Age is just a number.
As cliche as the saying may be, it's definitely true for some who will be competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
For instance, Mario Deslauriers qualified for Canada's equestrian team in Paris. But it won't be his first time at the Summer Games.
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Deslauriers previously competed at the 1984 and 1988 Games before returning to the recent Tokyo Olympics after a 33-year gap.
Deslauriers was about 19 when he made his Olympics debut. Now, 40 years later, he's seeking his first medal at 59 years old.
Along with Deslauriers, here are some other older Olympians to keep tabs on:
Who are the oldest Olympians in Paris?
Along with Deslauriers, these are other older Olympians in Paris along with the event they'll be competing in:
- Meghan Musnicki, Team USA, rowing: 41 years old
- Diana Taurasi, Team USA, women's basketball: 42 years old
- Timo Boll, Germany, table tennis: 43 years old
- Malindi Elmore, Canada, track and field: 44 years old
- Andy Macdonald, Great Britain, skateboarding: 50 years old
- Nino Salukvadze, Georgia, shooting: 55 years old
- Carl Hester, Great Britain, equestrianism: 57 years old
- Laura Kraut, Team USA, equestrianism: 58 years old
- Steffen Peters, Team USA, equestrianism: 59 years old
- Mario Deslauriers, Canada, equestrianism: 59 years old
- Jill Irving, Canada, equestrianism: 61 years old
- Pius Schwizer, Switzerland, equestrian: 61 years old
- Rolf-GΓΆran Bengtsson, Sweden, equestrian: 62 years old
- Juan Antonio Jimenez Cobo, Spain, equestrian: 65 years old
- Mary Hanna, Australia equestrianism traveling reserve: 69 years old
When are the Paris Olympics?
The 2024 Olympics will run from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, Aug. 11.
How to watch the 2024 Olympics in Paris
NBC and Peacock will present live coverage of all Olympic events throughout each respective day.