Eating champ bites off more than he can chew

AN EATING champion was freed after a night in a New York jail after gate-crashing a hot dog competition he had originally refused to enter.

Eating champ bites off more than he can chew

Takeru Kobayashi had to be wrestled to the ground when he leapt on stage at New York’s Coney Island Fourth of July contest, apparently unable to resist the temptation to take part.

The Japanese six-times former champion pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn yesterday to charges of obstruction of governmental administration, resisting arrest, trespassing and disorderly conduct.

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