Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Wasannin Olympics na 2004 a Athens, Panic ya sake cancanta don maza 100 m freestyle
ta hanyar haskaka lokacin shigarwa na FINA B na 52.12 daga Open Championship na Croatia a Zagreb. Ya kalubalanci wasu masu iyo bakwai a zagayen na biyu, gami da 'yan uwansa tsoffin' yan wasan Olympics Alexandr Agafanov na Uzbekistan da Camilo Becerra na Colombia. Rashin tsoro ya yi tsere zuwa matsayi na uku ta hanyar 0.18 na biyu a baya Becerra, a waje da lokacin shigarsa na 52.75. Rashin tsoro ya kasa ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, yayin da ya sanya na hamsin da biyar a cikin wasan farko.