Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zelentsova akaberekerwa muNovorossiysk musi wa5 Nyamavhuvhu 1948. Pakutanga kwebasa rake, Zelentsova akakwikwidza zvakanyanya mumamita zana zvipingamupinyi, chiitiko chaasina kusvika padanho repamusoro repasi rose; apo vakadzi mazana mana emamita zvipingamupinyi zvakave chiitiko chikuru pakati pemakore ekuma1970, akachinjira kuchinhu chitsva uye akachinjira kwachiri nekukurumidza. Muna 1976 makwikwi evakadzi emamita mazana mana nezvipingamupinyi akakwikwidzwa pamakwikwi emunyika yeSoviet kekutanga; Zelentsova akakunda. Akabva apererwa nezvirwere zveitsvo, izvo zvaida kuti apinde muchipatara uye zvakatyisidzira basa rake; akapora ndokudzoka ari muchimiro chakanakisisa. Vhiki mbiri pamberi pe
1978 European Championships Zelentsova akaputsa rekodhi yenyika muPodolsk, achimhanya 55.31. Mumakwikwi eEuropean Championships muPrague akaputsa rekodhi zvakare, achikunda muna 54.89; mukwikwidzi wesirivheri, Silvia Hollmann weWest Germany, aivewo pasi pekodhi yenyika yapfuura.