Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te Olympics, i whakataetae a Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze i te 1998 World Championships i reira i riro ai i a rātau te mētara koura. I muri mai i taua tau, ka noho ratau ki te whakangungu i te Stamford Twin Rinks i Stamford, Connecticut. I toa ratou i te 1998 Skate America me te 1998 NHK Trophy. I te marama o Hanuere 1999, me wehe atu ratou i nga Whakataetae Pakeha i muri i te papatono poto na Berezhnaya i pangia e te rewharewha. I riro i a rātau tō rātau taitara ao tuarua i te 1999 World Championships
i te Poutu-te-rangi 1999.