REACTION | Duhamel and Radford strike gold twice
Can you say #AthleteGoals ?
They say it's hard to strike gold twice, but Canadian figure skating pair Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford defied the odds at the 2016 figure skating world championships on Saturday.
After winning gold at the 2015 world championships, Duhamel and Radford came to Boston with a title to defend and they did just that.
How did they do it?
With endless support from fans worldwide.
Thank you Boston for welcoming Eric and I so wonderfully. We felt so much love from the crowd today! <a href="https://twitter.com/Worlds2016">@Worlds2016</a>🇨🇦🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/BJKgrlkO8h">pic.twitter.com/BJKgrlkO8h</a>
—@mhjd_85In case you missed it.
.<a href="https://twitter.com/mhjd_85">@mhjd_85</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/Rad85E">@Rad85E</a> have officially gone <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/backtoback?src=hash">#backtoback</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Worlds2016?src=hash">#Worlds2016</a> 🏅<br>Full recap: <a href="https://t.co/Ko7dOgvpDv">https://t.co/Ko7dOgvpDv</a><a href="https://t.co/0a5GBLIhnm">https://t.co/0a5GBLIhnm</a>
—@CBCOlympicsThat moment you realize you nailed it...
Based on those smiles it looks like <a href="https://twitter.com/mhjd_85">@mhjd_85</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/Rad85E">@Rad85E</a> are pretty happy with their <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Worlds2016?src=hash">#Worlds2016</a> free skate <a href="https://t.co/2A64Vfrwd8">pic.twitter.com/2A64Vfrwd8</a>
—@CBCOlympics...to become back-to-back champions.
Happy people everywhere... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Worlds2016?src=hash">#Worlds2016</a> <a href="https://t.co/luPuk6EIKI">pic.twitter.com/luPuk6EIKI</a>
—@ISU_FigureTheir performance left Canadian figure skater Scott Moir stunned.
A Big Congratulations To <a href="https://twitter.com/mhjd_85">@mhjd_85</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/Rad85E">@Rad85E</a> !! Holy Crap What A Skate!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Worlds2016?src=hash">#Worlds2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/worldchamps?src=hash">#worldchamps</a>
—@ScottMoirFollowed by Canadian figure skating pair Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje.
Meagan&Eric: Champions in every way. Lucky to witness ur spectacular drive & passion, luckier to call u friends. So moved. <a href="https://twitter.com/mhjd_85">@mhjd_85</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Rad85E">@Rad85E</a>
—@WeaverPojeLadies and gentleman, your 2016 pair champions.
World Pair Champions Meagan Duhamel <a href="https://twitter.com/mhjd_85">@mhjd_85</a> & Eric Radford <a href="https://twitter.com/Rad85E">@Rad85E</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOLD?src=hash">#GOLD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Worlds2016?src=hash">#Worlds2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamCanada?src=hash">#TeamCanada</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoCanada?src=hash">#GoCanada</a> 👏🏻🇨🇦⛸🏅🏆 <a href="https://t.co/Od24X2NIdW">pic.twitter.com/Od24X2NIdW</a>
—@SkateCanadaAnd here's the bling.
The pair finished the night re-setting records.
Canada's first repeat world pair champions since 1960, <a href="https://twitter.com/mhjd_85">@mhjd_85</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Rad85E">@Rad85E</a> just finished with media <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Worlds2016?src=hash">#Worlds2016</a> <a href="https://t.co/exSbG2DiH8">pic.twitter.com/exSbG2DiH8</a>
—@nichols_paulaSo, have we established that maybe the pair just loves gold?
Watch more of the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships live on CBC Sports.