In 2007, Sytnikova with her partner Anastasiya Melnychenko debuted competing at the European Junior Championships, held in Hertogenbosch, where they finished 5th in the pairs all-around event.

[3] In 2009, they captured the silver medal in the pairs all-around event at the 18th International Acrobatic Gymnastics Tournament “Stars above the Boug River”, held in Vinnytsia.

[8] The following year, the duo competed at the 2013 World Games in Cali, winning a silver medal in the pairs all-around event.

[10] In 2013, Sytnikova and Melnychenko emigrated to Canada, where they began their circus career in Cirque du Soleil.

[12] Now the duo Sytnikova/Melnychenko and Ellariya Bohdanova are circus performers in the Las Vegas show Absinthe.