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Virtue Moir earn silver at Grand Prix finalsocialcommentssocialcommentssocialcommentsskip to main content (press enter)Your weather location has not been setSet weather location CBC Global Header NavigationCBCca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region drop down menu More drop down menu Watch drop down menu Listen drop down menu Search CBCca Submit Search Sign Up Log In Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool 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 REPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Virtue Moir earn silver at Grand Prix finalFree dance win falls shortLast Updated Friday December 4 2009 1102 AM ET Comments2Recommend38By Brandon Hicks CBC Sports Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir took silver at the ISU Grand Prix final in Tokyo winning the free dance portion of the competition Friday but just coming up short in overtaking champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the USVirtue of London Ont and Moir of Ilderton Ont scored 10421 points on their free dance following up a seasonbest 6401 in the original dance on Thursday for a 16822 totalIt was definitely a good building step Virtue said in a conference call The free dance felt great a little bit shaky but I think that was only little things Scott and I could feel and as the program progressed we felt more and more confidentDavis and White scored 6580 on Thursday They followed that up Friday with a 10364 in the free dance losing that part of the competition to the Canadians but eking out the gold medal by a 122point marginMoir and Virtue had won at the Trophe Bompard in Paris and the HomeSense Skate Canada International earlier this month in Kitchener Ont to qualify for the finalWe like the programs that we have Moir said I think we have to constantly build especially for ice dance but were lucky to have five six good weeks before nationals to break everything down and we will probably be doing that again before VancouverThe elements are not where we want them to be in February by any means So we think have a lot of work to do he added But are we happy with where theyre at right now Yes we are but were going to build them to be a lot biggerDavis and White qualified for the Tokyo final after winning the Rostelecom Cup and the NHK Trophy this seasonNathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat...