COMPETITIVE EATING Video tips.

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http://asap.ap.org/stories/1564860.s

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Kobayashi chokes

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After checking out asap's competitive eating training video (http://asap.ap.org/stories/1564860.s), We seriously thought we'd be able to get through the day without any more posts about hot dogs or the people who eat them.
But then we took one look at this photo, and that plan -- ahem -- suffered a reversal. Yeah, Kobayashi choked (http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HOT_DOG_CHAMP?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) at the Nathan's Famous competitive eating contest. The new champ is Joey Chestnut, a 23-year-old lad from California.
More magnificently disgusting pictures are after the jump.
--Ryan Pearson

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Hot dog underdog? (http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/2007/06/hot-dogs-underd.html)

http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/06/28/hotdog.jpg (http://asapblogs.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/28/hotdog.jpg) Coney Island's annual rite of gluttony may not be the same this year. Six-time Nathan's hot dog eating champion Takeru Kobayashi says he can't open his jaw "more than just a little bit."