Team USA curler Rich Ruohonen has broken a Winter Olympics record simply with his age. Ruohonen, 54, subbed into a men's curling game during the 2026 Winter Olympics, making him the oldest American to compete in the Winter Games in nearly 100 years. Ruohonen has been competing in curling events since 1981. He first participated in the sport in the fifth grade, when he started playing Saturday mornings at the St. Paul Curling Club, according to his Team USA bio.