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Japanese eating icon Takeru Kobayashi, who was initially declared to have bested his longtime rival Joey "Jaws" Chestnut in an Independence Day showdown of competitive hot dog eating, was instead soundly defeated by the California native, contest officials said Thursday.

Chestnut, who competed earlier at the better-known Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, put down 68.

But Dan Rollman, president of RecordSetter, who was lead judge at Crif's contest on Wednesday, said Thursday that "we realized we'd incorrectly counted the number of plates," and that Kobayashi had instead eaten only 58.5.