Cika wannan jumla: Romashkin ya cancanci zuwa
maza 100 m freestyle a Wasannin Olympics na 2008 a Beijing ta hanyar share lokacin shigarwa na FINA B na 50.92 daga Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Rasha a Saint Petersburg. Ya kalubalanci wasu masu iyo bakwai a zagayen na uku, gami da Virdhawal Khade mai shekaru 16 daga Indiya da Christopher Duenas na Guam. Romashkin ya yi tsere zuwa matsayi na shida da kashi uku na dari na biyu (0.03) a bayan Lim Nam-Gyun na Koriya ta Kudu a cikin lokaci na 51.83 seconds. Romashkin ya kasa ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, yayin da ya sanya na hamsin da biyar daga cikin masu iyo 64 a cikin zafin farko.