Golikowa started in Kolomna in January 2009 for the first time in the speed skating World Cup and took sixth place over 1000 m in the B group. At the Sprint World Championships 2014 in Nagano she came 19th and at the Sprint World Championships 2015 in Astana 17th place. In February 2014, she ran at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi to 18th place in the 2 × 500 m run. In December 2016, she achieved her first podium in the World Cup with second place in the team sprint in Heerenveen . At the 2017 World Single Distance Championships in Gangwon , she came in 21st place over 500 m. At the beginning of the 2017/18 season she took third place over 500 m in Heerenveen and second place over 500 m in Stavanger . She also took her first World Cup victories in the team sprint in Heerenveen and Stavanger. In January 2018 she won the silver medal in the 500 m and the gold medal in the team sprint at the European Championships in Kolomna and took third place in the 500 m at the World Cup in Erfurt . At the season highlight, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she finished 22nd over 1000 m and seventh over 500 m. In March 2018 she was sixth at the Sprint World Championships in Changchun and Russian champion in the sprint all-around competition in Moscow . At the World Cup final in Minsk he took third place in the first run over 500 m and won the team sprint and over 500 m the next day. She finished the season in third place in the 500 m World Cup.
At the beginning of the 2018/19 season, Golikowa clinched her fifth World Cup victory in the team sprint in Obihiro . In the further course of the season she came in third place twice over 500 m and once in second place over 500 m and in the team sprint. She finished fourth in the overall world cup over 500 m. At the 2019 World Speed Skating Championships in Inzell , she won the bronze medal in the team sprint. In addition, she was fourth there over 500 m. At the end of February 2019, she took eighth place at the Sprint World Championship in Heerenveen .