Career
She set the world record in the women"s 10 km race walk event on July 25, 1990, clocking 41:56.23, in Seattle at the 1990 Goodwill Games. Ryashkina equalled Liu Hongyu"s world record in the 20 km event with a total time of 1:27:30, set on February 7, 1999 in Adler, Russia.