Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Skalinskaya akakwanisa kupinda mumitambo miviri yekushambira kumaOlympics ezhizha ra2004 kuAthens, nekubvisa nguva dzeFINA B-standard dzinosvika 26.50 (50 m freestyle) uye 58.00 (100 m freestyle) kubva kuKazakhstan Open Championships muAlmaty. Mu 100 m freestyle, Skalinskaya akashora vamwe vanoshambira vanomwe pakupisa kwechipiri, kusanganisira katatu-Olympian Agnese Ozoliņa weLatvia. Akamhanyira kunzvimbo yechipiri uye makumi mana nerimwe pasi rose neanopfuura wechipiri kumashure kwemukundi Vanessa García wePuerto Rico muna 58.56. Mu
50 m freestyle, Skalinskaya akaisa makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe zvakazara pazuva rekupedzisira rematanho ekutanga. Achishambira mumakwikwi matanhatu, akakunda Shikha Tandon wokuIndia kuti atore nzvimbo yechishanu ne0.04 yechipiri, kunze kwenguva yake yokutanga ye27.04.