Chestnut retains Hot Dog eating title - More Sports - SI.com
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“He wanted it, but I needed it,” Chestnut said of his diminutive Japanese rival.
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“He should’ve won it, it was his to win,” said judge Gersh Kuntzman said of the diminutive 30-year-old of Nagano, Japan.
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In a short space, the article twice describes Kobayashi as “diminutive”, an adjective that’s not particularly accurate and mostly pointless. According to Wikipedia, Kobayashi is 5’8”, which is pretty average as far as height goes. And if you’ve seen his physique, he’s absolutely jacked.
