Tony Volpentest — Photo Gallery, 1992–2000
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One Career.

Chris Hamilton was there for the blocks, the finish line and the podium — and for the quiet parts in between.
Tony Volpentest seated beside Van Phillips, inventor of the Flex-Foot, who holds a carbon-fiber running foot
Atlanta, 1996. Paralympic Trials. Tony poses with Flex-Foot inventor Van Phillips. Unwilling to accept the clumsy prosthetics available after his own 1976 amputation, Phillips designed the groundbreaking carbon-fiber blade that Tony used to set world records.

The Athlete
and the Inventor