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Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayashi Injured!
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Breaking News
Hot dog eating champ bit off more than he could chew
Seven-time winner of Coney Island competition sidelined with jaw injury
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, June 26th 2007, 3:45 PM
TOKYO - Japanese eating champion Takeru Kobayashi is being treated for an arthritic jaw that could douse his hopes for taking a seventh straight title at the annual Independence Day hot dog eating competition on Coney Island.
Last year, the 165-pound champion won his sixth straight Yellow Mustard Belt at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest by devouring a then-world record 53 3/4 frankfurters in 12 minutes.
A California man broke the record earlier this month by chomping down more than 59 franks in 12 minutes.
But earlier this week, Kobayashi, 29, said on his Web site blog that his "jaw has abandoned the frontline" during his training for this year's July 4 event.
"Already I can't open my jaws more than just a little bit," he wrote. "There's no pain only if I open my mouth about enough for one finger. More than that is painful and I can't open it."
A specialist diagnosed him with arthritis of the jaw, he wrote.
"To tell the truth, I'm desperate about healing completely before the July 4 contest," he said, adding that he had begun receiving treatment at a hospital and from a chiropractor.
On Tuesday, his United Food Fighters Organization said on its Web site that Kobayashi has found a doctor he can trust and was "creating an environment in which he can dedicate himself to healing."
"The contest is coming up soon, and we'd happy if everyone kept him in their thoughts," the group wrote.
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this sucks man. i really hope he gets better in time. |
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| King Ecnal |
| lol... Joey Chestnut FTW! |
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| Q5echo |
yeah looks like the Mustard Belt is coming back to America, YES!!!!!!!
did you know Joey Chestnut ate 8.6 lbs. of fried Aparagus once?
i can't even look at asparagus.
EDIT> just found out that Kobayashi ate 17lbs. of cow brains in 15 minutes, so...yeah. |
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| LeopoldStotch |
| kobayashi is a . he doesn't want to lose in an eating contest to a big white guy. :o :nervous: |
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| djwrek |
| just like paris, he deserves no t.v time! |
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| King Ecnal |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
EDIT> just found out that Kobayashi ate 17lbs. of cow brains in 15 minutes, so...yeah. |
wow... that motherah will eat anything... damn... i can't even fathom how much cow brains that is.... thats disturbing.... |
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| Aristronica |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
cow brains |
fried or pickled? |
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aristronica
fried or pickled? |
does it matter? i mean, seriously:nervous: |
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| King Ecnal |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
does it matter? i mean, seriously:nervous: |
I know... he'd probably eat his own ___________ ! (use your imagination and insert here) |
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| Oreoh142 |
| its always fun to watch these guy kill themselves on tv by eating so much. |
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| mattW |
| assclowns:clown: get a life &^*%eaters |
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| jzmhed1 |
| so do they force themselves to throw up after these competitions or what? imagine the massive s they would take otherwise lol. |
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