Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ihe ịga nke ọma mbụ ya bịara n'aha nwa agbọghọ ya, Yelena Chernysheva (nke a na-akpọkwa Elena Chernyshova), ọ bụkwa onye meriri ọla nchara n'otu n'otu na onye meriri ọla edo n'otu egwuregwu na 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. O mekwara otu ihe ahụ n'ụlọikpe ahụ.
1981 ma merie aha nke atọ na nke ikpeazụ na mbipụta 1982 (na-eduga ụmụ nwanyị Soviet na nke asaa).