Koneva cleared fourteen metres for the first time in 2011 setting an indoor best of 14.18 metres at the Russian Indoor Athletics Championships. Two personal bests came in Bryansk, where she had 6.70 m in the long jump and 14.46 m in the triple jump. She placed third at the Russian Athletics Championships before going on to take the gold medal at the Universiade. At the start of 2012 she cleared a personal best of 14.60 m – a mark which ranked her tenth in the world for the triple jump that year. She came third at the Russian indoor championships but fared less well outdoors, managing only tenth at the Russian Championships.