Career
Tsutskarev competed only in the men"s 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He challenged five other swimmers in heat one, including Ecuador"s two-time Olympian Roberto Delgado. He edged out Syria"s Fadi Kouzmah to race for the fifth seed by 1.02 seconds in 2:10.54.
Tsustkarev failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall in the prelims.