The 'japanese dude' who eats hot dogs suffers severe jaw injury

A Japanese man who set a world record by wolfing down 53 hot dogs in 12 minutes has suffered a severe jaw injury due to his rigorous training, making his next title uncertain.

Takeru 'Tsunami' said he can only open his mouth to make a gap the size of a fingertip after being diagnosed with jaw arthritis. In an entry on his blog entitled Occupational Hazard, Kobayashi said: "My jaw refused to fight any more." The injury occurred only a week after the slender 29-year-old started training to win his sixth straight title at the annual July 4 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating contest on New York's Coney Island. "I was continuing my training and bearing with the pain but finally I destroyed my jaw."

107-pound chick wins hot dog eating contest!

At 107 pounds, Juliet Lee doesn't look like she's a big eater. But the Maryland salon manager is a new hot dog eating contender. She made into the July fourth finals of the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York.

Lee did it by downing 26 franks and buns in just 12 minutes. She beat two guys, both weighing about 360 pounds apiece. One of them, contractor Joe Tursi, figured he could out-eat Lee. But he says she's incredible. Lee says she grew up in China and was often hungry. Now, she's making up for it. » Article here