CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy — It was getting a little dusty at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium as Phill Drobnick reached over to hug Rich Ruohonen, who at age 54 had just become the oldest U.S. Olympian to compete in the Winter Games. Ruohonen accepted the embrace from Drobnick, the director of coaching for USA Curling, then quickly defused the emotion of the moment.
“I’m never throwing another rock,” he quipped. “I’m going out at 100%.”
