Jutta Leerdam
Leerdam was looking for a new team when it turned out that she could not achieve her ambitions at Jumbo. In addition to the attention of coach Jac Orie, she also wanted someone on the coaching staff who would “challenge her extremely technically in skating”.
“I missed that at Jumbo. It felt too safe for me,” Leerdam said recently. “With Jac the emphasis is more on the basics, I come from a background where the vision was different and more specific. It went well for a while, but for now I need something extra.” She wrote on Instagram that she needed “something different at this point in her career.”
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Team IKO
When Jumbo did not like that demand and terminated her contract, the skater decided to go elsewhere. She contacted Team IKO, a Dutch skating team led by brothers Erwin and Martin ten Hove. They eventually went into business together.
Martin ten Hove explained that the team does not actually have the budget for “an athlete of this exceptional category”. “But her manager immediately made it clear that Jutta is not going for the finances for the next two years, she only wants Olympic gold. Everything must give way to that. She is looking for an environment that IKO can offer her.”
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