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Kobayashi eats record 337 chicken wings

12:58 am | Saturday, February 4th, 2012

CHAMPION EATER Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, left, eats chicken wings with the other finalists including Jonathan Squibb, third from left, who finished second, during SportsRadio WIP’s Wing Bowl 2012 eating contest Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 in Philadelphia. AP/Alex Brandon

PHILADELPHIA — Japanese competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi ate a record 337 chicken wings in 30 minutes before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX in the U.S.

He demolished the record of 255 set last year by Jonathan “Super” Squibb.

The Friday morning contest in Philadelphia drew thousands to watch competitors stuff themselves with chicken wings.

Kobayashi claimed a $20,000 cash prize.


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  • quphal

    tama ba ito? habang milyun-milyon ang nagugutom, lumalamon naman siya ng sangkatutak at binigyan pa ng papremyo.

    • http://profile.yahoo.com/XEW43WDU5HKKOA23KNOLK5BQWI bayawski

      tumigil ka nga sa mga comment mong walang sense.  puro ka kagaguhan.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UDDMB7XTLW4EWVF3KWXZNM4BYM Amor

      well fot your information mr. quphal. you dont have a right to discriminate that. thats your opinion. in every country we have different lifestyle and living

    • Manuel_II

      @quphal, if your too concern about it, why not sell your house, sell your car (if you have), sell everything and donate all your money and future incomes to eradicate hunger. LOL,

      You are an Hypocrite!!!   LOL

    • godofthunder16

      Aww… Someone’s butthurt… :(

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UDDMB7XTLW4EWVF3KWXZNM4BYM Amor

    i hope we have hotdog eating contest here. i love hotdogs :-)

    • http://twitter.com/riccisan Ricci Santiago

      yup there is :) but in another state, and a japanese won it too

  • JustWords811

    how does kobayashi do it? kaya ng liver at somach niya obviously, pero grabe, awesome.

    • godofthunder16

      Seriously, the guy’s inhuman! Tinalo pa yung mga redneck/fat-ass na kano (no racism intended). Tas eto payatot.



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