Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Chalom/Gates erughị eru maka Egwuregwu Olympic nke 1998 n'ihi na ọ bụghị nwa amaala America. Ha gbara onye nke anọ na 1998 U.S. Championships. Coates na Igor Shpilband bụ ndị nkuzi ha ruo na ngwụcha oge 1997-98 wee gbanwee gaa Christopher Dean na Warren Maxwell na Plano, Texas. N'oge ikpeazụ ha na-emekọ ihe ọnụ, Chalom/Gates meriri ọlaọcha ọlaọcha nke abụọ ha na mba ahụ wee mechaa nke iri na asaa na
1999 World Championships na Helsinki, Finland.