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Virtue Moir clinch Skate Canada gold News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City9c Tomorrow0c Snow and blowing snow Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Virtue Moir clinch Skate Canada gold Canadians outstanding in free dance make up for bobbles of day before Last Updated Sunday November 22 2009 852 PM ET By Malcolm Kelly CBC Sports Canadas Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir share a moment during their beautiful free skate at Skate Canada on Sunday (Paul ChiassonCanadian Press)The relief was written all over the faces of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir on Sunday afternoonOne day after bobbling their original dance the Canadian champions and world bronze medallists put down a superb free program to win the ice dance competition at the 2009 HomeSense Skate Canada InternationalVirtue and Moir led coming into the final day at Kitchener Ont but they were unhappy with a stumbling opening to their skate Saturday and said then they were determined to come back strongThat they didPerforming to Mahlers Symphony No 5 the Ontario natives hit every element combination and rotation including their unique and signature no hands lift that sees Virtue balancing with one knee on Moirs back as he spreads his armsTessa and I really pride ourselves on doing different things really doing moves that are our own Moir saidThey are tricky lifts but we wouldnt have it any other way and were always willing and excited to push ourselves with a little bit of innovative lifts and movements through the whole programVirtue from London Ont and Moir from Ilderton Ont brought the crowd at The Aud to its feet scoring a seasonbest 10312 for their free dance and a total 20438 tops in the world this year to easily qualify for the Grand Prix final in Tokyo in two weeksThe previous best score of 2011 was set by Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White last month in RussiaVirtue and Moir who were forced to skip last seasons Grand Prix circuit while Virtue recovered from surgery on both her legs served notice theyll be among the favourites at the Vancouver Games earning a perfect 10 for performance from one judge for their romantic performanceFrances Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat also skated we...