Kondratyeva, after five years in the senior ranks, finally reached international level performances. She began with a win at the Yuliya Pechonkina Prizes meet then was victorious at the Russian Cup with . A throw of to win at the Znamensky Memorial put her at the top of the yearly rankings. This moved her up to sixth place on the all-time women's hammer throw lists. Her fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Universiade (held on home soil in Kazan) brought her first international medal in the form of a silver behind American Jeneva McCall. A third place at the Russian Championships with a mark of meant she was chosen to represent Russia at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow. She performed well on her first appearance on the global championship stage: her opening throw of made her the fifth best in qualifying and her best mark in the hammer throw final of meant she finished seventh in the event (national rival Lysenko won the competition and another Russian, Anna Bulgakova, was fifth).