2009–2010 Season
Virtue / Moir started the 2009–2010 Olympic season at the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard, finishing first by a margin of 16.07 points ahead of the silver medalists, Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat. They also won the 2009 Skate Canada International, with a total combined score of 204.38 points, again ahead of Péchalat / Bourzat. At that competition, they received the first 10.0 component score for ice dance under the Code of Points. They were second at the Grand Prix Final behind Davis / White.
In January 2010, Virtue / Moir won their third consecutive National title at the 2010 Canadian Championships, placing first in all three segments of the competition and earning 221.95 points overall, 37.25 ahead of the silver medalists Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier. They set Canadian records for the free dance and the combined total.
Virtue / Moir competed in the ice dancing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics from February 19 through 22. They placed second in the compulsory dance, earning a new personal best score of 42.74 points, just 1.02 off the lead. In the original dance, they received 68.41 points, placing first in that segment of the competition. They scored 110.42 points in the free dance, winning the gold medal with an overall total score of 221.57, surpassing silver medalists, Davis / White, by 5.83 points. In the free dance, they received four 10.00 marks from the judges in the program components, two for performance execution and two for interpretation. They became the first Canadian, as well as North American ice dance team to win Olympic gold. In addition, they were youngest dance team and the first ice dance team to win the Olympic gold on home ice and also the first ice dancers to win gold in their Olympic debut since the inaugural Olympic ice dance event in 1976.
Virtue / Moir competed at the 2010 World Championships, placing first in the compulsory dance with 44.13 points, improving their previous personal best. They also won the original dance with 70.27 points, a world record under the ISU Judging System. They placed second in the free dance with 110.03 points, 0.46 behind Davis / White. Overall, they claimed their first World Championship title scoring 224.43 points, 1.40 ahead of Davis / White. They received numerous program components marks of 10.00 in both the original and free dances.
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