{"id":59287,"date":"2018-02-20T07:59:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T07:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59287"},"modified":"2018-02-20T07:59:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T07:59:02","slug":"virtue-moir-win-second-ice-dance-gold-with-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/virtue-moir-win-second-ice-dance-gold-with-world-record.html","title":{"rendered":"Virtue, Moir win second ice dance gold with world record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtue, Moir win second ice dance gold with world record<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir claimed their second Olympic gold medal with a brilliant free dance on Tuesday, edging to the top of the podium by less than a point and breaking the world record into the bargain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Skating last to \u201cMoulin Rouge,\u201d the pair embraced and grinned on the ice after their dynamic performance that had the audience roaring.<\/span><\/p>\n

They won with a total score of 206.07, eclipsing the world record that had been set just moments before by French pair Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, who finished on 205.28.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know what the future holds quite yet but it definitely feels like we\u2019re getting close to the end of our career,\u201d Moir told OBS, the official Olympics broadcaster.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pair had previously said this would be their last Olympics and hinted that retirement from competition – this time for good – might be on the cards soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just proud of our accomplishments at these Games. The goal was to win two golds but it\u2019s a really intense competition,\u201d Moir added.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have such respect especially for Gabriella and Guillaume. We\u2019re pretty happy with how things turned out, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Canadian pair, who won gold in Vancouver eight years ago, have dominated the event since they returned to competition after retiring following a silver at the Sochi Games four years ago. They also have a team silver from Sochi and gold at Pyeongchang, won last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

They made a comeback late in 2016 and powered to a number of world records with only one defeat along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

That loss – in the Grand Prix Final in Japan last December – was to Papadakis and Cizeron, and prompted the fiercely-competitive Canadians to return home and tweak their programme in response.<\/span><\/p>\n

Papadakis and Cizeron struggled in their short programme on Monday after the top of Papadakis\u2019s costume came loose, and were 1.74 points behind the Canadians entering Tuesday\u2019s free dance.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pair\u2019s ethereal free dance had the audience at the Gangneung Ice Arena clapping and set a new world record for both the free skate — they scored 123.35 and topped the Canadians — and the total score.<\/span><\/p>\n

WORLD RECORD<\/span><\/p>\n

Virtue and Moir broke that record fewer than 15 minutes later, when they scored 122.40 in the free programme.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are really proud of what we did today,\u201d Cizeron said. \u201cWe did the best we could on the ice and it was a very emotional moment and we\u2019re really proud of that silver medal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Papadakis said Tuesday\u2019s performance had made their Olympic debut special.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cToday we did something we never thought we could do. We\u2019ve never skated that way before,\u201d she told a news conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo do that in our first Olympics is really something that we\u2019re proud of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier, when asked if she had taken special steps to avoid any more costume problems, she laughed and told reporters, \u201cYeah, we made sure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

American siblings Maia and Alex Shibutani, known as the \u201cShib Sibs\u201d, won bronze after entering the free dance in fourth. They finished on 192.59.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am so proud of what we accomplished,\u201d Maia told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo have four skates on Olympic ice that we can be extremely proud of and to come away with two Olympic medals for Team USA and ourselves and everyone that has supported us, it\u2019s almost indescribable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex said the experience fulfilled their dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was amazing to finally have that Olympic moment because four years ago in Sochi we left with a lot of experience, but still yearning to have that really special moment on Olympic ice that we\u2019ve grown up watching.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-olympics-2018-figs-dance-m\/virtue-moir-win-second-ice-dance-gold-with-world-record-idUSKCN1G40C2<\/span><\/p>\n

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