After he recovered, doctors recommended to his parents that he enroll in some kind of sport, preferably in a fresh air environment.

They qualified for the Champions Series Final in Canada where they were placed second to Canadians Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz.

Krylova and Ovsyannikov won the silver medal at the European and World Championships, second at both events to Grishuk and Platov.

Figure skating writer and historian Ellyn Kestnbaum called it "a dramatic interpretation" and said that it included many hunched-over and distorted angled positions, as well as "over-the-top" facial expressions, especially from Ovsianmikov.

Kestnbaum stated that the program "seemed to depict a struggle or sexual encounter in which she retained the upper hand".

Krylova and Ovsyannikov were planning to compete the following season and had prepared programs and costumes, however, doctors advised her to retire due to a risk of paralysis stemming from her back problem.

Ovsyannikov formerly coached in Newark, Delaware with his wife Angelika Kirchmayr, an ice dancer from Russia who won the 1989 World Junior Championships.

[6] In 2007, Ovsyannikov was appointed the chief coach of the Russian national synchronized skating team and moved back to Moscow.