GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — It took Aliona Savchenko five trips to the Winter Games, working with three different partners and representing two different nations, to finally achieve Olympic glory.
It also took Bruno Massot lifting her to the top step of the podium.
Performing to music by Armand Amar, the German pair pranced and soared to a record 159.31 points in their free skate Thursday. That gave them 235.90 points, catapulting them from fourth place to first and topping China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong by less than half a point.
"We did New Year's together," the Ukraine-born Savchenko said, "and we said, '2018 will be our year,' and it its.