Canadians Virtue, Moir win ice dance at NHK to qualify for GP Final
SAPPORO, Japan — Olympic and world champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada set a record score to win the ice dance event at the NHK Trophy on Sunday and qualify for the figure skating Grand Prix Final.
The Canadians, first after the short program, finished with a combined total of 195.84 points, slightly edging the previous high of 195.52 set by Meryl Davis and Charlie White at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
“Tessa and I always have been a team that doesn’t really pay attention to the points,” Moir said. “It is kind of great to hear that you got a world record score, but it doesn’t really mean very much. For us, the focus is just on our skating and just being in the mix again.”
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France were second with 186.66 points followed by Anna Cappellini and Luna Lanotte of Italy with 180.42.