Career
Zavyalova"s best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was seventh in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit at Turin in 2006. She has twelve additional individual victories at distances up to 30 km from 1996 to 2006. Zayalova took the 2007-2008 season off to pregnancy, but returned for the 2008-2009 season.
Since her retirement after the 2010 Winter Olympics, Zayalova has been acting as a sports ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.