Talk:Single Scull

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I have just updated this article. My only question is whether it should just be included under rowing.--aquamari 06:32, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rowing and sculling skills equivalent?

Someone has added a statement that "For the vast majority of rowers, sweep oar ability is very close to sculling proficiency." I would dispute that, since most sweep rowers of my acquaintance have not had much experience in sculling and I would not class them as proficient. Has anyone got a view on whether this statement is justified? Even at international level, Redgrave's ability in the scull was seen as exceptional (though he wasn't up to world-beating standard in the scull), and few top scullers are seen in sweep boats, AFAIK. TrulyBlue (talk) 12:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

To answer my own question, I looked at the FISA list of top rowers and noted that only one male and two female athletes had medalled in both sweep and scull. I feel that it's not justified to claim that proficiency in the two disciplines is so closely correlated, so I'm going to take it out. So there. TrulyBlue (talk) 16:22, 18 February 2008 (UTC)