Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru ano a Ilinykh / Katsalapov ki Zhulin ka tiimata te whakataetae tahi i te waa 2008-09, ka tu i te tuawha o nga Toa Junior o Ruhia. I puta to raatau timatanga a-ao i te waa 2009-10. Whai muri i te wikitoria i nga mētara koura i a raatau huihuinga Junior Grand Prix i Budapest me Torun, i eke ratou ki te Whakamutunga JGP, i reira i riro ai i a raatau te mētara hiriwa i muri o Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin. Ahakoa ko te tuarua hoki i te
Russian Junior Championships, Ilinykh/Katsalapov outscored Monko/Khaliavin mo te koura i te 2010 World Junior Championships. I whakaingoatia ratou ko te Discovery o te Tau i te 2010 Crystal Ice Awards i tu i te Oketopa 2010 i Moscow.