Jake Paul reduced to tears as his speed skater fiancée Jutta Leerdam breaks Winter Olympics record
Boxer and YouTuber Jake Paul broke down in tears as his fiancée Jutta Leerdam broke a world record in the women's 1,000 meters event at the Winter Olympics, which he described as "one of the most important sporting moments ever".
Jake Paul was reduced to tears as his fiancée Jutta Leerdam broke a world record at the Winter Olympics, which he described as "one of the most important sporting moments ever".
The 29-year-old boxer got emotional as his Dutch speed skater significant other clinched gold with a time of 1:12.31 in the women's 1,000 meters event at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.
Following his wife-to-be's historic victory, Jake wrote on X: "we just witnessed one of the most important sporting moments ever. the doc will tell. words cant describe how proud of you i am. (sic)"
Jake - who popped the question in March 2025 - also shared a video of the moment Leerdam clinched gold, in which he was overcome with emotion.
Over the Instagram clip, he wrote: "MY BABY JUST SET THE OLYMPIC WORLD RECORD."
He also wrote in the caption: "IM SO PROUD OF YOU @juttaleerdam (sic)"
Just before Leerdam's effort, her compatriot Femke Kok had broken the world record with a time of 1:12.59.
However, Leerdam - who won a silver medal four years ago at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics - spectacularly sped around the track 0.28 seconds quicker.
The Dutch one-two was witnessed by the nation's King Willem-Alexander.
Leerdam said afterwards: "I couldn’t believe it, but I was also so tired.
"It was hard to feel something. I couldn’t really stand, I couldn’t really see, I couldn’t do anything.
"After the finish, I was just hoping that I saw green.
"When I saw that green next to my name, I thought, 'Oh my, this is a dream come true.'
"This is surreal. I still can’t believe it. It’s just a dream come true."
Kok won the silver medal, and Japan's Takagi Miho - who won gold in Beijing in 2022 - took bronze.
