Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy —
The first time Rich Ruohonen tried to make the US Olympic curling team, his current teammates weren’t born. They weren’t around when he made his second go at it, either – or the third for that matter.
Ruohonen is 54, twice the age of his oldest teammate, and has been trying to make an Olympic squad since 1988. Despite a resume stuffed with success – a two-time US Champion, a 2018 world champion – he could not grab onto the Olympic rings.
Some misses have been close – a final shot in 2021 with Jamie Sinclair to make the 2022 Beijing Games was the worst – and some not so close. He thought about not bothering anymore, doubled down on his law practice in 2022, but when Danny Casper –
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