Career
The following year, although still a junior, he opted to participate in the open class of the European Championships in 10 metre air pistol and helped the Russian team to a gold medal and a new world record, also breaking the junior world record in the qualification round. Yekimov made his Olympic debut in the air pistol competition in Beijing in 2008, and finished sixth. In Beijing, Yekimov was in the lead after the first day but dropped to second after the second stage and finally to fourth after the final.
50 metre pistol
25 metre rapid fire pistol
25 metre standard pistol
10 metre air pistol.