 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Skalinskaya akakwanisa kupinda mumitambo miviri yekushambira kumaOlympics ezhizha ra2004 kuAthens, nekubvisa nguva dzeFINA B-standard dzinosvika pa26.50 50 m freestyle uye 58.00 100 m freestyle kubva kuKazakhstan Open Championships muAlmaty. Mu 100 m freestyle, Skalinskaya akashora vamwe vanoshambira vanomwe pakupisa kwechipiri, kusanganisira katatu-Olympian Agnese Ozoliņa weLatvia. Akamhanyira kunzvimbo yechipiri uye makumi mana nerimwe pasi rose neanopfuura wechipiri kumashure kwemukundi Vanessa García wePuerto Rico muna 58.56. Mumakwikwi emamita 50 akasununguka, Skalinskaya akaisa makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe zvakazara pazuva rekupedzisira rematanho ekutanga. Achishambira mumakwikwi matanhatu, akakunda Shikha Tandon wokuIndia kuti atore nzvimbo yechishanu ne0.04 yechipiri, kunze kwenguva yake yokutanga ye27.04. 