Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa e whai ake nei, i wini a Mukhortova / Trankov i ta raatau mētara Grand Prix tuatahi, parahi i te 2007 Trophée Eric Bompard ka tu i te tuawha i te Ipu o Russia. Kaore i taea e ratou te tiaki i to raatau taitara a motu, ka noho tuarua ki a Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov me te rereketanga o nga tohu tekau. I mutu i mua o Kavaguti / Smirnov e rua nga tohu i te 2008 European Championships ka wini i te mētara hiriwa. I noho a Mukhortova/Trankov ki te whitu i te
Ko ngā whakataetae o te Ao 2008. I whai ratou ki te tango i te okiokinga poto i waenganui o to ratou hōtaka roa i Worlds na te pupuhi i roto i te ringa o Trankov me te whakaoti i te hōtaka i muri i etahi whakarereketanga ki tana kakahu. I kii a Vasiliev he raru a Trankov ki tona ringa i roa e rua marama ki te whakatau me te whakaora. I te mutunga o te wa, i arotahi a Vasiliev ki te whakapai ake i te taraiwa taketake a Trankov, me te tohu i nga pito hohonu o Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy me te rere. Ko ana kaiako i Perm kaore i aro ki enei pukenga engari i koa a Vasiliev i te ahunga whakamua a Trankov ki te whakakapi i te koretake. I mahi hoki rātau i runga i te takahuri toru hei whakapai ake i te wehenga me te tāpiri i te uaua ake.