Jake Paul breaks down in tears as fiancée Jutta Leerdam shatters Olympic speedskating record

As Dutch speedskater Jutta Leerdam broke an Olympic grounds successful her gold-medal-winning tally connected Monday, her fiancée Jake Paul couldn’t incorporate his emotions.

He was crying for joy.

Paul was connected his feet successful the stands, bawling his eyes retired arsenic Leerdam didn’t conscionable unrecorded up to the expectations of winning golden astatine the 2026 Milan Cortina games — she besides broke the 1,000-meter velocity skating grounds with a clip of 1:12.31.

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Jake Paul of United States of America cries with joyousness for his fiancée Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands who won aft the Women's 1000m Speed Skating lawsuit connected time 3 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics astatine Milano Speed Skating Stadium connected Feb. 9, 2026 successful Milan, Italy.  (Henk Jan Dijks/Marcel ter Bals/DeFodi)

Leerdam broke the erstwhile grounds acceptable by teammate Femke Kok, who notched her clip conscionable moments earlier Leerdam’s run.

While the 27-year-old skater was brought to tears aft seeing her last time, Paul was successful the stands doing the same, surrounded by her family, who besides couldn’t assistance but outcry tears of joy.

This marked Leerdam’s first-ever golden medal astatine the Olympics and her 2nd wide medal aft winning metallic successful Beijing successful 2022.

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This 1 was other peculiar considering Leerdam’s astonishing autumn during the Dutch Olympic Trials, which forced her retired of the race. There were talks that her spot astatine Milan Cortina was successful doubt, but she made the Dutch squad successful the end.

It was the close move.

Boxer Jake Paul celebrates successful the stands aft his fiancée Jutta Leerdam of Team Netherlands (not pictured) wins Gold aft breaking the Olympic grounds successful the Speed Skating Women's 1000m connected time 3 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Milano Speed Skating Stadium connected Feb. 9, 2026 successful Milan, Italy. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Before Leerdam’s record-breaking run, Kok raced to an awesome 1:12.59 time, which yet resulted successful a metallic medal for the Netherlands. Kok is besides expected to beryllium successful contention for the golden medal successful the 500-meter contention aboriginal successful the Games.

Rounding retired the podium successful the 1,000-meter sprint was Japan’s Miho Takagi, who finished 3rd with a clip of 1:13.95.

As for the Americans, Erin Jackson was successful archetypal spot with a 1:15.00 time. However, arsenic the skaters kept going, she kept falling down the list.

Brittany Bowe, Jackson’s teammate, conscionable finished successful 4th to miss retired connected a medal with a clip of 1:14.55.

Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands celebrates winning the golden medal successful the women's 1,000 meters speedskating contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (Luca Bruno/AP Photo)

Paul, the polarizing boxer, has been nary alien to showing emotion. And portion this was axenic joy, helium fired disconnected a tweet that appeared aggravated erstwhile talking astir different monolithic sporting lawsuit backmost successful the States.

Paul called Super Bowl LX halftime amusement performer Bad Bunny a "fake citizen" up of the Puerto Rican’s show astatine Levi’s Stadium connected Sunday night. Paul took objection with Bad Bunny owed to the Grammy Award-winning creator speaking retired against things similar U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"To clarify: I wasn’t calling anyone a ‘fake citizen’ due to the fact that they’re from Puerto Rico. I unrecorded successful Puerto Rico, and I emotion Puerto Rico," Paul said successful his astir caller tweet, clarifying what helium wrote connected Sunday night. "I person utilized my level to enactment Puerto Rico clip and clip again and volition ever bash so. But if you’re publically criticizing ICE who are doing their occupation and openly hating connected America, I’m going to talk connected it. Period. That’s the aforesaid crushed I called retired Hunter Hess.

Jake Paul of the U.S., center, cries aft his fiancée Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands won the golden medal successful the women's 1,000 meters speedskating contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (Antonio Calanni/AP Photo)

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"If you payment from a state and the level it gives you, but publically disrespect it astatine the aforesaid time, that’s what I mean by being a fake citizen. And I hold emotion is much almighty than hate. Love America."

Paul and Leerdam announced their engagement successful March 2025 with a associated Instagram post.

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