Virtue, Moir win second world ice dancing title

Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada reclaimed their ice dancing title at the world figure skating championships here on Thursday. The 2010 winners took their second world gold ahead of reigning champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States after the free dance final. France's Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat won bronze. Virtue, 22, and Moir, 24, had grabbed the lead after the short dance and sealed victory with their free skate finale to Gershwin's "Funny Face" scoring 182.65 points overall. Training partners Davis and White chose a more classical waltz to Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" scoring 178.62 overall with the French achieving a total 173.18 for their Egyptian-themed routine.