 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iyo 199697 yaizoona Butyrskaya achichengetedza chinzvimbo chake semumwe wevatambi vepamusoro vepasi rose, asi achinetseka nekuenderana kwake katatu lutz, iyo yaakatadza kumhara zvakachena mune chero eayo marefu mapurogiramu emwaka. Pashure pokupedza 10th pa 1996 Skate America, iye rebounded nesirivha menduru pa 1996 Trophée Lalique, kupedza wechipiri kuna Kwan asi mberi kumuka nyeredzi Tara Lipinski. Wechipiri muchirongwa chipfupi paGrand Prix Final, akadonha kusvika pachinzvimbo chechina zvachose mushure mekupotsa triple lutz yake mu skate yemahara. Pa1997 European Championships, purogiramu yake pfupi yechipfumbamwe yakamubvisa pachigaro chepamusoro pasinei nokuva wechipiri mupurogiramu yakareba. Pamakwikwi Enyika a1997muLausanne, akaiswa pachinzvimbo chechitatu muchirongwa chipfupi asi kuita kwake muchirongwa chepachena kwakadonhedza kusvika pachinzvimbo chechishanu. 