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(AFP) - Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir hit a couple of pot-holes this weekend on the road to their home-country Olympics in February, but they were still the class of the ice dance field at Skate Canada.
The reigning world bronze medalists led from start to finish and on Sunday claimed their second ISU Grand Prix series gold medal with a total score of 204.38, the highest score posted anywhere in the world this season.
With that, they clinched a spot in the Grand Prix Final in Tokyo in two weeks.
Virtue and Moir earned 103.12 for their sophisticated and elegant free dance set to Symphony No.5 by Gustav Mahler.
French couple Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat claimed silver with 185.07 points and also booked their ticket to Tokyo.
Another Canadian couple, Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, finished third with 165.64. Their passionate performance to Phantasia by Andrew Lloyd Webber brought the cheering fans to their feet in a rousing ovation.
