MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 09: Jutta Leerdam of Team Netherlands reacts after breaking the Olympic record during Speed Skating Women's 1000m on day three of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Speed Skating Stadium on February 09, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Joosep Martinson/Getty Images)
A new Olympic record was set on Monday in the 1000-meter speed skating by Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands.
Leerdam took home the gold medal along with her Dutch teammate, Femke Kok, who took the silver medal. Leerdam & Kok were also racing against the defending champion, Miho Takagi of Japan, who won the gold in the 2022 Olympics. Kok was leading at the midway point, but Leerdam picked up steam in the final stretch and finished with a record time of 1:12.31.
Leerdam did it with fiancée Jake Paul in the audience, rooting her on along with many of the crowd wearing orange in support of the Netherlands.
Leerdam has now won her second Olympic medal, finishing in second at the 2022 games in Beijing.
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