Top Dog! Shawnee Days sends two qualifiers to national hot dog eating contest
SHAWNEE, Kan. (KCTV) -Results are in.
Radim Dvoracek and Jocelyn Young are headed to Coney Island!
They are the male and female hot dog-eating qualifiers from the Old Shawnee Days qualifying competition in Shawnee, Kansas. The two won eating 29.5 and 11.25 dogs, respectively.
🌭🔥 The Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier in Shawnee, KS is a wrap — and we’ve got your FINAL RESULTS!
— Major League Eating (@eatingcontest) June 8, 2025
Radim Dvoracek and Jocelyn Young are headed to Coney Island! 🇺🇸🌭
In addition to Shawnee, there are also sanctioned qualifier competitions in Hershey, Pa., Cleveland, Ohio, and Bristol, Conn.
The winners in each of those states will compete against Dvoracek and Young for the title of Top Dog at the international championship in Coney Island, New York, on July 4th.
These two champs just earned their spots on the grandest stage of them all — the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island! 🌭🇺🇸
— Major League Eating (@eatingcontest) June 8, 2025
Let the countdown to July 4th begin. pic.twitter.com/yjaoG8nMNb
The Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest is an annual sporting event broadcast on ESPN where competitive eaters eat as many hot dogs and buns as possible within 10 minutes.
A “Mustard Belt” and $10,000 prize purse go to the winning man and woman.
Joey Chestnut has won the contest 16 times and is considered the greatest eater in history, according to Major League Eating, but was banned from participating in 2024 over his endorsement of Impossible Foods, which makes plant-based hot dogs.
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