Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Zahov ya yi gasa ne kawai a tseren tsere na maza na mita 100 a wasannin Olympics na 2000 a Sydney. Ya sami nasarar FINA B-cut na 1:05.60 daga
Gasar zakarun Turai a Helsinki, Finland. Ya kalubalanci wasu masu iyo bakwai a zagaye na uku, gami da Jorg Lindemeier na Namibia wanda ya lashe gasar Olympics sau uku. Ya ceci matsayi na bakwai a kan Hakan Kiper na Turkiyya da 0.37 na biyu a 1:07.09. Zahov ya kasa ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, yayin da ya sanya na hamsin da takwas a ranar farko ta prelims.