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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The Canadian team of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir put together a flawless program Monday that was rewarded with a gold medal in Olympic ice dancing.Russian and Soviet skaters had dominated this event since it became a part of the Olympics in 1976, but Virtue and Moir broke through after finishing second and third in the world championships the last two years.
That gave them a point total for the three nights' work of 221.57.The only other winners of this event from outside Russia or the Soviet Union have been Britain's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in 1984 and France's Marina Arissina and Gwendal Peizerat eight years ago.
