 Polynskiy akakwanisa kupinda muchikwata chenyika yeRussia, mumitambo miviri yebhasikoro pamitambo yeOlympic ya2008 muBeijing nekugamuchira nzvimbo kubva kuUCI Track World Rankings. Mumakwikwi evarume okutamba nechikwata, yakaitwa pazuva rekutanga rechirongwa che track, Polynskiy nevamwe vake vechikwata Denis Dmitriev naSergey Kucherov vakarwa mukutanga kupisa vachipesana neAussies inotungamirwa neashanu-nguva yeOlympic veteran Shane Kelly ine nguva yegumi nembiri mu45.964 uye avhareji yekumhanya ye59.647 km h, vachitadza kufambira mberi kuenda kumakwikwi masere epamusoro. Zuva rakatevera racho, muvarume keirin, Polynskiy haana kukwanisa kuvheneka kupera kwekupedzisira kwekupedzisira kuti akunde vamwe vatatu vatyairi vebhasikoro Kiyofumi Nagai weJapan, Andrii Vynokurov weUkraine, uye Ricardo Lynch weJamaica nokuda kwehafu yekupedzisira panzvimbo yekudzokorora. 