Speedskater Erin Jackson and Saranac Lake resident and Saranac Lake resident and bobsledder Frank Del Duca are making history, of sorts. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise,
Jackson, 33, and Del Duca, 34, were selected by a group of their fellow Olympians as the U.S. flag bearers for Friday night’s opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Games. Jackson will become the eighth U.S. speedskater to carry the flag into an Olympics, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said, while Del Duca will be the first bobsledder to carry the flag into an opening in 70 years.