 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Yagudin akatanga mwaka weOlympic wa2001-02 nemenduru yebronze pa2001 Goodwill Games munaGunyana. Somugumisiro akachinja purogiramu yake yokurovedza, uye ipapo akafarikanya mwaka wakanakisisa mubasa rake. Akakunda Plushenko pa2001-02 Grand Prix Final uye akawanazve zita rake reEuropean. Pa2002 Winter Olympics muSalt Lake City, Yagudin akakunda mutambo wevarume, achigamuchira mavhoti epakutanga kubva kumutongi wese mumakwikwi ese, akazova mumwe wevadiki vevarume veOlympic skating. Akagamuchira zvibodzwa zvina 6.0 nokuda kwokubheja kwake pasina mari. Mipimo yakakwana yaYagudin ndiyo yakawanda zvikurusa nokuda kwechiito cheOlympic kubvira pakutamba kwakasununguka kwaJayne Torvill naChristopher Dean muna 1984 uye vakagadza chinyorwa chevatambi vevarume muOlympics. Pashure pemitambo yeOlympics, Yagudin akakunda mubayiro wake wechina weWorldzita, achigamuchira 6.0 dzakakwana nhanhatu nokuda kwepurogiramu yake pfupi uye dzimwe mbiri nokuda kwokusununguka kwake pamakwikwi. Akava mutambi wokutanga wevanhu vasina kuroorwa kugamuchira mavanga matanhatu akakwana nokuda kwepurogiramu pfupi, kusanganisira mavanga okutanga akakwana nokuda kwezvinhu zvaidiwa. Nhoroondo iyi haigoni kuenzaniswa kana kuputswa nokuti International Skating Union yakatanga ISU Judging System mushure megore ra2002-03. 