Joey Chestnut

Joey Chestnut lost his mother and is recovering from COVID-19 and injuries. He's still expected to win his 15th Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest title.

In 2015, Matt Stonie handed Chestnut his only defeat in the past 15 years. Last year Chestnut won the contest by 26 hot dogs while setting a personal record with 76. In May, he tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to drop out of a doughnut holes eating competition. Recently, he injured a tendon in his right leg while on a training run. “I did good,’’ he reported by text message, declining to provide details. He's still confident he'll win his 15th crown.

Fortunately for Jules, he won't have to endure any injury disappointment on the Fourth of July.

Whether or not the injury impacts Chestnut as he goes for his seventh straight title and his 15th overall crown remains to be seen. With the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest upon us yet again, the legendary Joey Chestnut will be playing with his right foot in a cast. BOSTON -- Last week, Julian Edelman made some headlines for his comments about how he and some Patriots teammates were upset with Jimmy Garoppolo for not playing through some pain early in the 2016 season.

Here's what happens to Joey Chestnut after he eats an exorbitant amount of hot dogs (hint: avoid the bathroom at all costs).

"If you eat a lot of food, you're going to go to the bathroom." "Even if I end up getting beat, it would be really hard to walk away." "Some people are so snobby and I'm like, 'Dude, Cheez Whiz is delicious,'" he said. My girlfriend says it smells different." Chestnut, who broke his world record by consuming 76 franks in 10 minutes last year, is a hot dog-eating legend. "People have told me they can smell the hot dogs," Chestnut said.

Joey Chestnut furthered his name in the record books, winning a record 15th title at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.

And I’m gonna push it to the limit,” Chestnut told ESPN before the event. Chestnut set a world record last year by eating 76 hot dogs and buns en route to his 14th title. Competing on Monday in the annual Fourth of July Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, Chestnut devoured 63 hot dogs to claim his 15th crown.

Three minutes into the contest, Chestnut ate 29 hot dogs and buns and raced out to a lead of eight over the likes of Geoffrey Esper and James Webb. Despite ...

Sudo missed the 2021 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest due to her pregnancy. Seeing a huge live crowd in attendance for the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is phenomenal. Chestnut is dealing with a ruptured tendon in his leg and is currently on crutches. On the women's side, Miki Sudo won with 40 hot dogs and buns. Joey Chestnut is absolutely obliterating the competition. For the 15th time in his career, Joey Chestnut has captured the Mustard Belt on Fourth of July weekend.

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, who will be eating on crutches due to a ruptured tendon, seeks his record 15th Mustard Belt, and his 15th in 16 years, while aiming to ...

The 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Content returns to Coney Island on Monday, and two of competitive eating's all-time greats will aim to extend their records. Visit SportsLine now to find out, all from the former Vegas bookmakers who has been all over multiple winners in this event. Miki Sudo was on maternity leave last year but will be back for Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest 2022 to try for her record eighth title and to top her all-time mark of 48.5 HDBs set in 2020. A former Vegas bookmaker who follows the hot dog competition closely, Roberts knows value when he sees it in any line. Michelle Lesco ate 30.75 dogs last year, so Sudo isn't likely to be pushed too hard, and her best was 41 before her record-setting 2020 performance. Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, who will be eating on crutches due to a ruptured tendon, seeks his record 15th Mustard Belt, and his 15th in 16 years, while aiming to break the mark of 76 hot dogs and buns (HDBs) he set last year.

While on crutches in 81-degree weather, Chestnut netted his 15th championship and seventh in a row by eating 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes, about 15 ahead of second ...

The women's hot dog eating contest will start at 10:45 a.m. ET Monday while the men's competition will start at noon. Monday, July 4 12:55 p.m. -- We're at the two-minute warning and Chestnut leads by 17 hot dogs. Lesco becomes the second person to 20, while Rodriguez sits at 18. 11:10 a.m. -- As time expires, Sudo reclaims her title from Lesco! After missing last year's championship, Sudo returns and eats 39 hot dogs. Chestnut is at 33. 12:51 p.m. -- Chestnut is actually picking up his pace as he goes. Chestnut is now at 48 with four minutes left. Esper becomes the second to 30, while Webb and Wehny chase him. One thing Chestnut didn't mention was a bizarre moment in which a protester rushed the stage and interfered with him. The 2022 belt winners will, once again, be Chestnut and Sudo. Chestnut started out at his usual torrid pace but tapered off quickly compared to past years.

L'Américain a remporté pour la 15e fois le concours annuel de mangeurs de hot-dogs.

C’est 13 de moins qu’en 2021. L’homme de 38 ans a ainsi amélioré son record, lui qui a remporté la compétition à 15 reprises lors des 16 dernières années. Cette fois, il a dévoré 63 hot-dogs en 10 minutes pour obtenir son titre de champion du monde. L’Américain Joey Chestnut a remporté pour la 15e fois le concours annuel de mangeurs de hot-dogs qui se tient le 4 juillet, dans la région de New York, en marge des festivités de l’Indépendance des États-Unis.

« Jaws » a remporté son 15e titre, un septième de suite, au traditionnel concours de hot-dogs Nathan's Famous du 4 juillet.

Si bien qu’il est arrivé à New York vendredi dernier avec la jambe dans un plâtre et en se déplaçant à l’aide de béquilles. Joey Chestnut imbattable : 63 hot-dogs en 10 minutesSports divers lundi, 4 juil. En décembre dernier, le champion de 38 ans a subi une fracture ouverte à la jambe droite et a eu besoin de deux opérations qui l’ont forcé à passer 13 jours à l’hôpital. Plus récemment, il s’est blessé à un tendon de la même jambe en s’entraînant à la course à pied.

Joey Chestnut's victory was briefly paused by an apparent protester who bumped the dude mid-competition, and paid for it dearly.

Ya gotta wonder if it actually affected the number of sausages he was ultimately able to inhale. This year, he did it again ... downing 63 franks, far ahead of the competition. Joey Chestnut Wins Hot Dog Eating Contest Again ... Despite Vader Interruption We got video of the aftermath ... namely, this poor sap being dragged away to be dealt with -- but it's insane that Joey still won the race even with this major interruption. Joey Chestnut Wins Hot Dog Eating Contest Again, Despite Interruption The reigning Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champ successfully defended his title Monday in Coney Island, where year after year he comes back to devour dozens of dogs in a matter of 10 minutes.

Vous ne pouvez pas passer les vacances du 4 juillet sans… hot-dogs ! Lundi, le concours annuel Nathan's Hot Dog Eating a lieu, et après une interruption de ...

C’est difficile d’aller contre Chestnut mais si vous avez regardé les deux derniers concours, il a vraiment dû se rallier tard pour obtenir les records du monde. 21+, nouveaux clients uniquement. Avec des cotes si folles pour Chestnut et Sudo, la seule vraie façon de parier sur l’événement est de prendre Over ou Under total de hot-dogs mangés par les deux concurrents. 21+ ; Nouveaux clients uniquement. 21+. Nouveaux clients uniquement. New Jersey uniquement. 21+. Nouveaux clients uniquement. CO et AV uniquement. 21+. Nouveaux clients uniquement. 21+. Nouveaux clients uniquement. Nouveaux clients uniquement. Le concours mettra en vedette 16 hommes et 12 femmes, mais lorsqu’il s’agit de manger des hot-dogs, seuls deux noms comptent : Joey Chestnut et Miki Sudo. Les parieurs ne s’attendent pas à ce que les deux meilleurs mangeurs de hot-dogs au monde soient défiés lundi.

Frankfurter-munching phenom Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut gobbled his way to a 15th career win at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.

Sudo, of Tampa, Florida, set the women’s record at 48 and a half weiners and buns in 2020, before taking last year off while expecting. “It hurts, but I was in the zone for a little bit. Monday also marked the contest’s return to its traditional location outside Nathan’s flagship shop in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood.

Joey Chestnut downed 63 hot dogs and buns to win his 15th title in the last 16 years. Miki Sudo won the women's championship.

Sudo holds the women’s record with 48½ hot dogs devoured in 2020, when she captured her seventh consecutive title. “New York is amazing and there’s no place like it in the world.” Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi has won the next most Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating titles with six straight from 2001 to 2006. Chestnut put the interloper in a brief chokehold before returning his attention to the hot dogs on the table in front of him. Chestnut opened an 11 hot dog lead three minutes into Monday’s event and cruised to his seventh straight title since he was upset by Matt Stonie in 2015. Chestnut, who arrived at Monday’s annual event on crutches with his lower right leg in a cast, downed 63 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.

Joey Chestnut took matters into his own hands during the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, putting a protestor into a chokehold until security arrived.

Chestnut was well off his best Monday despite handily winning the Mustard Belt for the seventh time in a row by devouring 63 frankfurters. As security rushed to remove the protestor, Chestnut briefly took matters into his own hands – literally. A bizarre incident unfolded Monday early on in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest when a protestor rushed the stage and bumped into 15-time champion Joey Chestnut.

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A protester at the hot dog eating contest learned what happens if you take Joey Chestnut out of his zone.

In some ways, it's the perfect place to do it, in others it likely ends with you getting put in a chokehold and dragged out of wherever you're at. Chestnut, not to be undermined, immediately turned and put the fan in a chokehold before returning to his plate. The fan got into Chestnut's space to hold up a sign and suffered some consequences because of it.

Joey Chestnut is likely the greatest competitive eater in history, but he'll have a bit of a challenge when he takes the stage on Coney Island on Monday.

Chestnut could break his own record during Monday’s event. Chestnut arrived to the event’s official weigh-in on crutches Friday, though he insists the injury won’t impact his performance. “I’m gonna eat like a madman,” Chestnut told Fox News Digital. “It’s all right.

Chestnut took his 15th win at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, and Sudo made a decisive comeback to win the women's title.

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En route to his 15th career win at the famous Fourth of July event, Chestnut had to contend with a protestor while chowing down.

He eventually finished the day with 63 hot dogs downed. Shortly after downing his 17th dog, protestors stormed the platform dressed in Star Wars garb and holding signs reading “Expose Smithfield’s Death Star,” an apparent protest against pork producer Smithfield Foods. Chestnut was uninterested in being thrown off his stride. Chestnut put the protestor in a headlock and quickly threw him aside before carrying on with the hot dog eating procedures.

Joey Chestnut helped take down a protester who rushed the stage as he was competing in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Watch the incident here.

He finished 15.5 hot dogs ahead of second-place Geoffrey Esper, the No. 2-ranked eater. One of the protesters -- wearing a Darth Vader mask and holding a sign that read "Expose Smithfield Deathstar" -- bumped Chestnut out of position as he was downing his 18th hot dog. While the competitive-eating legend was in the midst of winning the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 15th time on Sunday in Brooklyn, protesters rushed the stage.

An injured Joey Chestnut was still no match for the field as he once again dominated the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Chestnut devoured 63 hot ...

A protester at the hot dog eating contest learned what happens if you take Joey Chestnut out of his zone.

In some ways, it's the perfect place to do it, in others it likely ends with you getting put in a chokehold and dragged out of wherever you're at. Chestnut, not to be undermined, immediately turned and put the fan in a chokehold before returning to his plate. The fan got into Chestnut's space to hold up a sign and suffered some consequences because of it.

Joey Chestnut helped take down a protester who rushed the stage as he was competing in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Watch the incident here.

He finished 15.5 hot dogs ahead of second-place Geoffrey Esper, the No. 2-ranked eater. One of the protesters -- wearing a Darth Vader mask and holding a sign that read "Expose Smithfield Deathstar" -- bumped Chestnut out of position as he was downing his 18th hot dog. While the competitive-eating legend was in the midst of winning the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 15th time on Sunday in Brooklyn, protesters rushed the stage.

Frankfurter-munching phenom Joey “Jaws” Chestnut put a protester in a chokehold while gobbling his way to a 15th win Monday at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of ...

Sudo, of Tampa, Fla., set the women’s record at 48 1/2 weiners and buns in 2020, before taking last year off while expecting. “It hurts, but I was in the zone for a little bit. Chestnut put the protester in a brief chokehold before contest officials hurried over and escorted the intruder away.

Chestnut took his 15th win at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, and Sudo made a decisive comeback to win the women's title.

Sudo, of Tampa, Florida, set the women's record at 48 1/2 weiners and buns in 2020, before taking last year off while expecting. "It hurts, but I was in the zone for a little bit. Monday also marked the contest's return to its traditional location outside Nathan's flagship shop in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood.

Joey Chestnut helped take down a protester who rushed the stage as he was competing in the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Watch the incident here.

He finished 15.5 hot dogs ahead of second-place Geoffrey Esper, the No. 2-ranked eater. One of the protesters -- wearing a Darth Vader mask and holding a sign that read "Expose Smithfield Deathstar" -- bumped Chestnut out of position as he was downing his 18th hot dog. While the competitive-eating legend was in the midst of winning the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 15th time on Sunday in Brooklyn, protesters rushed the stage.

I'm talking, of course, about Joey Chestnut. The hot dog GOAT. The 38-year-old competitive eater went into yesterday's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest as the ...

Oh, you need more proof that the hot dog king is an athlete? You can’t teach that stuff. You can’t coach that stuff. There were no excuses. This competition aired on ESPN (well, technically ESPNNews, which is apparently still a thing) and that network is a sports network that only airs sports. If your event is shown on ESPN then it’s a sport.