Acting director of Olympiatoppen, rower and rowing coach Tore Oevreboe addresses guests during the funeral service of late Olympic and World rowing champion Olaf Tufte, in Horten Church, in Horten, Norway on July 31, 2026. Tufte died from a heart attack on July 21, at the age of 50. He retired after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, closing an elite international career lasting 26 seasons. (Photo by Terje Bendiksby / NTB / AFP via Getty Images) / Norway OUT

Norwegian Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery addresses guests during the funeral service of late Olympic and World rowing champion Olaf Tufte, in Horten Church, in Horten, Norway on July 31, 2026. Tufte died from a heart attack on July 21, at the age of 50. He retired after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, closing an elite international career lasting 26 seasons. (Photo by Terje Bendiksby / NTB / AFP via Getty Images) / Norway OUT

Norwegian novelist Jo Nesboe reads from his novel 'Police' during the funeral service of late Olympic and World rowing champion Olaf Tufte, in Horten Church, in Horten, Norway on July 31, 2026. Tufte died from a heart attack on July 21, at the age of 50. He retired after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, closing an elite international career lasting 26 seasons. (Photo by Terje Bendiksby / NTB / AFP via Getty Images) / Norway OUT

Aina Tufte (L) addresses guests during the funeral service of her late husband, Olympic and World rowing champion Olaf Tufte, in Horten Church, in Horten, Norway on July 31, 2026. Tufte died from a heart attack on July 21, at the age of 50. He retired after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, closing an elite international career lasting 26 seasons. (Photo by Terje Bendiksby / NTB / AFP via Getty Images) / Norway OUT

Aina Tufte (L) addresses guests during the funeral service of her late husband, Olympic and World rowing champion Olaf Tufte, in Horten Church, in Horten, Norway on July 31, 2026. Tufte died from a heart attack on July 21, at the age of 50. He retired after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, closing an elite international career lasting 26 seasons. (Photo by Terje Bendiksby / NTB / AFP via Getty Images) / Norway OUT

Flowers, wreaths and gold medals are displayed during the funeral service for Norway's late Olympic and World rowing champion Olaf Tufte in Horten Church, in Horten, Norway on July 31, 2026. Tufte died from a heart attack on 21 July, at the age of 50. He retired after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, closing an elite international career lasting 26 seasons. (Photo by Terje Bendiksby / NTB / AFP via Getty Images) / Norway OUT

(FILES) Olaf Tufte from Norway competes in the Men's Single Sculls final race on day seven of the FISA Rowing World Championships at Lake Bled, on September 3, 2011, in Bled, in which he had placed 6th. Tufte died from a heart attack on 21 July, at the age of 50. He retired after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, closing an elite international career lasting 26 seasons. (Photo by Jure MAKOVEC / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Norway's Olaf Tufte competes in the men's single sculls quarterfinals of the rowing event during the London 2012 Olympic Games, at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in Eton, west of London, on July 31, 2012. Tufte died from a heart attack on 21 July, at the age of 50. He retired after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, closing an elite international career lasting 26 seasons. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP via Getty Images)