Nathan's hotdogs Contest 2022

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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Joey Chestnut secured his 15th win, while Miki Sudo won back her title in the women's contest after sitting out in 2021 to have a baby.

Ms. Sudo, who competed with an injured wrist, did not beat her personal record of 48.5 hot dogs, but she kept well ahead of the 12 other challengers during the contest. That left Ms. Lesco competing for second place against Sarah Rodriguez, 35, a bodybuilder from Seattle, Wash. In 2020, the American spectacle was held in a secret location and only open to the news media to help curb the spread of Covid-19. Last year, spectators were welcomed back but the event was ticketed and held in Maimonides Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones, to also limit the number of people attending. She beat Michelle Lesco, 38, who won in 2021. The maximum number of hot dogs that a human being can consume in 10 minutes is 83, according to a study published in 2020 that was based on 39 years’ worth of data from the contest. George Shea, the host of the contest and a founder of Major League Eating, hailed the competition as “a battle of the titans, the early gods,” as a choir of singers in white robes sang behind him. “It was a crazy contest,” he said from the stage. Mr. Chestnut, who is 6 foot 1 and 230 pounds and competed with an injured leg, said he prepared for the contest by sticking to a liquid diet. “I wanted to see a legend and maybe see a world record broken,” Ms. Thomlan said referring to Mr. Chestnut. The contest, which was held at alternate locations the past two years because of the pandemic, returned to Surf and Stillwell Avenues in Coney Island, a venue as storied as “the parquet floor of Boston Garden,” said Rich Shea, the president of Major League Eating, on ESPN, which broadcast the competition. The return of the contest to Coney Island attracted thousands of spectators who flocked to the original Nathan’s location to watch the competition. One competitor won his 15th contest in a row and another reclaimed her title as the world’s top ranked female eater during the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Monday.

Competitive eating legends Miki Sudo and Joey Chestnut emerged victorious in the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Here's how many hot dogs they ate.

Women and men competed in the same contest prior to 2011. Michelle Lesco, the No. 2-ranked eater among women and No. 9 overall, won in Sudo's absence but didn't come close to a repeat. Sudo, meanwhile, reclaimed the Mustard Belt in her return to the women's competition. Chestnut grabbed that protester around the neck and helped pull them to the ground. "It hurts, but I was in the zone for a little bit," Chestnut told ESPN when asked about his leg following the win. Chestnut, who bested his own world record in 2021 by eating 76 HDBs, downed 63 HDBs in 10 minutes as he cruised to victory.

Joey Chestnut won first place, eating 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes. The contest, which has happened every year since 1972, has returned in front of Nathan's Famous ...

Currently on crutches, legendary competitive eater Joey Chestnut won for the seventh year in a row and 15th time in 16 years.

The annual hot dog eating contest has still been held – rain or shine – every year since 1916. The 36-year-old, despite sporting a wrist injury, ate 40 hot dogs and was just short of her own personal-best of 48.5 franks. Despite falling short of his own record of 76 dogs eaten last year, Chestnut put on another clinic to claim the Mustard Belt, out-eating second-place finisher Geoffrey Esper (47½ hot dogs).

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.

History repeated itself at the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest when reigning champ Joey Chestnut took home his 15th win, but the competitive eater was ...

Despite the unusual interruption, Chestnut managed to down 63 hot dogs and buns in just 10 minutes, securing his status as king of the competition. Seconds after the protestor flashed their sign, Chestnut had them in a headlock and threw them down to the ground in apparent frustration. The protestor made their way over to Chestnut and briefly held up a sign reading “Expose Smithfield’s Deathstar” — likely referring to pork producer Smithfield Foods.