Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2002, ko tana tau tuatahi hei kaiwhakataetae matua, ko Kupets te tuarua i te Ipu o Amerika, i muri i te 2000 Olympian Tasha Schwikert, a ko te tuawaru i nga National. I whakaingoatia ia ki te kapa US mō te
2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships i Debrecen, Hungary, i reira i wikitoria ai ia i te whiringa toa kore-kore i runga i te toa toa e rima nga wa a Svetlana Khorkina.