Matt Stonie shocked the competitive eating world by upsetting Joey "Jaws" Chestnut at the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island, breaking Chestnut's bid for a ninth straight victory.
Stonie, 23, who finished second last year, downed 62 hot dogs and buns, beating Chestnut by two. Both are from San Jose, California. The next closest competitor ate 35 hot dogs.
"I trained hard for this. This is actually amazing," said Stonie, who won US$10,000 ($14,900). Stonie had defeated Chestnut in the past year in several other eating competitions.
Chestnut, smiling in defeat, said he was slow and couldn't catch Stonie, who entered the match weighing just 57kg to Chestnut's 104kg.