Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Skalinskaya ya cancanci shiga wasanni biyu na iyo a Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2004 a Athens, ta hanyar share FINA B-matsayin shigarwa na 26.50 (50 m freestyle) da 58.00 (100 m freestyle) daga Kazakhstan Open Championships a Almaty. A cikin mita 100 na 'yanci, Skalinskaya ya kalubalanci wasu masu iyo bakwai a zagayen na biyu, gami da Agnese Ozoliņa na Latvia wanda ya lashe gasar Olympics sau uku. Ta yi tsere zuwa matsayi na biyu da na arba'in da ɗaya a gaba ɗaya ta fiye da na biyu a bayan mai nasara Vanessa García na Puerto Rico a cikin 58.56. A tseren mita 50 na 'yanci
, Skalinskaya ya sanya na talatin da tara a cikin duka a ranar ƙarshe na farko. Ta yi iyo a zagaye na shida, ta yi nasara da Shikha Tandon na Indiya don ɗaukar matsayi na biyar da 0.04 na biyu, daga lokacin shigarta na 27.04.