Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Ko ona angitu tuatahi i raro i tona ingoa kotiro, Yelena Chernysheva (kua whakamaoritia ano ko Elena Chernyshova), a ko ia te toa parahi takitahi me te toa koura a te roopu i te 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. I whakahoutia e ia taua mahi i te tau 1981
I riro i a ia te taitara kapa tuatoru me te whakamutunga i te putanga 1982 (e arahi ana i nga waahine Soviet i te tuawhitu).