Gangneung, South Korea • Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot were flawless as the rest of the top contenders fell, and their free skate was enough to give the German pair Olympic gold.
Savchenko and Massot scored 159.31 points in their program set to music by Armand Amar on the final day of pairs skating at the Pyeongchang Games. That gave them 235.90 points, catapulting them from fourth place after a shaky short program to Germany's first pairs gold since 1952.
China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, who led after the short program, recovered from a slow start to their free skate to score 153.