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Step 1: Look, don't cringe, at the text.
Alexander Popov stole the show at the European swimming championships in Helsinki on Tuesday, producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time which nobody but he himself has ever matched. The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning and then burst out with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec.
Step 2: Locate all the verbs and verb groups.
Alexander Popov stole the show at the European swimming championships in Helsinki on Tuesday, producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time which nobody but he himself has ever matched. The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning and then burst out with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec.
Step 3: Gather the clausal elements together.
Alexander Popov stole the show at the European swimming championships in Helsinki on Tuesday,
producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time which nobody but he himself has ever matched.
The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning
and then burst out with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec.
Step 4: Identify the downranked clauses, if any.
Alexander Popov stole the show at the European swimming championships in Helsinki on Tuesday,
Comment: None here
producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time which nobody but he himself has ever matched.
Comment: The segment "which ... matched" is a postmodifier of the head noun "time". This means that although it has the form of a clause, it is really part of an NG. The segment is therefore a downranked clause.
The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning
Comment: None here
and then burst out with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec.
Comment: None here
Step 5: Wrap it up.
// Alexander Popov stole the show at the European swimming championships in Helsinki on Tuesday, // producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time [[ which nobody but he himself has ever matched. ]] // The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning // and then burst out with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec. //
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