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Watch This Woman Crush the World Speed Record for Eating a Burrito

Watch This Woman Eat a Burrito in Record Time
Watch This Woman Eat a Burrito in Record Time
They often say truly great athletes are their own most challenging competition. For professional speed-eater Leah Shutkever, thats literally trueat least when it comes to the Guinness World Record for the . She already holds the record, but in a new video from Guinness, she sets out to break itthe kind of delicious competitive eating challenge we can fully get behind.
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You may want a little bit of background to fully appreciate this video, but the gist is this: is the current record holder as the worlds fastest burrito-scarfer.

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And if youre thinking that means shes able to house that sweet wrapped goodness in a minute, maybe two, youre severely underestimating her. At the start of the video, shes sitting down to challenge her previous record, a scorching 44.20 seconds.

, who holds several other records in competitive eating, begins with a little warm-up chat. She talks about how she doesnt look like your image of a speed-eater, and how she wants to challenge peoples conceptions of the sport. Shes clearly nervous, mentioning how its tough to go up against your own record.

With a few deep breaths to warm up, she dives in. To this untrained eye, she looks very speedy indeed, but taps out on the first try, dropping the burrito remains to her plate. She gets three tries, but thats one down. In a post-burrito recap, she explains what she thinks went wrong with her approach. But with burrito number two she also falls short. Smaller bites, she decides, and fasterthats the only way to break her own record. Hyped and ready, she jumps face-first into her final try.

Check out the video below to see if she succeeds:

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