Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A farkon aikinsa, Stifunin ya yi gasa tare da Nina Ulanova, wanda Andrei Filippov ya horar. Su biyun sun kasance na biyar a gasar
Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta 1996 a Brisbane, Ostiraliya. A cikin kakar 1996-97, sun lashe zinare a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1997 a Seoul, Koriya ta Kudu. Bayan taron, Filippov ya koma Ostiraliya kuma Ulanova / Stifunin ya haɗu da Alla Belyaeva. Sun yi tsere tare har zuwa 1999, suna zuwa matsayi na biyar a gasar zakarun Rasha.