Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Sankovich ki tana kapa Belarusian tuatahi, i te 18 tau te pakeke, i te 2008 Summer Olympics i Beijing, i whakataetae i te 100 m backstroke me te relay medley. I mua atu i nga Taakaro, i pakaru ia i tetahi rekoata Belarusian ka horoi i te FINA B-tapahi o 56.10 i nga Whakataetae a-Motu o Belarusian i Minsk. I roto i te 100 mita i muri, Sankovich i tuarua i roto i tona wera i muri i te Colombia Omar Pinzón e 0.28 o te tuarua ki 55.39 hēkona, engari kihai i taea ki te haere ki te haurua whakamutunga, mutu rua tekau ma iwa i roto i 45 kaitono i roto i te prelims. I etahi ra i muri mai, ka uru atu ia ki a Yauheni Lazuka, Viktar Vabishchevich, me te takirua takirua o Olympian Stanislau Neviarouski mo te
4 × 100 m relay medley a nga taane. I te kaukau i te waewae o muri, i tuhia e Sankovich he wa 55.11 hēkona, a ka mutu te kapa Belarusian i te tekau ma ono o nga waahi, mo te wa katoa o te 3:39.39.