 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumatsutso e2003, akahaya nyanzvi inozivikanwa Rafael Arutyunyan semurairidzi wake, waakaedza kuwedzera kuoma kwehunyanzvi hwezvirongwa zvake uye kunatsiridza hunyanzvi hwake hwekusvetuka. Mumakwikwi emwaka wa2003-2004, aka skated zvakare ku The Feeling Begins yechirongwa chake chipfupi, uye Puccinis Tosca yechirongwa chake chakareba. Zvakare, Kwan akakunda U.S. Championships, achiwana mamwe manomwe 6.0s nokuda kwekuratidzira panguva yekusununguka kwekusununguka. Mumakwikwi eNyika a2004, mushure mekutamba kwakaoma, Kwan akarohwa mupurogiramu yake pfupi nokuti akapfuura nguva yakatarwa nemasekonzi maviri. Izvi zvakaita kuti ave pachinzvimbo chechina kupinda muchirongwa chakareba, kuseri kweAmerican Sasha Cohen, weJapan Shizuka Arakawa, naMiki Ando. Kwan akaita mutambo wakachena aine katatu kashanu uye akagamuchira mamakisi ekupedzisira 6.0 akapiwa paWorld Championships. Akaisa wechipiri muchikamu chemahara skating aive mutongi mumwe akasara kubva kuhwina yemahara skating uye akaisa wechitatu zvakazara, kumashure kwaArakawa uyo akaita zvitatu zvitatu, kusanganisira maviri matatu-matatu akabatanidzwa naCohen. 