lˈækɪŋ ɡɹˈeɪt spˈiːd bˌʌt kwˈɪk ˌɔn hɪz fˈiːt, smˈɔːl ʌv stˈætʃɚ bˌʌt pəzˈɛst ʌv ɡɹˈeɪt ɡˈaɪl, tʃˈɛɹəŋkˌɑːv sˈiːmd tə pɹˈæktɪs ɐ nˈuː kˈaɪnd ʌv mˌæskjʊlˈɪnᵻɾi, ðæt ʌvðɪ ˈɜːbən tɹˈɪkstɚ.
Lacking great speed but quick on his feet, small of stature but possessed of great guile, Cherenkov seemed to practice a new kind of masculinity, that of the urban trickster.