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Hot dog hero hampered by health horror

Who says there are no injuries in the world of competitive eating?

Sure, they might not have to deal with torn cartilege or a twisted ankle or a blown out knee, but what about jaw injuries? Takeru Kobayashi, the king of the annual Nathan's Famous July Fourth International Hot Dog Eating Contest, has arthritis of the jaw. He can't even open his mouth more than the size of a fingertip, but he's still going to enter the competition this year. Last year he ate a little over 53 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

Kobayashi isn't limited to hot dogs either. He once ate 97 hamburgers in eight minutes. The hell?

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Trends, Health & Medical
Tags: competitive eating, CompetitiveEating, east coast, fourth of july, hot dog eating, hot dogs, HotDogEating, joey chestnut, kobayashi, nathan's, oddities

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wintem01

6-27-2007 @3:46PM wintem01 said... Incredible injury information involving illiteration.
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Julius

6-27-2007 @5:13PM Julius said... Give this guy credit, where credit's due... inhaling food like that is a talent.

You know what they say, easy come easy go... hopefully he lasts longer in other situations.
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MJ

6-27-2007 @10:47PM MJ said... Poor thing.......over worked it.
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Zola

6-29-2007 @6:47AM Zola said... His competitive spirit and commendable courage needs to be applauded!!
http://criticblog.org/
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Adriane

6-28-2007 @2:27PM Adriane said... Please tell me I'm not supposed to feel bad for this guy. Gross.
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