Canadian sweethearts will be no-shows
Posted January 17, 2011 2:05 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Olympic gold medallists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will not compete at the Canadian figure skating championships. Virtue underwent surgery in September for chronic aching in her lower legs.
The ice dancers made the decision just four days before the start of the event in Victoria. Virtue admits she feels healthy, but they are just not ready to perform their routine at the level they want. The pair, who won gold at the Vancouver Olympics last year, hope to return to competition next month and are excited to unveil their new programs.
They aren’t required to skate at the nationals to be named to Canada’s world championship team in late March.
The absence of Virtue and Moir leaves Patrick Chan as the top draw when the championships begin Friday at Victoria’s Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The reigning three-time men’s national champ won his first major international title last month when he took the ISU Grand Prix Final in Beijing.
