Ex-hot dog eating champ Kobayashi

Ex-hot dog eating champ Kobayashi

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takeru Kobayashi (C), former winner of an annual U.S. Independence Day hot-dog eating contest, celebrates after setting an ''unofficial'' record for eating 69 hot dogs in 10 minutes in New York on July 4, 2011. While not participating in the 2011 competition due to contract issues, Kobayashi ''competed'' on his own in front of a TV screen airing the event. (Kyodo)

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