Paul then returned to the Netherlands to finish her studies, but very soon received a training offer from the Norwegian skating association and for two years coached in Norway.

The team consisted of Jan Bos, Stefan Groothuis, Tom Prince, Remco olde Heuvel, Gretha Smit, Jochem Uytdehaage, Bob de Jong and Ralf van der Rice.

An amount of 50,000 Euro was offered to the Polish skater Katarzyna Wójcicka to drop out of the race, so that Smit, who has not qualified, could compete.

A commission was appointed by the Dutch Olympic Committee and Royal Netherlands Speedskating Association to investigate the matter and confirmed the bribery attempt.

[5][6] After 2010, Paul quit speed skating and in November 2011 started working as physician with the cycling team AA Drink–leontien.nl.