 Yakimenko akakwira pazvigaro zvina zveWorld Cup mumwaka wa2006-07, kusanganisira kukunda muTunis neMadrid. Pa2007 European ChampionshipsmuGhent, akakunda Pozdnyakov mumasemi-fainari, asi akakundwa mumutambo wekupedzisira naJorge Pina weSpain uye akadonhedzwa kumenduru yesirivha. Pozdnyakov gare gare akataura kuti Yakimenko akanga asingaremekedzi muSpanish. Mumutambo wechikwata Yakimenko akazova wechipiri mukuru wechikwata sezvo murairidzi wenyika Boris Pisetsky akaunza mudiki Veniamin Reshetnikov mumutsara. Pashure pokutanga zvakanaka mumasemi-fainari Russia yakashamiswa nokudzoka kweUkraine. Yakimenko akapinda muPiste pa 3140 uye akakwanisa 144 mumutambo wake wekupedzisira kuti atore timu yake kuenda kumagumo, uko Russia yakapwanya Belarus 4530, ichimubvumira kuti atore zita rake rechishanu reEuropean mumutsara. Yakimenko akawana menduru yake yechipiri yegoridhe mu2007 Summer Universiade muBangkok, pamwe nemenduru yebronze mumutambo wechikwata. Mumakwikwi eWorld Championships pamusha muSaint-Petersburg, Yakimenko weNo.1 akakundwa naLukashenko wekuUkraine, waakanga asati ambokundwa naye. Mumutambo wechikwata Russia yakakundwa neHungary nekurova kumwe chete mumutambo wekutanga uye yakapedza 5th. Yakimenko akapedza mwaka ari World No. 1 kechipiri mubasa rake. 