Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Bilowgii xirfadiisa, Stifunin wuxuu la tartamay Nina Ulanova, oo uu tababaray Andrei Filippov. Labada ciyaaryahan ayaa kaalinta shanaad ka galay tartankii Koobka Adduunka ee 1996
Magaalada Brisbane ee dalka Australia. Xilli ciyaareedkii 1996-97, waxay ku guuleysteen dahabka 1997 World Junior Championships ee Seoul, South Korea. Dhacdada kadib, Filippov wuxuu u guuray Australia iyo Ulanova / Stifunin wuxuu ku biiray Alla Belyaeva. Waxay wada ciyaareen ilaa 1999, iyagoo kaalinta shanaad ka galay tartanka ugu sarreeya ee Ruushka.