Career
Kachalova represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed only in the women"s K-4 500 metres, along her teammates Yuliana Salakhova, Vera Sobetova, and Natalia Podolskaya. Kachalova and her team finished seventh in the final by six thousandths of a second (0006) behind the Portuguese team (led by Teresa Portela), with a time of 1:33.459.
