Rulon Gardner, a 51-year-old American wrestler, plans to compete in the Olympics after defeating Russia in 2000
Olympic gold winner Rulon Gardner hopes to compete in his third Summer Olympics at the age of 51. Gardner revealed to TMZ Sports that he has been preparing for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Olympic fans can buy Olympic Wrestling Tickets from our website. “I still want to contribute more to wrestling, the sport that I adore. When you have a goal like wrestling, it motivates you to get in shape, so I’ve shed a lot of weight, am regaining my health, am working hard again, and the next step is going on the mat. Every day is excruciatingly painful, but getting outside and throwing with these little kids is such much fun. I’m wrestling kids half my age, which is ridiculous.” To demonstrate that he “can still compete with the top-level wrestlers of the world,” Gardner claimed to have lost roughly 150 pounds while training. Gardner has previously tried to make a return at the Olympics. He was preparing for the 2012 Olympics, however, he exceeded the weight limit before the American Ol