US EditionCheers for Team USA Turn to Jeers for Vance at Milan Cortina Opening Ceremony
Erin Jackson is the first Black woman to win individual Winter Olympic gold and Frank Del Duca is the first bobsledder in 70 years to carry Team USA's flag, peers voted.
- On Feb. 6, speedskater Erin Jackson and bobsledder Frank Del Duca were named Team USA's flag bearers for the Feb. 6 opening ceremony, leading the Parade of Nations, as announced by the USOPC.
- Per the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, both athletes were selected through a Team USA peer vote, aligning with the IOC's 2020 rule naming two flagbearers to promote gender parity.
- Both veterans of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Erin Jackson, the first Black woman to win an individual Winter Olympic gold, and Frank Del Duca, a U.S. Army sergeant, will share the flag-bearing honor in Milan.
- About 60,000 spectators are expected and the ceremony should last roughly three hours.
- Jackson said the honor reflects far more than one individual — it represents her family, teammates, her hometown, and everyone across the country who believes in the power of sport, and she plans to start an organization supporting young Black speed skaters post-competition.
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