There was so much cheering and I just got too excited, said
Kobayashi, speaking through his interpreter, Maggie James. The eater
insists he didnt show up at the competition intending to upstage the
other competitive eate...
There was so much cheering and I just got too excited, said
Kobayashi, speaking through his interpreter, Maggie James. The eater
insists he didnt show up at the competition intending to upstage the
other competitive eaters, like arch rival Joey Jaws Chestnut -- who
took home his fourth Nathans Mustard Belt by downing 54 hot dogs and
buns in 10 minutes.
There were no plans for that, Kobayashi
said.
Instead, Kobayashi says he decided to watch the hot dog
contest because he wanted to cheer on his fellow eaters and because
he feels a special attachment to the event he revolutionized in 2001
when he doubled the existing record by downing 50 hot dogs.
But
when this years contest ended, Kobayashi says he went from a
spectator to criminal suspect when the crowd started chanting, Let
him eat. They started yelling and chanting for me, so I got excited
and before I knew it I found myself on the stage, Kobayashi said. In
my head I was thinking, Wow, with all the fans cheering maybe theyre
going to let me eat now.
But they caught me in one second.
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