Watch and learn, young Colin Kaepernick. Bay Area native Joey "Jaws" Chestnut has established himself as Nathan's 4th of July hot dog-eating contest powerhouse. Winning his seventh straight competition today, Chestnut downed 69 -- no, this is not a typo -- hot dogs in ten minutes. This annual competition was again without its original icon, Takeru Kobayashi, for the fourth straight year, leaving the San Jose State alumnus to be untested (his closest competitor only finished 51).
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It has not been an easy road for Chestnut, as competitive eating is a sport that requires more dedication that one may anticipate. The mental taxation alone of jamming 69 (again, this is not a typo) wieners in one's mouth would be enough to break a lesser man. If Kaepernick is to dethrone Chestnut as the Bay Area's crowned athlete, let's hope that he has the same will-power to plow through the any obstacle (or plate) put in his way.
Tale of the Tape
Height: 6'0" (1.8 meters)
Weight: 218 lbs.
Hometown: Vallejo, CA
College: San Jose State University
Accomplishments:
Ranked as International Federation of Competitive Eating's #1 eater
Seven-time champion of Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
Ate 45 pulled pork sandwiches in 10 minutes
Ate 53 soft beef tacos from Taco Bell in 10 minutes
Height: 6'5" (1.96 meters)
Weight: 230 lbs.
Hometown: Turlock, CA
College: Nevada University
Accomplishments:
Rated #81 in Top NFL players of 2013
First Division-I quarterback to have 10,000 yards passing and 4,000 yards rushing
Took the San Francisco 49ers to Super Bowl in first year as NFL starter
Packs an 87 mph fastball
Has lots of tattoos
Joey Chestnut with the hot dog record. 69! Sorry @Kaepernick7, but @joeyjaws might be the Bay Area's greatest athlete
— Niners Nation (@NinersNation) July 4, 2013
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