USA New York hot dog eating contest sets new record
Patrick Bertoletti celebrates his victory at the hot dog eating contest in New York. He devoured 58 hot dogs.
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Even the last hot dog has to be devoured.
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Fans celebrate the hot dog at the hot dog eating contest on Independence Day in New York.
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Patrick Bertoletti celebrates his victory at the hot dog eating contest in New York. He devoured 58 hot dogs.
Image: Keystone
Even the last hot dog has to be devoured.
Image: Keystone
Fans celebrate the hot dog at the hot dog eating contest on Independence Day in New York.
Image: Keystone
In the absence of food legend Joey Chestnut, US-American Patrick Bertoletti has won the traditional New York hot dog eating contest on US Independence Day.
Bertoletti devoured 58 buns and sausages in ten minutes at the contest in the Coney Island neighborhood, more than any of his competitors - his first title. Thousands of spectators cheered on the holiday spectacle.
Meanwhile, there was a new record in the women's competition: defending champion Miki Sudo managed 51 hot dogs. Sudo was the big favorite in the women's competition. She had won every competition since 2014 with the exception of 2021 - when she was pregnant and did not take part.
The perennial winner in the men's competition is actually Chestnut, who was excluded from the competition this year due to a sponsorship dispute. Chestnut had won the competition in front of the Coney Island amusement park in southern New York every year since 2016. His own world record is 76 hot dogs - just under eight per minute.
