Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Whiringa-a-rangi 1998, i riro i a Vlascenko tana mētara Grand Prix tuatahi, he parahi i te Sparkassen Cup on Ice. Whai muri i te whakatakoto i te 6th i te 1998 Trophée Lalique me te 4th i te 1998 NHK Trophy, i tohu ia mo te Whakamutunga Grand Prix ka wikitoria i tana taitara tuawha a Tiamana. I te marama o Hanuere 1999, i noho ia ki te tuawha (tuarua i roto i tana roopu tohu, tuaono i te poto, tuawha hoki i te kore utu) i nga Whakataetae Pakeha i Prague, Czech Republic. I te marama o Poutu-te-rangi, i noho ia ki te tuaono i te Whakataunga Grand Prix i Saint Petersburg, Russia, kātahi ko te tuaiwa i te
Ko ngā whakataetae o te Ao 1999 i Helsinki, Finland.