Cika wannan jumla: Tsurkin ya cancanci zuwa
maza 100 m freestyle, a matsayin memba na Belarusian iyo tawagar, a 2012 Summer Olympics a London, ta hanyar cimma wani B-misali shigarwa lokaci na 49.62 seconds a gasar zakarun Turai. Ya kalubalanci wasu masu iyo bakwai a zagaye na huɗu, gami da dan wasan Paraguay dan asalin Burtaniya Benjamin Hockin. Tsurkin ya shawo kan Gabriel Melconian Alvez na Uruguay wanda ya kammala a matsayi na shida da kashi goma sha biyar cikin dari na biyu (0.15), a hankali fiye da lokacin cancantarsa na dakika 50.53. Tsurkin ya kasa ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, yayin da ya sanya na talatin da hudu daga cikin 'yan wasa 60 a cikin wasan farko.