Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te timatanga o te tau 2017 i wikitoria a Aliev i tana taitara tuarua rangatahi a motu
i roto i te Saint Petersburg. Na tenei hua i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he waahi ki te 2017 World Junior Championships. Ko ia te tuatahi i roto i te papatono poto, te tuatoru i roto i te rerenga koreutu, me te tuarua o te katoa i Taipei, Taiwan, i wikitoria i te mētara hiriwa i muri i te Amerikana a Vincent Zhou me mua i tana hoa kapa a Alexander Samarin.