Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A kakar wasa mai zuwa, Mukhortova/Trankov sun lashe lambar yabo ta farko ta Grand Prix, tagulla a 2007 Trophée Eric Bompard kuma sun kasance na hudu a gasar cin kofin Rasha. Ba su iya kare taken ƙasarsu ba, suna matsayi na biyu a bayan Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov tare da tazarar maki goma. Sun gama gaba da Kavaguti / Smirnov da maki biyu a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2008 kuma sun lashe lambar azurfa. Mukhortova/Trankov sannan ya sanya na bakwai a
Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta 2008. Dole ne su ɗauki ɗan gajeren hutu a tsakiyar dogon shirin su a Duniya saboda kumburi a hannun Trankov kuma sun kammala shirin bayan wasu gyare-gyare ga tufafinsa. Vasiliev ya ce Trankov yana da matsala da hannunsa wanda ya ɗauki watanni biyu don tabbatarwa da magani. Lokacin da kakar wasa ta ƙare, Vasiliev ya mai da hankali kan inganta wasan tsere na Trankov, yana mai da hankali ga Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy mai zurfi da gudana. Masu horar da shi a Perm ba su jaddada waɗannan ƙwarewar ba amma Vasiliev ya yi farin ciki da ci gaban Trankov wajen cike gibin. Sun kuma yi aiki a kan sau uku don inganta rabuwa da ƙara ƙarin wahala.