In 2007, she won the Russian Winter Championships, the European Race Walking Cup and the European Junior Championships, all 10 km races. She race in the 20 km IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, which was held in her hometown of Saransk. She finished second to Olga Kaniskina. She received two technique disqualifications in races in 2008. In 2009, she finished in 4th at the World Championships, 5 days before her husband won gold. In 2010, she won the summer and winter Russian titles, setting a new personal best of 1.25.11. That year, she finished second in a Russian one, two, three at the European Championships. At the 2011 she won a bronze medal at the World Championships.