Tessa Virtue

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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir perform an ice dance routine in matching black costumes during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, with spectators visible in the background.

Tessa Virtue

Canadian ice dancer

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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
Virtue and Moir began skating together when they were aged seven and nine, respectively. Moir’s aunt, who was also his skating coach at the time, thought that the two similarly small, athletic children would make a good match on the ice, and the pair started…
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Virtue and Moir began skating together when they were aged seven and nine, respectively. Moir’s aunt, who was also his skating coach at the time, thought that the two similarly small, athletic children would make a good match on the ice, and the pair started…
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Olympic Games
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2010
Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir surprisingly triumphed in the ice dancing event, becoming not only the first non-Europeans to win the Olympic ice dancing gold but also the youngest winners in the event’s Olympic history. In short-track speed skating, Wang Meng of China won three…
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Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir surprisingly triumphed in the ice dancing event, becoming not only the first non-Europeans to win the Olympic ice dancing gold but also the youngest winners in the event’s Olympic history. In short-track speed skating, Wang Meng of China won three…
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