Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I tiimata a Maxiuta ki te puta ki te ao me Vladislav Zhovnirski i te tau 1993, e tohu ana i a Russia. I whakawhiwhia rātou ki te koura i te 1996 World Junior Championships
, i tū mai i Noema ki Hakihea 1995 i Brisbane, Ahitereiria.