Virtue, Moir on top of their game in return to Canadian championships
OTTAWA — The return of veterans Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to competition this season has been like slipping on a favourite sweater for figure skating fans. They’ve been the face of Canadian ice dancing for so long.
But from their new coaches to their new home base, to even a new way of skating, virtually nothing is the same about the Olympic gold and silver medallists since they stepped away from competition after the 2014 Sochi Games.
They planned it that way.
“It’s just an ongoing process in the gym and also on the ice, and that’s been really cool, it’s been thrilling,” Virtue said. “We knew when we decided we wanted to come back that we didn’t want to do things the same way, we didn’t want to skate the same way, we didn’t want to approach anything the same. That was a big part of the draw.”