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Patrice Lauzon and Marie-France Dubreuil felt a little bit lighter Tuesday.

After a celebrated 13-year career, the Canadian ice dancers retired from competitive figure skating, moving on from a path they felt had become more work than it was worth.

"It's like we're lifting a weight off our shoulders to finally have that decision made and move on to our future plans," Lauzon said in a phone interview from Montreal. "It's kind of great, actually, because we've been thinking about this for a year now."