The Canadian curler at the center of a spiraling controversy at the Winter Olympics insisted Saturday he was not a cheat and postulated that his team might be the target of a “premeditated” attack by Sweden, one of its biggest rivals for the gold medal.

The 54-year-old personal injury lawyer from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, reached the milestone when he threw his first stone for Team USA during the men's curling round-robin match against Switzerland. The United States went on to lose 8-3, conceding after eight ends.

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.

Stephen Nedoroscik, who went viral during the 2024 Summer Olympics for his gymnastics skills and "Pommel Horse Guy" label, is now the talk of the Winter Games

Rich Ruohonen has tried to get to the Olympics for almost 40 years. He finally got his chance, taking to the ice at the Milan Cortina Games representing the U.S. on Team Casper for curling.

Canadian curler Marc Kennedy lost his cool with a Swedish reporter after being accused by Scandinavian curling legend Oskar Eriksson of cheating in their Winter Olympics match

Team USA's curlers are trying to focus on the ice at the Winter Games in Italy, but one member from Minnesota says "what's going on there is wrong."