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Ex-Hot Dog-Eating Champ Arrested at Coney Island Contest

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut has held on to his title at the annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest at Coney Island, but one of his biggest rivals tried to crash the celebration and has been taken into custody.


NEW YORK -- Hot dog!

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut has held on to his title at the annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest at New York's Coney Island, but one of his biggest rivals tried to crash the celebration and has been taken into custody.

Chestnut chomped down on 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes on Sunday to win the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest for the fourth year in a row.

Watching from the crowd was six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi, who has not signed a contract with Major League Eating to be free to compete in contests sanctioned by other groups.

But Kobayashi went on stage after the competition. Police officers grabbed him, and he tried to hold onto police barricades as they took him into custody.

[link to www.foxnews.com]