Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin kakar 1998 <unk> 99, Butyrskaya ya maimaita a matsayin zakaran Turai. Ta dauki azurfa a bayan Tatiana Malinina na Uzbekistan a gasar Grand Prix ta wannan shekarar bayan ta fadi sau biyu a cikin dogon shirin. Butyrskaya ta lashe zinare a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1999
, ta gama gaban mai kare kambin duniya Michelle Kwan. Ta karɓi dukkan lambobi na farko a cikin gajerun shirye-shirye da na dogon lokaci a taron, ta sauka sau bakwai a cikin dogon shirinta kuma ta karɓi 5.9s bakwai don gabatarwa.