 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Motokari yaButyrskaya yakaputika kunze kwemba yake yeMoscow pana 23 December 1999. Akati, Handioni chimwe chikonzero nokuda kwaikoku kunze kwegodo, godo romunhu chairo. Tchaikovskaya akati Mumakore angu makumi mana ekudzidzisa handisati ndamboona chero chinhu chakadai. Ndinofungidzira kuti uku kuparwa kwemhosva kwakapararira mumaguta edu noupenyu munguva pfupi yapfuura. Achipinda mumakwikwi eRussia semukwikwidzi anodzivirira kashanu, Butyrskaya akapedza ari wechipiri kuna Irina Slutskaya ndokuzoisa wechitatu muGran Prix yekupedzisira kumashure kweSlutskaya naKwan. Mumakwikwi eEuropean muna 2000, Butyrskaya akanga ari wechina mupurogiramu pfupi asi akauya nemenduru yesirivha mushure mepurogiramu yakareba ine zvitatu zvitatu, kusanganisira katatu katatu. Pa 2000 World Championships, akaisa wokutanga mupurogiramu pfupi, scoring gumi 5.9s. Muna 2000, New York Times yakatsanangura purogiramu yake pfupi Sarah Brightmans Scene dAmour se kuyerera, kutamba kwenyaya... kuita kwehunyanzvi uye runako rusingawanzo. Akadonha kuva wechitatu wose pashure pokupotsa salchows matatu maviri muchirongwa chake refu uye akapiwa ndarira, menduru yake yechitatu World. Kudai akawana nzvimbo yokutanga kana kuti kunyange yechipiri muchirongwa chakareba shure kwaKwan, angadai akabudirira kudzivirira zita rake. 