[6] Then at the European Youth Olympic Festival, she won a team gold medal alongside Daria Skrypnik and Elena Eremina.

[10] Ilyankova began the 2016 season at the International Gymnix where the Russian team won the silver medal behind the United States.

[12] She was then selected to compete at the 2016 European Junior Championships alongside Elena Eremina, Uliana Perebinosova, Angelina Simakova, and Varvara Zubova, and they won the team gold medal.

[16] She made her senior international debut at the Osijek World Challenge Cup where she won gold on the uneven bars and silver on the balance beam behind Thaís Fidélis.

[21] In the final, her foot hit the bar on her Shang release, incurring a 3-tenth deduction, leading her to take fourth place behind Nina Derwael of Belgium, Eremina, and Fan Yilin of China.

[23] At the City of Jesolo Trophy, she competed in the all-around for the first time since 2016 and helped the Russian team win the gold medal.

[28] Then at the Doha World Cup, she won the uneven bars bronze medal behind Nina Derwael and Fan Yilin.

[30] In June, she was named as Aliya Mustafina's replacement for the European Games; she competed alongside Angelina Melnikova and Aleksandra Shchekoldina.

[31] During qualifications, she finished third on uneven bars behind Becky Downie of Great Britain and Nina Derwael of Belgium, qualifying to the event final.

[32] In August, she competed at the Russian Cup where she finished fourth on the uneven bars behind Daria Spiridonova, Vladislava Urazova, and Melnikova.

[38] Ilyankova competed at the Russian Championships where she finished seventh on uneven bars after falling off the apparatus, and she placed fifth on the balance beam.

[41] At the Olympic Games, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind two-time World champion Nina Derwael.