. Kobayashi won the contest six straight times but lost the title in an upset to Chestnut last year.
Thousands of onlookers were on hand for the Fourth of July Independence Day event which Nathan's has staged since 1916.
The winner receives $10,000, a mustard yellow belt and a year's supply of hotdogs from Nathan's, which began in 1916 with a small Coney Island hot dog stand and now sells food products globally.
在上周五舉行的一年一度的“內(nèi)森杯”國(guó)際吃熱狗大賽中，上屆冠軍、美國(guó)人喬伊•切斯特納特成功衛(wèi)冕，吃掉64只熱狗。今年的比賽首次進(jìn)入加時(shí)賽階段。
當(dāng)天的比賽在紐約的科尼島海灘舉行，來(lái)自加利福尼亞州圣約斯的切斯特納特戰(zhàn)勝六屆冠軍得主、來(lái)自日本的小林尊，成功衛(wèi)冕。
在本次比賽中，兩人在10分鐘的正式比賽時(shí)間內(nèi)均吞下59個(gè)熱狗，“吃”成平手，所以雙方只能進(jìn)入加時(shí)賽階段，在最短時(shí)間內(nèi)吃完五個(gè)熱狗的一方將獲勝。
據(jù)主辦方介紹，這是該比賽歷首次用加時(shí)賽定勝負(fù)。
結(jié)果，切斯特納特在加時(shí)賽中勝出，這是他連續(xù)第二次擊敗小林尊奪得冠軍。小林尊曾連續(xù)六年蟬聯(lián)此項(xiàng)比賽的冠軍，但在去年的比賽中惜敗，不保冠軍頭銜。
當(dāng)天的比賽吸引了數(shù)千名觀眾觀看?！皟?nèi)森杯”國(guó)際吃熱狗大賽始于1916年，是美國(guó)“獨(dú)立日”的慶?；顒?dòng)之一。
比賽冠軍將獲得1萬(wàn)美元的獎(jiǎng)金，一根黃綬帶以及由“內(nèi)森”食品公司提供的為期一年的免費(fèi)熱狗供應(yīng)。起源于1916年的“內(nèi)森”公司從科尼島海灘上的一個(gè)小熱狗攤起家，目前其食品業(yè)務(wù)遍及全球。
Joey Chestnut holds a tray of 64 hot dogs after defeating Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in overtime at Nathan's annual hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of New York, July 4, 2008.
US defending champion Joey Chestnut won the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday by downing 64 hot dogs in a competition that stretched into a first-ever overtime.
Chestnut, of San Jose, California, defeated six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in the annual event held at New York's Coney Island beach.
The two were tied at 59 hot dogs a piece at the end of the regulation 10 minutes, forcing a sudden death overtime to determine which man could eat five more hotdogs in the shortest time.
Organizers said it was the first overtime in the contest's history.
Chestnut won the overtime, marking his second consecutive victory over Kobayashi. Kobayashi won the contest six straight times but lost the title in an upset to Chestnut last year.
Thousands of onlookers were on hand for the Fourth of July Independence Day event which Nathan's has staged since 1916.
The winner receives $10,000, a mustard yellow belt and a year's supply of hotdogs from Nathan's, which began in 1916 with a small Coney Island hot dog stand and now sells food products globally.
在上周五舉行的一年一度的“內(nèi)森杯”國(guó)際吃熱狗大賽中，上屆冠軍、美國(guó)人喬伊•切斯特納特成功衛(wèi)冕，吃掉64只熱狗。今年的比賽首次進(jìn)入加時(shí)賽階段。
當(dāng)天的比賽在紐約的科尼島海灘舉行，來(lái)自加利福尼亞州圣約斯的切斯特納特戰(zhàn)勝六屆冠軍得主、來(lái)自日本的小林尊，成功衛(wèi)冕。
在本次比賽中，兩人在10分鐘的正式比賽時(shí)間內(nèi)均吞下59個(gè)熱狗，“吃”成平手，所以雙方只能進(jìn)入加時(shí)賽階段，在最短時(shí)間內(nèi)吃完五個(gè)熱狗的一方將獲勝。
據(jù)主辦方介紹，這是該比賽歷首次用加時(shí)賽定勝負(fù)。
結(jié)果，切斯特納特在加時(shí)賽中勝出，這是他連續(xù)第二次擊敗小林尊奪得冠軍。小林尊曾連續(xù)六年蟬聯(lián)此項(xiàng)比賽的冠軍，但在去年的比賽中惜敗，不保冠軍頭銜。
當(dāng)天的比賽吸引了數(shù)千名觀眾觀看?！皟?nèi)森杯”國(guó)際吃熱狗大賽始于1916年，是美國(guó)“獨(dú)立日”的慶?；顒?dòng)之一。
比賽冠軍將獲得1萬(wàn)美元的獎(jiǎng)金，一根黃綬帶以及由“內(nèi)森”食品公司提供的為期一年的免費(fèi)熱狗供應(yīng)。起源于1916年的“內(nèi)森”公司從科尼島海灘上的一個(gè)小熱狗攤起家，目前其食品業(yè)務(wù)遍及全球。