 Cannot play media. Sorry, this media is not available in your territory. Tufte wins second gold Norway's Olaf Tufte defended his Olympic single sculls crown with a powerful victory in Shunyi. China won their first ever Olympic rowing medal - silver in the women's pair behind Romania. Bulgaria's Rumyana Neykova ended Belarussian Ekaterina Karsten's three-year unbeaten women's singles streak. And in the women's doubles, New Zealand sisters Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell passed Germany on the last stroke to defend their title. Tufte put some indifferent form behind him to win in six minutes 59.83 seconds.  | He rang me up and asked if he could come over and chat to me -I'm really pleased for him Sir Steve Redgrave on Tufte |
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 Great Britain's five-time gold medallist - and now BBC summariser - Sir Steve Redgrave for his help and advice. "He has struggled with illness and, with my chequered history of illness, he rang me up and asked if he could come over and chat to me," Redgrave revealed. "I'm really pleased for him." Romanian women's pair Georgeta Andrunache and Viorica Susanu secured their second successive crown while China's late surge beat world champions Belarus.  Cannot play media. Sorry, this media is not available in your territory. Neykova wins single sculls
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