Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko ana 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 whakahuatia e ia taua mahi taua i te
1981 ka wikitoria i te taitara tuatoru me te mutunga o te kapa i te putanga 1982 (e arahi ana i nga wahine Soviet i te tuawhitu).