{"id":96634,"date":"2025-07-05T06:34:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T06:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/joey-chestnut-wins-17th-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T06:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T06:34:53","slug":"joey-chestnut-wins-17th-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/joey-chestnut-wins-17th-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Chestnut Wins 17th Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><strong>Joey Chestnut<\/strong> is top dog once more.<\/p>\n<p>The competitive eater emerged victorious in the 2025 Nathan\u2019s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City after ingesting a staggering 70.5 wieners within 10 minutes, helping him claim his 17th non-consecutive win at the annual event.<\/p>\n<p>While Joey, 41, managed to scarf down 24 more hot dogs than his next closest rival <strong>Patrick Bertoletti<\/strong>, he admitted to falling short of his own expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goal was 70 to 77,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b3M1J_enr5g?si=Bqz1IOIEEmk54G6x\">ESPN<\/a> moments after his triumph. \u201cI really wanted a little bit more, but you know what? There\u2019s next year. I\u2019m just happy I\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Joey\u2014who consumed a record-breaking 76 wieners in 2021\u2014pointed out that his biggest obstacle is often himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShowing up is the hardest part sometimes,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut I love being here. As soon as I found out I was coming, my body was easy to train. I love doing it. I love pushing myself and beating the heck out of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1419472\/joey-chestnut-wins-17th-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest?cmpid=rss-syndicate-genericrss-us-top_stories\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joey Chestnut is top dog once more. The competitive eater emerged victorious in the 2025 Nathan\u2019s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-spotlight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}