Robbie Manson: The Fastest Single Sculler Ever Wasn’t the Biggest

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Robbie Manson’s world best time of 6:30.74 (Poznań, 2017) is still the fastest 2000m ever rowed in the men’s single scull.

You could argue that conditions were favourable, and you’d probably be right. But then why weren’t more world best times broken in Poznań the day Robbie pulled off his unbelievable run? And conditions in the men’s single at the Paris Olympics were excellent too.

Here’s another fact to make you rethink what you’ve heard about erg times. Manson’s best on the static erg is 5:52 for 2K. That is extremely fast, but nowhere near Zeidler’s 5:34 or van Dorp’s 5:33. Yet neither of these …

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