Saranac Lake’s Frenette confirmed to Olympic ski jumping team

Here’s the announcement issued this afternoon that 19-year-old Peter Frenette will go to Vancouver, jumping for the US:

A Lake Placid native, Frenette jumps out of the New York Ski Educational Foundation. He has been a regular on the Continental Cup with three point-scoring finishes this season highlighted by a top-20 on the final weekend of selection in Sapporo, Japan. Johnson, who made the 2006 Olympic Team at the age of 16, suffered a knee injury in July but has made a comeback, breaking into the points twice in the Sapporo Continental Cup.

PS: In the press release, ski team officials are identifying Frenette as a Lake Placid guy, a nod to the Olympic village’s international fame.

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