Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Makwikwi avo okutanga eEuropean Championship akaitirwa muZagreb, Croatia muna January 2008. Mukati mepurogiramu refu vakamhara paSalchow asi kudonha pakusvetuka katatu uye kuronga kaviri Axel kwakachinjwa kuva kamwe chete kwakanga kwakakwana chete nokuda kwemenduru yebronze. Nhamba
2008 World Championship yakaitwa muGothenburg, Sweden. Kavaguti / Smirnov vakagamuchira munhu zvakanakisisa pfupi chirongwa mamakisi 71.42 izvo akaisa navo wechitatu nzvimbo. Vakaisa quad Salchow uye zvinhu zvinoverengeka zvakagamuchira mwero wechina asi vakadonhera kunzvimbo yechina chete 1.45 poindi kubva pachitatu.