Coverage for the 110th annual event will begin with the ESPN app’s live coverage of the women's event at 10:45am EDT / 7:45am PDT, followed by the men's event on ESPN2 HD at 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT (with a simulcast on ABC starting at 12:30pm EDT / 9:30am PDT as part of its “Disney Celebrates America” marathon). Will previous eleven-time winner Miki Sudo outlast the likes of Michelle Lesco, Mayoi Ebihara and Domenica Dee and others to retain the Pepto Pink Belt? Will Joey Chestnut successfully fend off Patrick Bertoletti, Geoffrey Esper, James Webb and others to win his eighteenth Mustard Yellow International Belt title in the last twenty years and break the July 4th record of 76 hot dogs in ten minutes he set five years ago? -G
Miki Sudo retained the Pepto Pink Belt by eating 38 3/4 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes, followed by Michelle Lesco with 22 hot dogs and Domenica Dee with 21 1/2 hot dogs eaten. Joey Chestnut fended off Patrick Bertoletti, James Webb and other gastronomical gladiators to win the Mustard Yellow International Belt for the eighteenth time in the last twenty years by eating 66 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes. Also, Eric “Badlands” Booker defeated all other challengers in chugging down a gallon of Nathan's Famous Lemonade in the sixth annual Chug Contest. -G