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Caroline Darney

Eric “Badlands” Booker won the Nathan’s lemonade chug and celebrated with a massive burp

If you think the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest was solely about hot dogs, you are sadly mistaken. There’s a men’s contest, women’s contest and — for two years now — a lemonade chug. What else could you want?

Unlike the hot dog eating, the lemonade chug isn’t timed. Instead, it’s up to the contestants to drink it as fast as possible. Enter Eric “Badlands” Booker. The super chugger now has won both of the only two chugs that have taken place, and this year he did it in under 30 seconds.

It is truly remarkable to see the whole thing go down — literally — and he opened the post-chug interview the only way he possibly could: a loud and satisfying burp.

You are a true legend, Badlands.

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