The New Jersey lady who was disqualified from Friday’s Nathan’s Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest has damaged her silence on the presumably unprecedented ruling.
Madison Barone, 24, of Manville, New Jersey, was in a position to compete on this 12 months’s version of the competition — gained by Miki Sudo for the eleventh time — on account of ending second at a qualifier.
However her second within the highlight didn’t go as deliberate, as she couldn’t maintain down the 9 sizzling canine she ate and vomited in a trash can in plain sight, which is a rule violation.
“As quickly as I bought off the stage and every thing got here up, it wasn’t even like I used to be sick,’’ Barone advised USA As we speak. “It was extra of drive. It was extra of my physique simply letting it go.
“And I was like, ‘Oh, man, everybody saw that. Now I’m disqualified.’”
It’s doubtlessly the primary time a competitor has been disqualified from the annual Fourth of July occasion in Coney Island, as George Shea, the competition’s announcer since 1991, mentioned he’s unaware of a earlier prevalence.
“Ms. Barone experienced urges contrary to swallowing after the contest but before the conclusion of presentations and the awarding of places,” Sam Barclay, the director of operations at Main League Consuming — which runs the new canine contest — advised USA As we speak. “By Major League Eating rules, urges contrary to swallowing before the conclusion of the event, including presentations and the awarding of prizes, results in a DQ.”
Barone was not embarrassed by the result, she advised the outlet.
However she is hoping for an opportunity at redemption subsequent summer time.
“If I do [return], it’s going to be the biggest comeback ever,” she advised USA As we speak.
