Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Zelentsova na Novorossiysk na 5 August 1948. Na mbido ọrụ ya, Zelentsova gbara asọmpi kachasị na 100 mita ihe mgbochi, ihe omume nke ọ na-erubeghị ọkwa kachasị elu nke mba ụwa; mgbe ihe mgbochi 400 mita ụmụ nwanyị ghọrọ ihe omume bụ isi n'etiti afọ 1970, ọ gbanwere ihe omume ọhụrụ ma gbanwee ya ngwa ngwa. N'afọ 1976, ụmụ nwanyị gbara ọsọ mita 400 nke ihe mgbochi na asọmpi mba Soviet maka oge mbụ; Zelentsova meriri. Mgbe ahụ, nsogbu akụrụ ya mere ka ọ nọrọ n'akụkụ, nke chọrọ ka a nọrọ n'ụlọ ọgwụ ma yie ọrụ ya egwu; ọ gbakere ma laghachi n'ọnọdụ kachasị mma. Izu abụọ tupu
1978 European Championships Zelentsova mebiri ndekọ ụwa na Podolsk, na-agba ọsọ 55.31. Na European Championships na Prague, o mebiri ndekọ ahụ ọzọ, na-emeri na 54.89; onye mmeri ọla ọcha, Silvia Hollmann nke West Germany, nọkwa n'okpuru ndekọ ụwa gara aga.