 In the World Championships of 2003 in Stuttgart, Germany, she won gold in the 500mTT event, posting a time of 34.078 seconds, her personal best time.However, in the sprint event, Tsylinskaya met her main rival, Russian track cyclist and good friend Svetlana Grankovskaya, in the final and lost in two straight heats, thus relegating Tsylinskaya to the silver medal.In 2004 the focus was on the Athens Olympics which took place in August.