Joey Chestnut Wins His 17th Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Return Performance: 'I Love Pushing Myself'

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Joey Chestnut has chomped his way to glory once again, winning his 17th Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. The 41-year-old shoveled 70.5 hot dogs and buns into his mouth in just 10 minutes.

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00:00Champion of the world, Joey Chestnut!

00:08Three, two, one, go!

00:16That was four years ago.

00:18I'm not a math PhD, but I can figure it out.

00:21That averages 7.6 dogs per minute.

00:25Correct me if I'm wrong.

00:26It's a DPM, you know, Chestnut, uh, wow.

00:29Well, Chestnut's looking for 50, right?

00:33At the five-minute mark.

00:34If you do the math, it looks like a short thing.

00:36Let's put 17 titles into perspective, right?

00:39The New York football giants have four championships.

00:42That Super Bowl team previously.

00:44It's also a free Super Bowl.

00:45Okay, but I know what you're saying.

00:47Villanova Hoops has three.

00:48One, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

00:55Put down your hot dogs, ah!

00:58Champion of the world, Joey Chestnut!

01:02No!

01:03Ah!

01:05Oh!

01:06Oh!

01:07Oh!

01:08Oh!

01:09Oh!

01:11Oh!

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