In the senior category, she climbed her first World Cup podium in the 2008–09 season with a silver medal in Gdańsk, followed by a bronze medal in Havana. She won a team silver medal at the European Championships in Plovdiv. At the World Championships in Antalya she was defeated in the quarter-finals by team-mate Aida Shanayeva, who eventually won the gold medal. In the team event Russia stumbled against Italy in the final and came away with another silver medal. Biryukova finished the season world No.8, a career best as of 2014.