 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1996, Grishuk naPlatov vakaparadzana naLinichuk ndokutamira kuTatiana Tarasova muMarlborough, Massachusetts. Kukuvara kwakavachengeta kunze kwemakwikwi muhafu yekutanga yegore ra1996-97 asi vakadzoka kuzokunda zita ravo rechipiri reEurope uye rechina reNyika. MunaGunyana 1997, akachinja zita rake rekutanga kuti Pasha mushure mekunge agara achivhiringidzwa naOksana Baiul, asi akazodzokera kuOksana. Muna 1997-98, Grishuk naPlatov vakakunda makwikwi avo echitatu eEuropean Championships. Pamusangano uyu, vakachekwa pakurwisana kwavakaita naAnjelika Krylova naOleg Ovsiannikov asi havana kukuvara zvakanyanya uye zvikwata zvose zviri zviviri zvakati tsaona. Grishuk naPlatov vakakwikwidza kumaOlympics avo echitatu muna 1998 muNagano, kwavakava vatambi vekutanga vechando kudzokorora semenduru dzegoridhe. 