 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Kuzmin akakwikwidza mumitambo mitatu yokushambira paMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2000 muSydney. Akabvisa FINA B-standard ye1:51.90 kubva kuRussia National Championships muMoscow. Pazuva rokutanga reMitambo, Kuzmin akabatana naAlexei Pavlov, Konstantin Ushkov, uye mumwe mutengesi weRussia Sergey Ashihmin mu 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Kuzmin akahwina muchikamu chechitatu mumakwikwi maviri uye akarekodha kupatsanurwa kwe50.61, asi maKyrgyz akapedzisa munda wemauto masere kuenda kunzvimbo yekupedzisira uye yechimakumi maviri yakazara nenguva yekupedzisira ye3:25.03. Mumamita mazana maviri akasununguka, Kuzmin akaisa makumi maviri nemasere pamangwanani ekutanga. Achishambira mumakwikwi mana, Kuzmin akakunda Andrei Cecan wekuMoldova kuti atore nzvimbo yechishanu nezvikamu zvitatu kubva pagumi zvechipiri 0.30 mu1:52.93. Mazuva maviri gare gare, mu 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, Kuzmin, pamwe naAndrei Pakin, Aleksandr Shilin, naIvan Ivanov, vakarambidzwa kubva pakupisa kwekutanga kwekutanga kwekutanga panguva yekutungamira. 