Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Romashkin akakodzera kumakwikwi evarume emamita zana akasununguka
mumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 muBeijing nekubvisa nguva yeFINA B-standard yekupinda ye50.92 kubva kuRussia Open Swimming Championships muSaint Petersburg. Akadenha vamwe vanoshambira vanomwe mukupisa kwechitatu, kubatanidza vane makore 16 okukura Virdhawal Khade wokuIndia naChristopher Duenas wokuGuam. Romashkin akamhanya kunzvimbo yechitanhatu nezvikamu mazana matatu zvechipiri (0.03) kumashure kweSouth Korea Lim Nam-Gyun munguva yemasekondi 51.83. Romashkin akakundikana kuenda kumasemifinal, sezvo akaisa makumi mashanu neshanu kubva kune vanoshambira makumi matanhatu nevatanhatu mukutanga kwekupisa.