<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UMalinina waqala isizini ye-Grand Prix ka-19981999 ngokuqeda endaweni yesi-5 eSkate America ka-1998. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, ngo-November 1998, uMalinina noSkorniakov bathuthela eDale City, eVirginia, bethandwa izimo zokuqeqeshwa ezingcono. NgoDisemba, uMalinina wanqoba isicoco sakhe sokuqala seGrand Prix ku-NHK Trophy ka-1998 futhi wafanelekela i-GPF Final yakhe yokuqala. NgoFebhuwari 1999, wancintisana emqhudelwaneni wokuqala we-Four Continents Championships futhi waba ngumdlali wokuqala wegolide wabesifazane. Ngenyanga elandelayo, wanqoba bobabili uMaria Butyrskaya no-Irina Slutskaya ukuthola indondo yegolide emdlalweni wokugcina weGrand Prix, owawubanjelwe eSaint Petersburg. Uqede isizini yakhe ngokubeka indawo yesine emdlalweni wakhe  <response>: Umqhudelwano Womhlaba. 