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CONCORD, N.H. - The bouncing mega-meatball record has landed in the East Coast.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jim Cole

Chef Matthew Mitnitsky cheers after breaking the world record for the largest meatball in Concord, N.H., Sunday, Nov. 1,2009.

Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, said Sunday that a 222.5-pound (101-kilogram) meatball was authenticated as the world's largest after being weighed by state weights and measures officials.

A Guinness Book of World Records official confirmed the big meatball as a record breaker and presented Mitnitsky with a plaque.

The old record of 198.6 pounds (90 kilograms) was set just over a month ago after Los Angeles-based talk show host Jimmy Kimmel vowed to beat a record set in Mexico. That record - 109 pounds (50 kilograms) - was set in August.

Mitnitsky said he got involved "to bring the meatball back to the East Coast because that's where it originated."

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