Russia"s Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov...
The Russian pair received 139.23 points for their free program and 213.15 overall, surpassing their previous personal best by almost 20 points on Wednesday.
"We are so happy and satisfied with our performance. The audience gave us energy and we gave energy to the audience," Japan-born Kavaguti was quoted as saying by the ISU website.
The two-time reigning world champions, Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany, had a narrow 0.20 lead after the short program. They slipped to the second place during the free skate with a couple of errors.
"Of course we are a little disappointed, but not too much. We came here to win and to skate clean. But we did some small mistakes. Except for the errors on the throw and the second triple jump, it was a good performance, a clean performance," Szolkowy said.
The bronze medal went to Russia"s Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov, who also set a new personal best with 202.03 points.