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

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Brubaker said clubs often used single sculls last year to allow for social distancing.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2021

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

The final day of Olympic rowing also delivered thrills when Greece’s Stefanos Ntouskos upset the favourites in the men’s single sculls and Canada ended U.S. dominance of the women’s eights.

From Reuters • Jul. 30, 2021

The Vancouver Rowing Club, hearing of their reputation in England, commissioned them to build two single sculls for one hundred dollars apiece.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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