update July 13DJournal and WTVA have articles

Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Matt Stonie 43 new record
2) Joey Chestnut 42
3) Juan Rodriguez 23
4) Nate Biller 13
5) Matt Raible 11
6) Steve Martin 9
7) Jeff Stark 7.75
8) Dee Martin 6.5
9T) John Russell 6
9T) Alex Perez
11) Taylor Coombs

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Updated Nov 20 2014

The Rapid City Journal has an article about Walter Eagle Tail passing away after competing in a hot dog eating contest in Custer, SD on Thursday reporting that paramedics were present at the contest site, but unable to revive the 47 year old. The article has been picked up by the Associated Press.

A list of known fatalities from eating / drinking contests follows: Read the rest of this entry »

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update A contest video is available

A 230 Fifth in Manhattan today, Takeru Kobayashi ate 113 bunless hot dogs in 10 minutes today.

Results via Johnny Excel:
1) Takeru Kobayashi 113 (or 112)
2) Pat Bertoletti 85 (or 87)
3) Jamie McDonald 77
4) Tim Brown 45
5) Wayne Algenio 35
6) Johnnie Excel 28

Molly Schuyler was also present. I am not sure if she competed.

update July 5 Miscellaneous Kobayashi links

• Freakonomics podcast about Takeru Kobayashi
• MSNBC live interview of Takeru Kobayashi and Pat Bertoletti
• Vice.com report about a training session with Takeru Kobayashi

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Official Top 3 (Full results – July 8)
1) Joey Chestnut 61 8th victory in a row, proposed to Neslie Ricasa before contest
2) Matt Stonie 56
3) Tim Janus 44
4T) Brian Dudzinski 34
4T) Erik Denmark 34
6) Juan Rodriguez 32
7) Adrian Morgan 29
8) Marcos Owens 26
9) Badlands Booker 25
10) Yasir Salem 19.75
11) Aaron Osthoff 19.5
12) Pablo Martinez 17
13) Ronnie Hartman, 14
14T) Sean Gordon, 10
14T) Sgt. Horacio Chanyau, 10
16) Colin Shirlow 3

Jeff Butler missed the contest due to a cancelled flight

Post contest coverage

• ESPN.com article
• Daily Beast contest report
• Brooklyn Paper article and gallery
• Rick Telander of the Chicago Sun Times calls MLE eaters “professional bulimics” and claims he witness much backstage vomiting when he attended a Nathan’s finals
• Guardian.com article
• Video of Sport Science segment about competitive eating seen during Nathan’s broadcast
• Village Voice gallery and animated GIF of Joey Chestnut eating 61 hot dogs
• Bleacher Report claims Matt Stonie is “ushering in a new era of competitive eating”
• Broadway World gallery
• Seacoast Online article about Matt Stonie
• Juan Rodriguez gallery – 32 hot dogs
• Aaron Osthoff article – 20 hot dogs
• Pablo Martinez article – 17 hot dogs
• Ronnie Hartman article – no total
• Crazy Legs Conti poem based on “The Night Before Christmas”

The men’s Nathan’s contest will be live at noon eastern on ESPNews and ESPN3.com. It will be rerun on ESPN2 at 2pm eastern. If the France / Germany World Cup game goes to overtime / penalty kicks, it will cut into that program. The contest will also be rerun at 6pm eastern today and July 5 and 6.

Matt Stonie has defeated Joey Chestnut in two of their last three matchups. He has also posted a training session video where he ate 66 hot dogs; if he can replicate that today, he could threatens Joey Chestnut’s Nathan’s streak.

Pre contest coverage

• Joey Chestnut
  The Atlantic asks if Joey Chestnut is the most dominant athlete of all time
  Joey Chestnut gives a minute by minute contest report to the Hollywood Reporter
  Appearance on Vice.com’s “Fat Jew Show” about Joey Chestnut’s bathroom experiences
  Esquire.com graphic about 27,6000 calories in 69 hot dogs
• Matt Stonie
  SeaCoastOnline of New Hampshire calls Matt Stonie a local
• The Daily Mail calls Matt Stonie “The World’s Youngest Competitive Eater”
• Erik Denmark
  Appearance on the Jason Smith show
• Colin Shirlow
  Dubbelin.com article about addition to finals field

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Results Official top 3
Larell Marie has the top 6 (Full Results – July 8)
1) Miki Sudo 34 – ends 11 year streak for Sonya as top Coney Island woman
2) Sonya Thomas 27.75 – lowest July 4 total since 2003 debut
3) Michelle Lesco 27
4) Juliet Lee 23.5
5) Meredith Boxberger 18
6) Larell Marie 14
7) Carlene LeFevre 11
8) Neslie Ricasa 10
9) Mary Bowers, 9
10) Marlene Wigginton, 8.5
11) Nicole Pulig, 7.5
12) Nicole Rodriguez, 7

13) Val Bromann 3

Post Contest Coverage

• Asahi.com calls Miki Sudo a Japanese woman.
• USA Today report on women’s contest

Sonya Thomas offers congratulations to Miki Sudo on her web page.

• Cardboard Shell has a facebook gallery
• Broadway World gallery

A brief recap of the Sonya Thomas vs. Miki Sudo rivalry:

• From her IFOCE / MLE debut in June 2013 to April 2013, Sonya thomas maintained a winning streak against other female competiitve eaters for 118 months.
• After success in local Las Vegas eating contests and challenges, Miki Sudo debuted in Major League Eating at the 2013 Las Vegas qualifier. Her total of 40 hot dogs was the best ever for a Nathan’s debut in a 10 minute contest (and best overall since Kobayashi’s first USA contest in 2001)
• About a week before the 2013 Nathan’s finals, it is announced Miki Sudo will not compete. A Las Vegas Weekly interview from last month has more on her withdrawal.
• With Miki Sudo not competing in the 2013 women’s Nathan’s finals, Sonya Thomas wins the female competition for the third year in a row (and maintains an 11 year streak where she is the top performing woman on July 4).
• In subsequent contests, Miki Sudo would have success against Sonya Thomas, starting a winning streak which is currently at 8 competitions.
• In December 2013, Miki Sudo (#4) would be ranked ahead of Sonya Thomas (#5), ending a decade where she was the top woman in the IFOCE/MLE rankings
• Last month, Miki Sudo qualified for the Nathan’s finals. Her total of 40 hot dogs matched her amount from last year and made her the only woman to hit 40+ in the past 23 months. She is currently in New York City and will try to surpass that amount.
• According to MJP, Miki Sudo has gone from being an +120 underdog to a -150 favorite in online sports casinos.

Contest coverage roundup

• General
  Val Bromann, who is also competing in the contest, has a contest preview
  USA Today says the women’s contest might have the best drama
• Sonya Thomas
  WSJ.com video
  Bloomberg.com video
  Fiscal Times article
  Washington.CBSLocal.com article
• Miki Sudo
  Mental Floss article
  Agence France Press article claims Miki Sudo could dominate. (Miki claims a 10 contest streak vs. Sonya; it appears to be actually 8)
• Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
  Interview with Womens Health Mag
  WGN TV interview
• Mary Bowers
  Dana Point Times article

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