Olaf Tufte winning gold in Athens 2004 olympics

[xxellababiixx]

@rong7676 The average man has a lung capacity of 3 - 4 litres, these athletes can range from 6-9 litres...

[parmalatkit1]

How come I can't see this on USA TV? Why do I have to watch on youtube? Anyway, thanks for posting it. Awesome to see it anyway.

[FlanmigoLue]

Domination!!

[rong7676]

World class athletes. I wonder what their lung volume is compared to the average male is?

[ChadAndrewsLovesGod]

@rong7676 the average individual has a VO2 max of 35 to 45ml tufte is in the 75 to 85ml range

[remainer93]

only vikings can do that

[96Sanderm]

har du beijing?



[SplitteMineBramseil]

@96Sanderm Nei, dessverre.

[ChadAndrewsLovesGod]

Tufte is a boss by the way! =D

[ChadAndrewsLovesGod]

The olympics would be a dream come true, hopefully i'll be there in 2012 London =)

[chotsmagic]

lol guy @2:31 forgot to put on his specs

[ildaryumatov]

Holy shit 6:49,

That's almost one minute more than my time :O

[kumquatsta]

very impressive. so the total distance was 2000m?

[njordpromo10]

Tufte is the man! Just love his stroke, lot of back power.

More rowing on my channel... ;)

[kennyliu0]

that sprint at the end was insane...

[Helgemeister]

"Han fosser fram som Neptun, havguden"

for en kommentar :D

[crazypianolady]

Nearly 7 minutes of pure PAIN

[555slipknoot666]

OMG!! i practice this sport and MF...you need a very fucking lot of condition

i cant believe the speed of his boats

[3008Martin]

Olaf Tufte is THE THE man

[enblaablekksprut]

så jævla spennende :D

[ijustwanttoyouknow]

vaclav is my favorite...only 5 years less and he won this race!!!!

[bloodysharkattack]

upload thankyou very thankyou very very much.

[snakeshit123]

Olaf Tufte is the maaan!

[Devil9h]

norwegian farmers are strong,.

[arsenal92]

Jüri Jaanson was too old already, it would have been a miracle if he won. Jaanson won his first World Championships medal, bronze, from Bled, which DATES BACK TO 1989! And he won silver medal with two-men scull in Beijing.

[sk8holm]

kan du legge ut fra 2008 ? hele ! ?

[SplitteMineBramseil]

@sk8holm Sorry, har den ikke.

[holyrobz]

I'll be in the olympics for rowing one day. Just wait and see

[fifthquarter54]

luck man... i'll be in the lane next to you

[lpandrammsteinfan]

me to XD maybe we'll meet there^^

[SuperGuitarQueen]

@holyrobz i hope too.!!!!

[SkifPlayer]

@holyrobz then cya in the olympics ;)) good luck with that :) age ?

[KBiZZZzzle]

@holyrobz yea and my ass is black.

[paalan445]

I have been rowing with Tufte before, not in the same boat though ;p but he helped me and some other to carry the boat to the sea and stuff^^ He is often rowing in the city i live in,

[empt60]

what a finish!! damn that was something..the timing was perfect, jansen never saw it coming..way to go tufte!!

[supercooldude181]

if you let go the other guys belive me , that´s a horrible feeling when you can see your oponents and sometimes u start to get desperate, I was 3 times the champion in the double where in mexico =) but after all I have to let it go =( I still miss the row!! is too sad

[jdue1992]

jeg får gåsehud hver gang jeg ser det!

[Tunsberg93]

Det er så SINNSYKT deilig!

[RoCkEtMaN510x]

bad ass

[P0WER10]

I LOVE EMPACHER

[RoCkEtMaN510x]

olafs a damn beast

[nordlie123]

vvvvvvvviiiiiiii haaaar vist verden fingern

[ETAG231189]

omg he starts at a rate of 40 strokes per minute

that's insane! :O

[aXXonX]

Olaf Tufte <3333333333333

[Nor89]

Beijing 08 gold too now! 2 olympic golds in a row!! yayyyy!!!

[Olimast99]

He did it again! Olympic Champion 2008! Olaf Tufte! "Berserksprint"!

[BoobyMcDoogle]

About how fast do those boats go? I've rowed in a shell before and I was pretty impressed at how fast they go.

[madcow1337]

the guys in the white boat was retarded to sprint at the beginning

[SloVidek]

Not really sometimes it's worth of it.

[madcow1337]

dood ur joking right? u dont sprint at the very start of the race unless u know that the other guys are bad. or u just get lucky

[SloVidek]

But if you get nice benefit from opponents at the start it is woth of it. And also - if you leave opponent to get you to far away there is not a chance you will ever get him ... Belive me. ;)

[madcow1337]

yo dood do u even row?

[Karius7]

It wasn't a sprint, though.

And.. Getting a gap to the others might be a good thing if they are sure you'll break.

Then they won't bother increasing their pace, and you will have a greater chance of winning.

Just take cycling as an example, why do people bother to break out from the rest if they knew they'd lose on it? Because they just might win it all...

If they know they have no chance to win under regular conditions, it's just pure logic.

[SmokingHound]

If you take a big lead from the beginning and you manage to create a big gap the others could get demotivated. It could be a great advantage if your oponents aren't that strong mentally, but I believe there is any one in the final that isn't.

[Karius7]

But I didn't say they were demotivated.. But the gap could be too big, and they'd have problems closing it...

[spiller212]

sorry, but do YOU row? rowing is a 2k race, not a 20k... of course you get out as fast as you can to gain a good position and to settle into an effective rhythm for the middle thousand. single sculling at olympic level is all about who wants it most - and vaclac chalupa ("the guy in the white boat") definitely knew what he was doing.

cheers

[RoCkEtMaN510x]

exactly, all mental without a coxswain yelling at ya/motivating

[supercooldude181]

no dude in the row that´s one of the best strtategic cause in that way u can see the other guys and u know at what speed you must go and u can have a better control of your condition, just that sometimes the things don´t go as planed

[funfest101]

its probably the worst strategies. You can burn out in the first 500m, which is one of the worst possibilities. And the advantage of being able to see your opponents is null if you do not have the energy to go at the speed to keep up with them.

[supercooldude181]

about the energy you´re right but i don´t see this like a bad strategy, maybe it´s about the personal cause it always works for me, but that´s me dude plus it´s not like you´re going to row much faster than the others and get tired it´s just about a good 250mts and then you just control your energy so the others don´t reach you

[funfest101]

thats true, it differs between rowers. But apparently this guy did something wrong.

[frenchie1510]

If your opponent cant see you there is less motivation and drive to commit to a move. Riding their bow ball is an excellent strategy. This guy got too comfortable in his groove and wasn't able to counter the opponents move. He should have brought it up a beat for 20 at the 1000 and pull away.

[AxelPRC]

any strategy is good if you execute it

[boston1804]

that was a great race. i wasn't surprised to see the guy in lane 5 die out. i could never row a single though. no one to celebrate with

[imstricken534]

ive been sweeping for so long id pull myself in a circle if i tried to scull.

[siegoo2]

hmm fett bra race assa!!!!

[bjmcdonagh]

Does anyone know where I can get the Women's 8+ Athens Olympic Final? Cheers.

[ms73sp]

This was an awesome race...Thanks for posting.

I remember when Tufte celebrated by roaring his delight on the podium..crumpling into tears very soon after. Just shows what it meant to him.

[irowing]

AGUANTE SANTIAGO FERNANDEZ !!!

[holmerne]

Olaf tufte er best !!

[antorower]

very good race....fssss

[ALLDALI]

Yaanson : was already in skiff final in 1987 !!! Last year he rowed the final in 2X !

[ALLDALI]

Chalupa and Yaanson : still rowing !

[dw5903]

epic row-through by olaf. he did that at lucerne recently i believe.

[rowingfreak07]

great race lots of competition

[BenRea1]

awesome

[dirtydaego]

i have wanted to see this race again for a long tim now thanx for posting

[patrickrea2008]

sound man putting this up i was dying to see it :)