Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: I le amataga o lana galuega, sa tauva ai Dubina ma Anna Adashkevich i le tulaga o talavou. Na latou tulaga 13 i le
1996 Ta'amilosaga a le Lalolagi a le Junior Figure Skating. Ina ua maeʻa lena faiga paaga, na ia galulue faʻatasi ma Elena Kokhanevich, ma na ia tuʻuina lona 12 i le 1998 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Na sosoo ai ma le faatasi atu o ia ma Anna Kaverzina ma amata ai ona tauva mo Rusia. Na latou manumalo i le pine apamemea i le 1998 1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix i Saina ma tuu i le tulaga 8 i le 1999 Russian Figure Skating Championships.