NEW YORK (AP) – The coronavirus outbreak moved the famous Nathan’s hot dog food contest from Coney Island’s boardwalk to an undisclosed inland location, but the results were familiar: Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo repeated as male champions and women of the annual gluttony festival. Saturday.
Chestnut tore down 75 sausages and rolls in 10 minutes and Sudo tore down 48 1/2 in the same span, setting new world records for men’s and women’s events. “I’m always pushing for a record,” Chestnut said before the contest began. “I know that is what the fans want.”
The annual July 4 hot dog contest usually takes place outside of Nathan’s flagship store in Brooklyn, but was held indoors with no in-person spectators on Saturday. Only five women and five men competed, and the clear plastic barriers separated them as they ate.
“Minute six is where I really missed the crowd,” Chestnut said on ESPN, which broadcast the competition, “and I hit a wall, and it took a little more work to get past it.”
It was Chestnut’s 13th win at Nathan’s Famous and Sudo’s seventh. Each will take home $ 10,000.
