Her first senior medal came at the 2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup, where she ran a personal best of 2:01.14 minutes for the bronze. She won the Ukrainian indoor title but failed to make the final at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships due to an injury involving her sacral nerves. After a seventh place at the 2004 European Cup she won her first national outdoor title, dipping under two minutes for the first time with her finish in 1:59.62 minutes. She produced a personal best of 1:59.48 minutes in the semi-finals of the 2004 Athens Olympics but this was not enough to enter the final as one of the fastest non-qualifiers.