Nekhorosh took the lead and kicked to win in a time of 16:01.05, giving her both national championship titles, something that had only been done previously by Yelena Vyazova.
[5][6] In 2006, Nokhorosh traveled to the United States and stayed in Duluth, Minnesota to run Grandma's Marathon (named after a restaurant), a point-to-point race along the North Shore of Lake Superior.
Starting in Two Harbors, Minnesota, Nokhorosh battled top international athletes including Halina Karnatsevich, who had won in 2005.
The race stretched out the lead pack on a sunny day, and Karnatsevich defended her title, with Nokhorosh following a few minutes behind in second place.
But Karnatsevich had been pumping an anabolic steroid, Stanozolol, into her body, and the drug test administered by USA Track and Field caught the substance.