MILAN — It’s official: Jutta Leerdam and Jordan Stolz have actually practiced together at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Well, more specially, they skated together for a few laps during a recent practice, said Leerdam, who is Jake Paul’s fiancée.
Leerdam said her skating with Stolz was fiction — before it became fact.
“So it was just a made-up rumor and then we were just on the (stationary) bike,’ said Leerdam, the Dutch speed skating star, after winning the silver medal in the women’s 500 meters Sunday, Feb. 15. ‘We were like, ‘Well, maybe I should do some laps.’ He was like, ‘Yeah, perfect.”
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Leerdam has won a gold medal and a silver medal here while Stolz has won two golds in his first two races. Thanks to their success, they have drawn attention to themselves – and now to each other.
“He’s super good at skating, so I kind of understand his timing when you skate behind someone and it can always help,’ Leerdam said. “But yeah, my timing was already pretty set … and it was just for a few laps.
“I just did a few laps. But yeah, it was just interesting that it was all made up, and it ended up working pretty well.’
Leerdam, 27, won gold in the women’s 1,000 while setting an Olympic record in the race before winning the silver in the 500.
Stolz, 21, has won two golds and set Olympic records in his first two races – the men’s 1,000 meters and 500 meters.
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