scull

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First, the current world champion in the women's single scull will compete in the rowing events in Tokyo, and then next March she is hoping to compete in cross-country skiing at the Beijing Winter Paralympics.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2021

In scull rowing, the athlete propels the boat by swinging two oars at the same time.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021

She learned how to row a scull in 2015 and won a bronze medal in the women’s coxless pair at the Southeast Asian Games hosted by Singapore later that year.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

The isolation of the pandemic hasn’t bothered Zimbabwean rower Peter Purcell-Gilpin, who competes in the single scull and trains alone.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2021

He had taught him to row, and to scull, and to make and bait and busk a line, and to swim as well.

From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon