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single sculls

American  

noun

  1. a race for sculls each rowed by one oarsman using a pair of oars.


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Benjamim Pritchard led the charge with victory in the men’s PR1 single sculls followed by gold for the PR3 mixed double sculls and silver for the PR3 mixed coxed four.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024

They will also be allowed in para-rowing single sculls and pairs.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

He won a silver medal in the men’s single sculls, finishing roughly a second behind Greece’s Stefanos Ntouskos and one ahead of Croatia’s Damir Martin.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021

Four-time Olympian Emma Twigg, of New Zealand, ensured her country kept a grip on the sport with another gold in the women’s single sculls.

From Reuters ● Jul. 30, 2021

Hackett held us up on the way back to look through the windows of the boathouse and point out the single sculls and the eight-man longboats.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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