{"id":143503,"date":"2026-02-06T15:57:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/06\/stats-of-the-week-olympic-history\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:57:54","slug":"stats-of-the-week-olympic-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/06\/stats-of-the-week-olympic-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Stat(s) Of The Week: Olympic History?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the U.S. men\u2019s curling team takes the ice this Wednesday<\/a>, a Minnesota trial lawyer will have his sights on a record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At 54, Rich Ruohenon, an alternate on the team, would be the oldest-ever U.S. athlete to compete in the Olympics if he were to enter a match.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Only two other Americans 50 or older have ever competed, Yahoo Sports reported, citing Olympic historian Bill Mallon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ruohenon, of Brooklyn Park, has had several near misses qualifying for prior Olympics. He will be representing the U.S. at the games for the first time, and he\u2019s bullish on his prospects for getting into a match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure they\u2019re going to try to make it happen,\u201d Ruohonen told Yahoo Sports.<\/a> \u201cI have a pretty good feeling. That\u2019s all I want. I want them to be healthy and I want them to win it, but I\u2019m not going to lie. I want to get in for a rock or two.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 54, Rich Ruohonen aims to become oldest-ever American to compete in Olympics<\/a> [Yahoo]<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Barker is the director of content marketing for Breaking Media. Feel free to\u00a0email him<\/a>\u00a0with questions or comments and to\u00a0connect on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Stat(s) Of The Week: Olympic History?<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the U.S. men\u2019s curling team takes the ice this Wednesday<\/a>, a Minnesota trial lawyer will have his sights on a record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At 54, Rich Ruohenon, an alternate on the team, would be the oldest-ever U.S. athlete to compete in the Olympics if he were to enter a match.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Only two other Americans 50 or older have ever competed, Yahoo Sports reported, citing Olympic historian Bill Mallon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ruohenon, of Brooklyn Park, has had several near misses qualifying for prior Olympics. He will be representing the U.S. at the games for the first time, and he\u2019s bullish on his prospects for getting into a match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure they\u2019re going to try to make it happen,\u201d Ruohonen told Yahoo Sports.<\/a> \u201cI have a pretty good feeling. That\u2019s all I want. I want them to be healthy and I want them to win it, but I\u2019m not going to lie. I want to get in for a rock or two.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 54, Rich Ruohonen aims to become oldest-ever American to compete in Olympics<\/a> [Yahoo]<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Barker is the director of content marketing for Breaking Media. Feel free to\u00a0email him<\/a>\u00a0with questions or comments and to\u00a0connect on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Stat(s) Of The Week: Olympic History?<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the U.S. men\u2019s curling team takes the ice this Wednesday, a Minnesota trial lawyer will have his sights on a record.\u00a0 At 54, Rich Ruohenon, an alternate on the team, would be the oldest-ever U.S. athlete to compete in the Olympics if he were to enter a match.\u00a0 Only two other Americans 50 or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":143504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stat-of-the-week-image-9NasYs.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}