Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - A mụrụ ya na Saint Petersburg ma na-anọchite anya klọb Dinamo Saint Petersburg. Ọ gbara onye nke asaa na 1998 World Junior Championships. Oge o nwetara, nkeji 1:48.91, bụ nke kacha mma. Ọ gara n'ihu na 1:46.61 nkeji (July 1999, Tula) na 1:45.76 nkeji (July 2000, Tula). Ọ gbara asọmpi na 2000 European Indoor Championships na 2000 Olympic Games na ma 800 mita na 4 x 400 mita relay na-enweghị iru ikpeazụ. Na 2001 European U23 Championship
o ritere ọla nchara n'asọmpi e ji ebugharị ya. Ọ gbara nke anọ na 2002 European Indoor Championship na oge nke 1:45.84 nkeji, nke ga-anọgide na ya ime ụlọ onwe onye kasị mma ruo ọtụtụ afọ. N'ọnwa Julaị n'afọ 2002, o setịpụrụ ndụ ya kachasị mma na mita 400, 46.50 sekọnd nwetara na Moscow.