Returning to the Nathan’s Famous flagship restaurant at the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues in Coney Island for the first time since 2019, coverage for the 106th annual event will begin with the women's event starting at 11:45am EDT / 8:45am PDT on both ESPN3 and ESPNews, followed by the men's event starting at 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT on both ESPN3 and ESPNews. Will previous seven-time winner Miki Sudo regain the Pepto Pink Belt from reigning Pink Belt champion Michelle Lesco? Will Joey Chestnut successfully fend off current #2 ranked eater Geoffrey Esper, current #3 ranked eater Darron Breeden and others to win his fifteenth Mustard Yellow International Belt title in the last sixteen years and break the July 4th record of 76 hot dogs in ten minutes he set last year? -G
After a year off for maternity leave, Miki Sudo reclaimed the Pepto Pink Belt by eating 40 hit dogs and buns in ten minutes. Last year's winner Michelle Lesco ate 26 hot dogs in ten minutes, followed by Sarah Rodriguez with 23 1/4 hot dogs. Joey Chestnut fended off Geoffrey Esper, James Webb and other gastronomical gladiators to win the Mustard Yellow International Belt for the fifteenth time in the last sixteen years by eating 63 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes. Also, Eric "Badlands" Booker defeated three other challengers to finish first for the second consecutive year in chugging down a gallon of Nathan's Famous Lemonade in the second annual Chug Contest. -G