Evan Bates earned one of the highest honors for an Olympian on Friday.
The Ann Arbor native and ice dancing star was named as one of the two Team USA flag bearers for the closing cermony of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
Bates earned a silver medal in ice dancing with partner and wife, Madison Chock, and secured a gold medal in the figure skating team event during the games. Chock surprised Bates with the flag-bearer news…