ＮＹホットドッグ早食い、須藤美貴さんが優勝

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】米ニューヨークのコニーアイランドで４日、独立記念日恒例のホットドッグ早食い大会が開かれ、ジョーイ・チェスナットさんが１０分間で６３個を平らげ、１５回目の優勝を果たした。女性部門は須藤美貴さんが返り咲いた。（写真はホットドッグ早食い大会の男性部門で優勝したジョーイ・チェスナットさん）
　須藤さんは４０個を食べて優勝。昨年は妊娠中のため参加を見送ったが、今年は赤ちゃん連れで参戦した。自身の過去最高記録は４８個。
　チェスナットさんは２位の４７．５個を大きく引き離したが、２０２０年の自身の記録７６個には及ばなかった。来年は好成績を出したいと抱負を語った。
　チェスナットさんはＡＦＰの取材に応じ、早食いの訓練として普段からホットドッグをよく食べ、週に１回程度、早食いコンテストに出場していると話した。
　大会はコニーアイランドにあるホットドッグの有名店ネイサンズで、独立記念日の７月４日に毎年開かれる。１回目は１９１６年に開催された。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/07/05-14:13）

A man with the playful name Joey Chestnut wolfed down 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes Monday to win the annual July 4 competitive eating contest featuring America's quintessential cookout food on Coney Island in New York.
Chestnut has now won 15 times but on Monday he fell way short of the record he set in 2020 when he downed 76 hotdogs, buns included, also in just 10 minutes.
So he apologized to the crowd and said he would do better next year.
Chestnut told AFP he trains by eating hot dogs often and taking part in eating contests featuring them about once a week.
After Monday's virtuoso performance, he said he will not touch food again for a day.
Chestnut was the undisputed winner of the Nathan?s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, finishing far ahead of the field.
Second place went to one Geoffrey Esper with 47.5 franks and buns, and third to James Webb at 41.
Joey Chestnut is a force from beyond who defies the laws of physics, said contest host George Shea.
In the women's category, Miki Sudo triumphed with 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
Sudo returned after sitting out last year because she was pregnant. This time she showed off her new baby. She fell short of her record of 48 franks.
Competitors from all over America and as far away as Australia tend to dunk their hotdogs in water or soda to make them easier to swallow in such rapid succession without gagging.
The Nathan?s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest is arguably the most iconic sporting event in American history, Shea said.
The event is a crucible through which greatness is forged.