Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ilinykh/Katsalapov ya koma Zhulin kuma ya fara gasa tare a kakar 2008/09, inda ya zama na huɗu a Gasar Junior ta Rasha. Farkon wasannin su na kasa da kasa ya zo ne a kakar wasa ta 2009-10. Bayan lashe lambobin zinare a gasar Junior Grand Prix a Budapest da Torun, sun cancanci zuwa JGP Final, inda suka dauki lambar azurfa a bayan Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin. Ko da yake na biyu a gasar zakarun Rasha na matasa
, Ilinykh/Katsalapov ya zarce Monko/Khaliavin don zinare a Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta 2010. An kira su Discovery na Shekara a 2010 Crystal Ice Awards da aka gudanar a watan Oktoba 2010 a Moscow.