LONDON (Reuters) - Farmer, fireman, challenger extraordinaire and underwear model - Norway's double Olympic sculling champion Olaf Tufte does not fit the bill of your average professional sportsman.

Norway's Olaf Tufte has produced a storming finish to win the men's single sculls at the Beijing Olympic rowing competition. The defending champion timed his race perfectly to win by 0.80 seconds from ...

Alan Campbell, Britain'soutstanding young single sculler, fought a titanic battle with Beijing gold medallist Olaf Tufte at Henley Royal Regatta, and raced the Norwegian to a standstill in one of the ...

It is being billed as the battle of the "sporting gods". Kiwi rowing hero Mahe Drysdale is pitted against Norwegian golden boy Olaf Tufte in a heart-racing rematch. Drysdale will shake off the demons ...

DORNEY, England, July 28 (UPI) -- Two-time defending champion Olaf Tufte of Norway coasted through his first challenge in the Olympic single sculls rowing event Saturday. Tufte, needing only to finish ...

Norway's Olaf Tufte came through on the finish line to defend his Olympic title and win the men's single scull on Lake Shunyi on Saturday in one of the most hotly contested events of the regatta. New ...

Norway's world champion Olaf Tufte has come from behind to win the men's single sculls gold medal in a tight race to add to his gold in the double from Sydney. Tufte had been in fourth place after 500 ...

He moved away from Czech Ondrej Synek, with Kiwi triple world champion Mahe Drysdale trailing in third. Drysdale, who has been ill this week, collapsed after crossing the finishing line. Tufte thanked ...