Japanese man wins N.Y. hot dog-eating title for 6th year in row

Japanese man wins N.Y. hot dog-eating title for 6th year in row

NEW YORK, United States - Takeru Kobayashi (bottom), a 28-year-old Japanese man, poses after winning New York's annual Independence Day hot dog-eating contest July 4 for the sixth year in a row by gobbling up 53 and 3/4 hot dogs in the designated 12 minutes.

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