Samkova has been painting on pre-event fake mustaches for years, ever since the Snowboarding World Championships in 2011, and she didn't deviate from the whimsical custom in Sochi. Her paint scheme Sunday was patriotic, bearing the colors of the Czech flag.
Samkova said she wore it for "luck," and considering the fact that her victory was the first podium finish in Sochi by a Czech snowboarder, it's clear that the faux 'stache was the right move.
"It's just physics, that's all," she said.
"It was crazy," she said. "It was first time I was happy like this in the finish."
Dominique Maltais of Canada finished a distant second, and Chloe Trespeuch of France took home the bronze.
Eva Samkova getting her mustache drawn on before finals, as is her tradition. pic.twitter.com/ZHcb97Wq09
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