Word: popover
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Alexander Popov, 25, Russia Returning from a party with friends, the Olympian swimmer got into a late-night street fight in Moscow with watermelon vendors in August, during which he received a serious stab wound. Though thinner, he has recovered from emergency surgery and plans to resume training...
...Dyken was the most pleasant surprise on the underdog U.S. team, which, spurred on by roars from an unabashedly patriotic hometown crowd, captured 13 gold medals, more than three times as many as their nearest competitors, the Russians. Two of theirs belonged to Alexander Popov, who came in a touch ahead of American Gary Hall Jr. in both the men's 100-m and 50-m freestyle...
...Australia has Kieren Perkins (1,500-m free) and Daniel Kowalski (200-, 400- and 1,500-m free). Russia has Barcelona star Aleksandr Popov, who's looking to repeat his 50- and 100-m double. But most eyes in Atlanta will be upon the Americans: Gary Hall Jr., son of three-time Olympic medalist Gary Sr., in the 50-m free; Tom Dolan in the 400-m free and 400-m individual medley relay; and Tripp Schwenk in the 100- and 200-m backstroke...
Designing the new parachute was Popov's greatest challenge. Hang gliders weigh only 500 lbs., even if you include the pilot. A small Cessna, on the other hand, weighs more than 1,700 lbs., and a standard parachute big enough to float such a craft safely to the ground would fill up a 50-gal. drum. Not very practical. Undaunted, the BRS engineers figured out how to pack the parachute under pressure in such a way that it takes up no more space than a large briefcase and is mounted over the center of the wings. If the craft...
...that's only the beginning, Popov promises. Now on the BRS drawing boards are parachute systems for heavier general-aviation planes and military aircraft. As the planes get bigger, the idea becomes increasingly far-fetched, but it's hard to discount a man who falls 500 ft. and lives to profit from the experience...