Career
Kapishina made her Olympic debut at the 2004 Athens Olympics, competing in a breaststroke double. Her storming victory in the heats missed out a spot in the semifinals, as she finished eighteenth overall by a third of a second (033) outside the top-16 field In her second event, 200 m breaststroke, Kapishina secured a penultimate seed to round out the semifinal roster with a prelims time of 2:31.26, but was eventually disqualified for not following the proper form.
Four years later, Kapishina qualified for her second Belarusian team, as a 23-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
She cleared FINA B-standard entry times of 1:09.16 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:31.02 (200 m breaststroke) from the FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. In the 100 m breaststroke, Kapishina challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including two-time Olympian Diana Gomes of Portugal.
She edged out Turkey"s Dilara Buse Günaydın to take the fourth spot by three tenths of a second (030) in 1:10.15.