Goryachkina made her Chess Olympiad debut in 2016 on the third board. She did not have a good performance, scoring 4.5/9 for a performance rating of 2328 as Russian finished one spot out of the medals. In her second World Team Championship in 2017, Goryachkina won her first team gold at the event, playing fourth board behind Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno, and Valentina Gunina. She won a bronze medal on the fourth board. Russia won another gold medal at the European Team Championship later in the year, with Goryachkina again playing on the fourth board.