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 chiito ichocho pa
1981 uye akahwina mukombe wechitatu uye wekupedzisira wechikwata pa1982 edition (kutungamira vakadzi veSoviet muchinomwe).