Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubudirira kwake kwokutanga kwakauya nezita rake rokutanga, Yelena Chernysheva (anonziwo Elena Chernyshova), uye akanga ari mumwe munhu akawana menduru yebronze uye akawana menduru yegoridhe yechikwata pa
1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Akadzokorora chiitiko ichocho mumutambo wa1981 uye akahwina zita rechitatu uye rekupedzisira rechikwata pamusangano wa1982 (kutungamira vakadzi veSoviet muchinomwe).