Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 2008 Summer Olympics i Beijing, i whakatau a Bugakova ki te whakarere i tana kaupapa motuhake, te 100 m butterfly, me te whakamatautau i te 50 m freestyle
He aha? I tutuki i a ia te paerewa FINA B o 26.29 mai i te Russian Swimming Championships i Saint Petersburg. I werohia e ia etahi atu kaukau e whitu i te wera e whitu, tae atu ki a ia ano e toru nga wa o te Olympian a Marina Mulyayeva o Kazakhstan. I whakaotihia e Bugakova te papa ki te waahi whakamutunga e toru hēkona i muri o Monika Babok o Croatia me te waa 29.73 hēkona. Kaore a Bugakova i eke ki nga hawhe whakamutunga, i te mea i noho ia i te ono tekau ma waru o nga kaukau 92 i nga wera tuatahi.