 She won gold for both the sprint and 500mTT events at three of the four world cups in that year but failed to gain a medal at the 2001 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium She also suffered a severe crash during the sprint qualification rounds, where she broke her collarbone.Riding for the first time in international competition under her maiden name of Tsylinskaya, she began the 2002 season by winning both the sprint and 500mTT events at the World Cup races in Mexico City and Moscow.She followed this by winning gold in both the 500mTT and sprint events at the 2002 World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark.