at the 2004 summer olympics in athens, aksyonova qualified as a lone markswoman for her second uzbek team in rifle shooting. she managed to get a minimum qualifying standard of a near-perfect 399 to secure an olympic berth for uzbekistan in air rifle, following her seventh-place finish at the asian championships in kuala lumpur, malaysia few months earlier. in the 10 m air rifle, held on the first day of the games, akysonova fired an ill-fated 384 out of a possible 400 to finish in a distant fortieth out of forty-four shooters. nearly a week later, in the 50 m rifle 3 positions, aksyonova marked 193 in prone, a substandard 175 in standing, and 190 in the kneeling series to accumulate a total score of 562 points in the qualifying round, closing her out of the final to twenty-ninth place.