Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'egwuregwu Olimpik nke afọ 2000 e mere na Sydney, Ashihmin so ọzọ n'egwuregwu igwu mmiri anọ. O biputere ụkpụrụ FINA B nke 23.55 (50 m freestyle) na 51.20 (100 m freestyle) site na Russian National Championships na Moscow. N'ime
Na 100 m freestyle, Ashihmin tinyere iri atọ na anọ na ụtụtụ prelims. Na-egwu mmiri na okpomọkụ isii, ọ kesara mkpụrụ nke atọ na Spyridon Bitsakis nke Gris na oge nke 51.28. Mgbe ụbọchị abụọ gachara, n'ọsọ 50 m freestyle, Ashihmin meriri ndị ọzọ na-egwu mmiri asaa na okpomọkụ anọ, gụnyere onye kachasị ọsọ ọsọ nke Kazakhstan bụ Sergey Borisenko. Ọ bịara na nke abụọ na nke iri anọ na otu n'ozuzu ya na oge nke 23.53, na-esote Borisenko site na narị asaa nke abụọ (0.07). O tinyekwara nke iri abụọ dịka onye otu ndị otu Kyrgyzstan na 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (3:25.03), na nke iri na itoolu na 4 × 100 m medley relay (3:46.70).