AMSTERDAM, Sept 15 (Reuters) - ⁠Dutch Olympic speed skating championJutta Leerdam ⁠has decided not to compete this ‌season but said she is not retiring from the sport.

The 27-year-old won the 1,000 metres title in ​an Olympic record 1 ⁠minute, 12.31 seconds at ⁠the Milano Cortina Games in February and ⁠took ‌silver in the 500m.

“I’m following my feelings. Retiring feels too definitive," ⁠she said. "One thing I know for ​sure: I ‌won’t compete this season. You won’t see ⁠me ​on the ice.

“I don’t want to completely close the door on something I love ⁠so much: speed skating. That ​wouldn’t feel right. The sport is part of who I am.”

Leerdam, who has 6.3 million ⁠followers on Instagram, said she switch some of her focus to making videos for social media and that she has ​several projects underway.

She is ⁠engaged to social media star-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

The speed ​skating season begins with ‌World Cup qualifiers on ​October 30.

(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Peter Rutherford)