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‘Now it’s hitting us’: Moir and Virtue skate away from competition for good
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SOCHI, Russia – With four minutes left of their 17-year career, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir wrapped each other in a long embrace and tried not to think about the end.
The ice dancers who captured Canada’s heart when they won gold in Vancouver wound up with silver at the Sochi Olympics on Monday, and in the moments after they struck their final pose, the enormity of the moment began to sink in.
“That’s somewhere in the back of our minds and I tried to push that out while I was competing so I wasn’t really focused on ‘This is the last time I do anything,”’ Moir said, Virtue biting her lip and fighting back tears. “But in the kiss-and-cry it was special. We were able to look at each other and reflect on 17 years. And what a journey we’ve had. We’re lucky kids.”
A night after their low short dance score sparked outrage among Canadian figure skating fans, Virtue and Moir laid down a virtually flaw free dance, scoring a total 190.99. But it still wasn’t enough to top American rivals and training mates Meryl Davis and Charlie White, who finished with 195.52.
Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia won bronze. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., were seventh, while Alexandra Paul of Midhurst, Ont., and Mitchell Islam of Barrie, Ont., were 18th.
The Canadian Press
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