Anotanga kubudirira achishandisa zita rake rokutanga, Yelena Chernysheva (anonziwo Elena Chernyshova), uye akahwina menduru yebronze uye menduru yegoridhe yechikwata pa 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Akadzokorora chiito ichocho pamutambo wa1981
uye akahwina mukombe wechitatu uye wekupedzisira wechikwata pa1982 edition (kutungamira vakadzi veSoviet muchinomwe).