A gasar zakarun Turai ta shekara ta 2012, Kanaeva ta lashe ta
taken Turai na uku a jere kuma ya buga maki 29.700 a cikin wasan kwallon kafa. A wata hira bayan taron, ta ce: "Wannan nasarar ba ta zo da sauƙi ba. A nan gaba dole ne in yi ƙoƙari a kan aiwatar da abubuwa da karfi da kuma daidai. Masu horar da ni sun gamsu, kuma hakan yana da muhimmanci sosai. Ba na rayuwa da nasara amma da abin da na yi. " Daga nan Kanaeva ta yi gasa a Grand Prix Vorarlberg a Ostiryia, inda ta lashe lambobin zinare a zagaye na zagaye da kuma dukkan wasan karshe na kayan aiki. A gasar cin kofin duniya da aka yi a Minsk, Kanaeva ta lashe lambar zinare a zagaye-zagaye a gaban abokiyar wasanta Daria Dmitrieva (azurfa) da Belarusian Liubov Charkashyna (azurfa). Kanaeva ya kuma lashe dukkan zinare na zinare (Ball, Hoop, Clubs da Ribbon) a wasan karshe na wasan.