Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An gudanar da gasar zakarun Turai ta farko a Zagreb, Croatia a watan Janairun 2008. A lokacin dogon shirin da suka sauka da jefa quad Salchow amma a fall a kan wani sau uku tsalle da kuma shirya biyu Axel da aka juya a cikin wani guda ne kawai isa ga wani tagulla lambar yabo. Ƙungiyar
An gudanar da gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2008 a Gothenburg, Sweden. Kavaguti / Smirnov sun sami mafi kyawun ɗan gajeren shirin na 71.42 wanda ya sanya su a matsayi na uku. Sun sauka a jefa quad Salchow kuma abubuwa da yawa sun sami matakin huɗu amma sun sauka zuwa matsayi na huɗu kawai maki 1.45 daga na uku.