Sklyar akakwikwidza muKazakhstan achishambira mumakwikwi evarume emamita zana akasununguka
mumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 muBeijing. Achitungamirira kumitambo, akazunza hupenyu hwakanaka hwe50.89 kuti apfuure FINA B-cut (50.95) nehafu yezana yechipiri (0.06) mumutambo wekupedzisira kuRussia Open Swimming Championships muSaint Petersburg. Achibva pachinhanho chechishanu pakati pekutendeuka mumwaka wechitatu, Sklyar akaisa kupokana kwekupedzisira kuti akurumidze kupfuudza Petr Romashkin weUzbekistan nehafu yehurefu hwemuviri kunzvimbo yechina mu51.24. Sklyar akakundikana kuenda kumasemifinal, sezvo akaisa makumi mashanu nemaviri akazara kubva kune makumi matanhatu nemana vanoshambira mumasekondi ekutanga.