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NEW YORK – JULY 4: Joey Chestnut (L) holds up his trophy after defeating Takeru Kobayashi (not seen) 68-64 in the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest July 4, 2009 in Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Chestnut is last year’s defending champion.

For years, I’ve watched Takeru Kobayashi blow my mind and I’m very upset at his total lack of dedication to the sport. He is not seen in the picture above, hopefully because he is hanging himself backstage.

Here is a video of kabayashi at his peak, competing with a bear in a hot dog eating contest. He loses. Eerie foreshadowing, perhaps?