<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UPetrov waqala ukushushuluza no-Elena Bechke, owayemdala ngeminyaka emibili, ngo-1987. Baqeqeshwa noTamara Moskvina e-Yubileyny Sports Palace eSt. Petersburg. Banqoba isicoco sabo sokuqala samazwe omhlaba ngo-1988 Grand Prix International de Paris, yize bephuthelwe yiqembu lama-Olimpiki lika-1988 njengoba beqede endaweni yesine eSoviet Figure Skating Championships. Ukuqala kwabo ukubonakala emidlalweni yomhlaba kwakuyi-World Championships yango-1989. Nakulokhu, uBechkePetrov wagcina esesine futhi ekuqaleni akazange afaneleke eqenjini lamaSoviet Worlds, kodwa banqoba i-skate-off ukuze bathathe indawo yeqembu elilimele. Bathatha indondo yethusi emidlalweni yabo yokuqala yomhlaba, kodwa baphinde bahlala endaweni yesine kumaSoviet Nationals ngo-1990, bephuthelwa yiWorld Championships. Ngo-1991, bathatha indawo yesithathu emidlalweni kazwelonke neyesine emidlalweni yomhlaba. Ngo-1992, bawina amaSoviet Nationals phezu kwamaqembu ka-Evgenia Shishkova Vadim Naumov noMarina Eltsova Andrei Bushkov abalingani bokuqeqesha bakaBechke Petrov kanye nabaphikisi abakhulu, uNatalia Mishkutenok Artur Dmitriev, baphuthelwa amaSoviet Nationals kodwa bafanelekela ama-Olimpiki njengoba babeyi-World Champions ebusayo. UBechkePetrov wabuye wathola izindondo zesiliva kuma-Olympic ka-1991  <response>: no-1992 European Championships, kanye nendondo yesiliva kuma-Olympic asebusika ka-1992 ngemuva kukaMishkutenokDmitriev. Umdwebi wawo kwakungu-Alexander Matveev. Bathatha umhlalaphansi emincintiswaneni yama-amateur ngemuva kweNdebe Yomhlaba ka-1992. 