The junior vice world champions Larionow and Basarowa had their international senior debut at Skate America 2007, where they won the bronze medal straight away. Basarowa / Larionow dominated the Junior Grand Prix series in the 2007/08 season and also won their finals. However, due to a positive doping test by Larionov before the final, the couple was stripped of the gold medal and Basarova / Larionow was banned for 18 months. They came back for the 2009/10 season and made their debut at World and European Championships and the Olympic Games as third in the Russian championships . They finished fifth at the European Championships , eighth at the World Cup and eleventh at the Olympic Games . In 2011, Basarowa / Larionow won their first medal at major championships with bronze at the European Championships in Bern . They finished the world championship in Moscow in fifth place.