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To say Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam divides opinion is an understatement. An Olympic champion already at the Milan-Cortina Games, she goes for a second gold on Sunday in the 500 metres event.
So is 27-year-old Leerdam a leading star of her sport or more of an influencer? She certainly doesn’t go unnoticed – just like her boyfriend, the American YouTuber Jake Paul who has a combined 70 million social media followers and supports US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, with whom he attended an Olympic ice hockey game.
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Leerdam takes gold in speed skating as fiance Paul looks on
As Jutta Leerdam secured her Olympic gold medal, the tears flowed. The only person crying nearly as much was her fiance in the crowd.
Boxer-influencer Jake Paul and Leerdam have been engaged since last year.
And he was in the second row of the stands in the temporary speed skating arena at Rho Fiera exhibition centre in north Milan to watch the 27-year-old win the women's 1,000m gold.
Leerdam, pipped into silver at Beijing 2022, claimed the gold in a new Olympic record time.
It provides a perfect ending to a frenetic few months for Leerdam, who had to rely on a discretionary place at Milan-Cortina 2026 having crashed in qualifying.
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Steven Bradbury (left) tried to keep the focus on gold medallist Jutta Leerdam as cameras found her partner, Jake Paul. (Getty Images)
Steven Bradbury hits Jake Paul with a drive-by as he celebrates Jutta Leerdam's Olympic gold, while a Sydney-born Kiwi receives a special celebration.
Ukranian skeleton athlete Heraskevych wore a helmet depicting athletes killed in the Russia-Ukraine war. (Getty Images: Andrew Milligan/PA Images)
At the 2022 Games in Beijing, days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych held up a sign that read "No War in Ukraine".
Four years later, Heraskevych began his campaign in Italy wearing a helmet depicting some of the Ukrainian athletes killed since then.
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