A two-time U.S. champion, Rich Ruohonen has been curling since the fifth grade, starting on a Saturday morning at the St. Paul Curling Club in Minnesota.

A two-time U.S. champion, Rich Ruohonen has been curling since the fifth grade, starting on a Saturday morning at the St. Paul Curling Club in Minnesota.

Rich Ruohonen, a curling alternate for the American men's team, was brought in for the squad's preliminary round game against Switzerland at the Milan Cortina Games.