Lakeshore Advance, 2013-01-30, Page 1818 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Steamy victory for Moir, Virtue
Ryan Pyette
OMI Agency
M1SSISSAUGA-"li'ssa Virtue and Scott
Moir look like they're wrestling under the
sheets in their sexed -up "Carmen" free
dance.
Right now, they're grappling with a
sheet with a notch lower thread -count --
the paper their scores are printed 00.
'the Olympic champs closed the Cana-
dian figure skating championships Sun-
day at the 1 lershey ('entre \vith their fifth
senior national ice dance title, but \v'ere
deducted two points for long lifts and fin-
ished with it 187.23 total, not the attention -
grabbing home -ice score they
anticipated.
"The levels \Vt'1•e low for S011ll' big ele-
ments and you could probably say that's a
cause for concern because that's what
we've been focusing 00 a lot,' said Moir,
the 25 -year-old from Ilderton. "We can't
have those marks, well, that technical
score anyway, in two \weeks (at Four Con-
tinents in Japan) competing against Meryl
(Davis) and Charlie (White):'
The two-time world champs knew they
were taking a risk trying t0 break new
ground with this sensual program chock-
full of never -seen -before tricks. 'they never
considered pulling hark.
"Because \Ve %villlit'l1 t0 challenge
ourselves and we went a bit out 00 i1
limb, we have to stand by it and we're
really excited about the material,' said
Virtue, the 23 -year-old Londoner.
"'that's so important, especially at this
point in our careers and we have to feel
that way in January heading into a
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home world championships.
""Phis is where we take off
and build and build:"
Moir quipped coach Marina
/oueva ‘viii be all over hint for
the next two months \vlth the
stopwatch, making sure they're
00 time with those lifts. 'there's
it lot of precision involved --- in
two of those lifts, they have to
finish in under six seconds, yet
hold it for at least Chive.
.'It's kind of it game,' Moir
said. "It's a bit fussy. We were
kind of excited because that
was an awesome skate for tis.
In our minds, that was exactly
what we wanted to do. it
would've hem nice to have a
big number to work (dot
"'To lose the points, it's dis-
heartening but it's easy, too. At
least we have thein in black -
and -white on paper. I always
find it harder to go hack hone
and try to fix the program com-
ponent scores when you have
00 idea where the judges'
brains are at but this one, we
know where the points are and
if we do the elements correctly,
we'll get the points:'
This feedback at (tome,
rather than in a critical C0111 -
petition a long way from
home, helps.
"11's better than international
because you have time to fix it,„
/.oueva said. "'Tile perform-
ance level was great. It was the
Ix'st they've done befole.lt was
it\Ve'Sollll'. Speed a11(1 energy,
each element looks gieat.”
'i hey change(1 their creative
lift in the free, assembling one
more exclamation point at the
end of the program. It was
altered in part because judges
telt it was too hard to see and
wanted it adding to the
stolyline.
I like (the) new one;' %outwit
said. "It's just a baby. Maybe
atter this competition, we give
it (a) name."
'Ilhere's already a descl iptiolh
for da11Ce ill Canada now
- deep.
Teams of Piper Gilles and
Paul Poirier and Nicole Orford
and 'Ihonr.ts Williams will join
Virtue and Moir at Four Conti-
nents. 'There are three world
spots 100, but Skate Canada
will wait to set what happens
with Kaitlyn Weaver and
Andrew 1'oje, still on the shelf
alter her broken fibula.
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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir set the ice on fire while winning their fifth senior national
ice title Sunday in Mississauga. (Reuters)
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