Winter Olympics: German duo Aljona Savchenko, Bruno Massot win figure skating gold
German duo win figure skating gold at Winer Olympics
The German duo's sensational four-and-a-half-minute routine denied China's world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong
Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot conjured up a magical world record free dance to win Olympic pairs figure skating gold on Thursday.
The German duo's sensational four-and-a-half-minute routine denied China's world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, in silver, with Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada taking bronze.
Meanwhile, ice dance stars Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir inspired Canada to the figure skating team title to secure the Winter Games heavyweights' first gold at Pyeongchang 2018.
The Russians, with their teenage ice starlets Evgenia Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova, took their first silver of the Games. The USA team was third.
The Canadian, featuring dual 2014 silver medallist Patrick Chan, fulfilled their promise as favourites to beat Olympic Athletes from Russia, after coming second to the 2014 Games host nation in Sochi.