Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Angarsk, Konovalova ya fara aikinsa na wasan motsa jiki a matsayin mai tseren mita 5000. Ta yi babban bayyanarta na farko a kan nesa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1995 a wasannin motsa jiki. A can ta gama a matsayi na shida a wasan karshe tare da lokacin 15:01.23. Ta kuma gudu sama da mita 3000 a gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF ta 1995, inda ta kasance ta goma sha biyu a duka. Ta kasance ta biyar a wannan taron a shekara mai zuwa a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1996 kuma ta lashe lambar tagulla a gasar IAAF Grand Prix ta 1998. Na huɗu a cikin mita 5000 a gasar cin kofin Turai ta 1999
ya biyo bayan kammala na bakwai a wasan karshe na taron a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1999.