Takeru Kobayashi of Japan took home the Yellow Mustard Belt for the sixth time in six years, winning the hot dog-eating contest at New York’s Coney Island.<br />
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Kobayashi, who weighs in at 160 pounds, broke his own record on the July Fourth holiday, downing 53 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the event sponsored by Nathan’s Famous, WINS Radio reported. That was one-quarter of a hot dog better than his previous record, set two years ago.<br />
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Joey Chesnut, 220 pounds, a civil engineering student from California, came in second with 52 hot dogs.<br />
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