The internet reacting to Virtue and Moir gold medal win is the greatest thing ever
It’s safe to say that Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir’s experience at the Pyeongchang Olympics will go down in history.
From being chosen to represent Canada as the flag bearers during the opening ceremony to breaking the internet with their Moulin Rouge ice dance routine to posting a world record score for their gold medal performance, the pair is a force to be reckoned with. (No wonder their names are still trending on Twitter.)
Virtue and Moir are now the first figure skaters in history to own five Olympic medals. They already had a gold from Vancouver, two silver medals from Sochi, and the team event gold they won last week in Pyeongchang.
But what makes the pair’s time in Pyeongchang even more surreal is that it’s said to be their final Olympic Games.
At Tuesday’s event, Virtue and Moir were the final team to hit the ice and they gave a picture-perfect performance on the world’s biggest stage.
Beating out the French team of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron’s world record score of 205.28, the Canadians finished with a new world record of 206.07.
GOLD | @tessavirtue and @ScottMoir are Olympic Champions!#FigureSkating #PyeongChang2018
Watch Live: https://t.co/wtSLPJPtyL pic.twitter.com/VSB6dNjAMA
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) February 20, 2018
And of course, the internet could hardly contain itself.
From former Olympic athletes to Hollywood’s finest, here are the best reactions to Scott and Tessa’s life-changing gold medal win.
Go @TeamCanada!!@CassieSharpe is a legend — makin’ it look easy. And thank you @tessavirtue & @ScottMoir for agreeing to raise my children as your own.🇨🇦
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) February 20, 2018
Virtue/Moir- their skate will be an iconic Olympic skating moment
— Dick Button (@PushDicksButton) February 20, 2018
There’s a 100% chance that Tessa and Scott never pay for another drink for the rest of their lives
— Stats Canada (@stats_canada) February 20, 2018
Anyone else sitting in front of their tv’s overly invested in Tessa and Scott like they’ve been best friends with them for years? 😭
— Caroline Szwed (@caroline_szwed) February 20, 2018
They been together over twenty I don’t know nobody for twenty that I like lmao!!! Let alone skate with lol @NBCOlympics @Olympics pic.twitter.com/DwcEc2Bhy4
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) February 20, 2018
I just want someone to look at me the way I look at Virtue & Moir.
— Kevin Fallon (@kpfallon) February 20, 2018
Me, this morning: “Who the hell are Virtue and Moir?”
Me, this evening, opening weeping and screaming at the TV: “JUST TELL TESSA YOU LOVE HER.”
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) February 20, 2018
Gold medal in ice dancing.
Triple infinity gold medal in making couples everywhere feel romantically inadequate.
Virtue and Moir forever.— (((Eric Koreen))) (@ekoreen) February 20, 2018
If you watched Virtue and Moir’s gold medal performance tonight, technically you are a champion too*.
*OF TRUE LOVE.
— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) February 20, 2018
MY HEART HASN’T POUNDED LIKE THAT IN A LONG TIME.
Congrats Tessa and Scott!!!! #VirtueMoir— ARKELLS (@arkellsmusic) February 20, 2018
Scott and Tessa may not be a couple but I think there’s going to be a lot of Canadian babies born nine months from tonight.
— Daniel Tolensky (@dtolensky) February 20, 2018
— Les Perreaux (@perreaux) February 20, 2018
Nothing but respect for MY presidents… er… prime ministers #VirtueMoir 🇨🇦🏅⛸ pic.twitter.com/z7c5cQDEgs
— Emma Gray (@emmaladyrose) February 20, 2018
I’m not even kidding when I say these are the two biggest moments for Ilderton in 2018:
1.) Scott and Tessa win gold
2.) Ilderton finally gets a Tim Hortons— Ian Hunter (@BlueJayHunter) February 20, 2018
I think after Tessa and Scott, I now understand true love and am ready to give up the bachelor life and get married now.
— Danny Austin (@DannyAustin_9) February 20, 2018