 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Makwikwi ekutanga eakakura aYakimenko yaive mutambo wechikwata we2002 World Championships muLisbon, kwaakakunda menduru yegoridhe pamwe naSergey Sharikov, Stanislav Pozdnyakov naAleksey Frosin. Akatora menduru yake yokutanga pamunhu mumwe chete pa2003 European ChampionshipsmuBourges: mutsetse wake wokukunda wakadimburwa bedzi mumugumo nekaputeni wake, shasha yeOlympic kanokwana kana Pozdnyakov. Akaenda nomenduru yesirivha, iyo yakawedzerwa menduru yegoridhe yeboka mazuva mashomanene gare gare. Akakundwa munharaunda yechipiri yeWorld Championships, asi Russia yakachengetedza zita rake reNyika. 