Olaf Tufte wins Men's Single Sculls final | Beijing 2008

You have no idea how much pain this event inflicts.

Crazy that the three medalists from that race will very likely still compete in Tokyo 2020

…and I am from Norway 🇳🇴 and could not be any prouder 🏆🎉 Olaf Tufte is such a great guy and with a warm and big heart for everybody ❤️

Am I the only ons who saw the swimmer 0.02 😂

Tufte is an absolute beast. 7 Olympics behind him (2 golds, 1 silver, and 1 bronze) 2 golds, 1 silver, and 3 bronzes in the world rowing championships. Remains the Norwegian record holder in the 2000m erg (5:44) and the 5000m erg (15:10) Had a VO2max of 76-77ml/kg/min (7.2-7.3L), and a lung capacity of 7.19L Has done 140kg (308lbs) in the bench press, 185kg (407lbs) in the squat, and 240kg (529lbs) in the deadlift. In a Norwegian TV show (Don't remember the name, but it was on TV2) he did 28 consecutive pullups in his late 30s. Really impressive when you're that tall and heavy (193/6'4, 95kg/209lbs) He has also finished 43rd in the cross country skiing reace Vasaloppet (90km/56miles)

The rhythm he establishes right from the beginning and sticks with, is unlike all the others

Fantastic race to watch , what a powerpacked group of athletes.

Only rowers know the pain

Olaf tufte just has this absolutely enormous trunk that gives him such an advantage

+Olympics, thank you very much, been waiting a long time to watch this race!!

Olaf Tufte is a machine

You know, looking at this again: I agree that Mahe should have won, but look at the way Olaf's boat runs out. He has the most efficient rhythm of all the scullers here.

nice commentary

Even Synek never get gold at Olympics he have 2x silvers and 1 bronze,thats not bad.😀 Greetings to Norway and New Zealand.😊

What a race !!!

This sport is really hard 👏Amazing athletes!

Drysdale could’ve been the 3 time Olympic gold medallist sculler if not for the diarrhea had prior to the race. But still he was ahead of the rest of the pack and didn’t think of it as an excuse.

Tufte is such a beast!

Hats off to Tufte, but if Mahe doesn't have food poisoning leading up to this race then we're probably looking at the 3-time defending Olympic gold medalist right now.

Welcome to the pain cave….