Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir #48: Long Time Running

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September 7, 2023:

Ice dancers Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir to enter Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Decorated ice dance duo Tessa Virtue of London and Scott Moir of Ilderton named to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday.

lfpress.com

Tessa just shared 10 throwback pics/clips of her & Scott tonight: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cye1wH2uVrF/

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The 67th Annual Order of Sport Awards, presented by Everest, celebrates the induction of a remarkable Class to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
Considered one of the greatest skating duos of all time, they spent nearly a decade at the top of their sport, becoming the most decorated ice dancers in the world winning a record-setting five Olympic medals, three World Championships, and eight Canadian National Championships.

 

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Interview with Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vny1j5QwTGU

I really liked this because they talked a lot about training, coaching approach, etc.

 

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CBC Sports' Devin Heroux: https://twitter.com/Devin_Heroux/status/1715045727607378358
"TESSA AND SCOTT
For 27 minutes yesterday the greatest skating pairs team of all time told me about their journey on the ice together.
And what it means to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
Full raw and uncut interview here": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE9wkxMjH_g [includes time stamps in the caption of the video]:

At the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, CBC Sports' Devin Heroux chats with legendary Canadian figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir in this raw and uncut interview. Tessa and Scott are part of the 2023 class inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.

 

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Virtue and Moir lead star-studded group of inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (Oct. 19, 2023):
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/canada-sports-hall-of-fame-2023-oct-19-1.7001182

Virtue added that Moir was her ideal partner.
"He is the best in every way," she said. "More than that, he's the kind of friend that always has the right thing to say. The kind of human who epitomizes generosity and kindness. And the kind of skating partner that builds you up to feel like you can conquer the world."
Considered among the greatest ice dancing duos in the sport's history, they join the Hall following a career which saw them win Olympic gold in the event at Vancouver 2010 and Pyeongchang 2018. After joining forces in 1997, the two developed a captivating and prolific partnership on the ice.
The team would go on to win eight national titles and three world championships together.
"It was about more than just results and what we created on the ice. It was about two young people using sport to try to become the best version of themselves for each other," Moir said. "It was a truly beautiful journey."

CTV Ottawa's story:

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir among athletes inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Olympic skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are among a group of athletes and builders of sport who were honoured at Thursday's annual Order of Sport Awards.

ottawa.ctvnews.ca

Tessa just shared 10 throwback pics/clips of her & Scott tonight: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cye1wH2uVrF/

More clips by Tessa - "Thank you for making this process so fun. We are now entering our … teenage era ": https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyha9Xau1fB/
The Vancouver era: https://www.instagram.com/p/CykOsw9Ofdu/
The Sochi era: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cylyr1IuCSc/

ETA:

The XX era: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cymv_7ju3fQ/

 

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I saw part of their acceptance speech to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame on Skate Canada’s instagram account.

Made me tear up it was so good.

Love these two.

 

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I saw part of their acceptance speech to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame on Skate Canada’s instagram account.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cylg2w7Agip/