sculling

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A gifted athlete, he became the first Indian to win the Macklin Sculls - a prestigious single sculling race - at the Calcutta Lake Club in 1938.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The longer you stay underwater, kicking your feet, sculling your arms against all that heaviness and bright blue, the worse it gets.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022

During covid we got our sculling license, so we’d do some sculling for maybe an hour.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021

To learn the quickness and spontaneity that characterizes good sculling, spend some time watching animals.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2013

So George took his time, carefully and meticulously handcrafting a single sculling shell from Norwegian pine and mahogany.

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