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 huihuinga o te tau 1981 ka wini i te taitara tuatoru me te whakamutunga o te roopu i te putanga o te tau 1982
(e ārahi ana i ngā wāhine Soviet i te tuawhitu).