Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te timatanga o tana mahi, i whakataetae a Stifunin me Nina Ulanova, i whakangunguhia e Andrei Filippov. Ko te tokorua i noho tuarima i te
Ko te 1996 World Junior Championships i Brisbane, Ahitereiria. I te tau 1996-97, i riro i a raatau te koura i te 1997 World Junior Championships i Seoul, South Korea. Whai muri i te huihuinga, ka neke a Filippov ki Ahitereiria ka uru atu a Ulanova / Stifunin ki a Alla Belyaeva. I takahi tahi raua tae noa ki te tau 1999, ka eke ki te tuarima i nga Toa Matua o Ruhia.