--- title: Ice Dancer Scott Moir's Most Impossible Jump Was For A Hug description: The Canadian Olympic gold medalist has some impressive moves on and off the ice canonical: https://time.com/5166575/scott-moir-gold-medal-reaction/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-21T23:11:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:20.182Z og:title: Ice Dancer Scott Moir's Most Impossible Jump Was For A Hug og:description: The Canadian Olympic gold medalist has some impressive moves on and off the ice og:url: https://time.com/5166575/scott-moir-gold-medal-reaction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee511f3794bd67bb/69892883929fad946dbefb72/gettyimages-921167592.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2753 og:image:height: 1549 og:image:alt: Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 11 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ice Dancer Scott Moir's Most Impossible Jump Was For A Hug twitter:description: The Canadian Olympic gold medalist has some impressive moves on and off the ice twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee511f3794bd67bb/69892883929fad946dbefb72/gettyimages-921167592.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Gold Medal Ice Dancer Scott Moir Did His Most Impossible Jump for a Hug > Sponsored content. 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The 2018 Winter Olympic gold medalists in ice dancing — and most-decorated figure skaters in Olympic history_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 21, 2018 11:11 PM UTC  GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 20: Scott Moir of Canada jumps in the stands to greet friends while celebrating the gold medal during the venue victory ceremony following the Figure Skating Ice Dance Free Dance program on day eleven of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 20, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images) GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 20: Scott Moir of Canada jumps in the stands to greet friends while celebrating the gold medal during the venue victory ceremony following the Figure Skating Ice Dance Free Dance program on day eleven of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 20, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)Jean Catuffe—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 21, 2018 11:11 PM UTC Canadian ice dancer Scott Moir performed some incredible feats on the ice on his way to [Olympic](http://time.com/5166397/norway-curlers-robbed-after-russian-doping/?xid=homepage) gold, but his greatest leap he saved for something far more important than a medal—a hug. When it became clear that Moir was taking a gold medal in Figure Skating [Ice Dance](http://time.com/5166265/olympics-ice-dance-madison-chock-evan-bates/?xid=homepage) Free Dance home with him to Canada, he couldn’t wait to share the news with friends. He quite literally jumped for joy, leaping what looks like five or six feet into the air, and clinging on to the grandstand at the Gangneung Ice Arena to greet friends, his skates dangling in the air. The leap is so impressive, perhaps Moir will represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Moir has a lot to be excited about at the 2018 [Olympics](http://time.com/5166226/alexander-krushelnytsky-russia-doping-olympics-curling/?xid=homepage). He and his long-time ice dancing partner Tessa Virtue took [first place in ice dancing](http://time.com/5166108/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-ice-dancing-canada-gold/?xid=homepage) at the Games. They also took home gold at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and silver at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. That is in addition to their three world championships and eight national championships. No wonder the duo have a legion of dedicated fans around the world, including actor Ryan Reynolds who [tweeted his congratulations](https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/965829353614422016) to the pair. Moir’s impressive leap isn’t the first time he took to jumping when overwhelmed with emotion. 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