Per ISU regulations , Volosozhar was barred from international competition for one year from her last event representing Ukraine , the 2010 Winter Olympics . As a result , the pair missed much of the 2010 – 11 season , including the Grand Prix series and the European Championships . She became eligible for international competition on 16 February 2011 , in time for the Mont Blanc Trophy , where the pair competed in order to meet the ISU 's minimum technical score requirements for the World Championships . They did so easily and won the event by a sizable margin . The pair decided to fly in early for the World Championships and landed in Tokyo three hours before the earthquake . The event was rescheduled and moved to Moscow
earthquake
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Tatiana Volosozhar