She is the second woman after American skater Alysa Liu to land a quad jump and triple Axel in one program successfully.

She transitioned into the Khrustalnyi rink under her current coach Eteri Tutberidze's group within the Sambo 70 training complex in 2017.

[2] Akateva began training her first quadruple jump, the quad toe loop, with the support of a harness in December 2018 and the triple Axel in January 2019.

During the domestic Cup of Russia series held during the 2020–21 season, Akateva was lauded as the first female skater to land a triple Axel and two quadruple jumps in a program during her free skate.

At the event, she surpassed teammate Kamila Valieva's junior world record scores for the free program and total combined score and came close to matching teammate Alena Kostornaia's junior world record for the short program to take the title by a comfortable 27 point margin ahead of silver medalist Anastasia Zinina.

She placed first in both segments of competition to take the gold medal by an over 23-point margin ahead of silver medalist Sofia Samodelkina.

Akateva competed next at the 2023 Channel One Trophy where she was assigned to the team titled “The Red Machine” and was captained by Alina Zagitova.

The third stage of the Russian Grand Prix held in Krasnoyarsk in November of 2024 marked Akateva’s first competition since March of 2023.

She skated the rest of the program cleanly and ranked in third place overall winning the bronze medal behind Frolova and Alina Gorbacheva by Victoria Dayneko choreo by Daniil Gleikhengauz JGP: Junior Grand Prix; GPR: Grand Prix of Russia Akateva is currently the junior world record holder for the women's free program and total combined score.

Although she participated in senior level competitions in Russia in the 2022–23 season, she is still considered a junior competitor according to the ISU classification.