Career
She was known for her extreme flexibility, her emphasis in point of landing on high releve in her back split pivots led to a career ending injury. Utiasheva"s first coach was Alla Yanina. Irina Viner invited both Utiasheva and her coach to join the Olympic Centre in Moscow, but it was only Utiasheva who moved.
Utiasheva"s breakthrough came in 2001 when she placed third at the Russian Championships.
In September 2002, Utiasheva hurt her foot on a bad landing while training in Samara but the X-ray revealed no fracture so she continued training and competing for the next eight months. At the 2002 Grand Prix Final in Innsbruck, Utiasheva felt pain in her feet after her ringjump and withdrew from the competition after the hoop final.
At a specialist clinic in Berlin, magnetic resonance tomography showed that the navicular bone of both her feet had numerous fractures. She underwent surgery and returned to the sport briefly in 2004 but, unable to perform her jumps, she retired from competition and completed her career in 2006.
Utiasheva continued performing in galas and also began coaching.
She starred in Alexei Nemov"s 2007 show with other rhythmic stars including Yulia Barsukova. She was also one of the judges at the Mission Russia 2012 and Mission Russia 2014.