TWIT would like to wish everyone a very happy Fourth of July today. I can't think of a better way to celebrate the Fourth than by eating hot dogs. Lots of hot dogs. And that's just what Joey Chestnut and Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas did today. Both of them won the men's and women's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest held annually at Coney Island. During the ten-minute time limit, Joey ate a personal best 69 hot dogs (68 was his previous record) and Sonya ate 36 and 3/4 hot dogs. Sonya Thomas, the "Black Widow" of competitive eating, narrowly secured her third straight title in the women's competition earlier Thursday. She downed 36 3/4 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Last year, Sonya crammed down a record 45 hot dogs.
For years, Sonya Thomas hung with and beat many of her male competitors until Nathan's gave women their own category and prize in 2011. Thomas said her goal this year was to eat 50 dogs. She weighs in at 105 pounds, and she's number 3 in the Major League Eating rankings, regardless of gender.
For a while, it looked like the annual hot dog eating contest at Coney Island would have to be moved elsewhere; the area where the contest is held was under 8 feet of water last October after Hurricane Sandy moved through.
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