Top dog knocked off hot top spot

IN A gut-busting showdown that combined drama, daring and indigestion, Joey Chestnut emerged yesterday as the world’s hot dog eating champion, knocking off six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi in a rousing triumph.

Top dog knocked off hot top spot

Chestnut, the great red, white and blue hope in the annual Fourth of July competition, broke his own world record by inhaling 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes — a staggering one every 10.9 seconds before a screaming crowd in Coney Island.

“If I needed to eat another one right now, I could,” the 23-year-old Californian said after receiving the mustard yellow belt emblematic of hot dog-eating supremacy.

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