Career
Sakhnovski began skating at age four and took up ice dancing when he was eight. Early in his career, he skated with Marina Anissina and Ekaterina Svirina. He teamed up with Galit Chait in 1995.
They initially trained in Russia with Ludmila Buytskova and Elena Maslenikova and then moved to Monsey, New New York
They competed in three Olympics, finishing 14th in 1998, 6th in 2002, and 8th in 2006. Their coaches included Natalia Dubova, Tatiana Tarasova, Evgeni Platov, Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov.
(with Chait).