Olympic Champion Leerdam Skips Upcoming Skating Season
Jutta Leerdam, 27, from South Holland, has announced she will not compete in the upcoming skating season, stating she is taking a temporary break from the sport but emphasizing this is not a permanent farewell. In February, Leerdam won gold in the 1,000 meters and silver in the 500 meters at the Winter Olympics in Milan. She had openly questioned her skating career's future afterward. Leerdam also won Olympic silver in the 1,000 meters in Beijing in 2022 and was sprint world champion in Hamar that same year.
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