Shambalova started at the beginning of the 2010/11 season for the first time in Vershina Tjoi in the Eastern Europe Cup and finished 20th in the sprint. At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck , she came 17th in the sprint and fifth place over 5 km classic. At the beginning of the 2012/13 season she achieved her first podium finish in the Eastern Europe Cup with second place in the sprint in Werschina Tjoi. In January 2013 she won the bronze medal in the skiathlon and the silver medal in the relay at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Liberec . The following month she made her debut in Sochi in the World Cup and finished 49th in the sprint. At the beginning of the following season she won her first victory in the Eastern Europe Cup in the Sprint in Vershina Tjoi. In addition, she took second place there over 5 km. In the further course of the season she reached further top ten placements and thus achieved second place in the overall cup standings. Because of this good performance, she started in four World Cup races at the end of the season. The 45th place in the 30 km mass start race in Oslo was her best result. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2014 in Val di Fiemme , she won the silver medal in both the skiathlon and the relay.
At the beginning of the 2014/15 season, Shambalova came back on the podium in the Eastern Europe Cup in Vershina Tjoi with third place over 10 km. The subsequent Nordic Opening in Lillehammer finished in 64th place. In February 2015 she took 13th place in the U23 World Championships in Astana over 10 km freestyle and in the skiathlon and fourth place in the sprint. At the last season stop of the Eastern Europe Cup in Rybinsk , she came fourth in the sprint and second in the skiathlon and thus reached fifth place in the overall cup standings. The following season began for her in the Eastern Europe Cup in Vershina Tjoi with third and first place in the sprint. At the Tour de Ski 2016 , which she finished in 39th place, she got her first World Cup points with 25th place in the sprint in Oberstdorf . At the U23 World Championships in 2016 in Râşnov , she finished 23rd over 10 km freestyle, 15th place over 10 km classic and 14th place in sprint. In the 2016/17 season she came in 30th place in the Tour de Ski 2016/17 . In February 2017 she achieved her first top ten placement in the World Cup with fifth place in the sprint in Pyeongchang . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 2017 , she came 23rd in the 30 km mass start race. At the end of March 2017, she was third in the 30 km mass start race and second in the skiathlon at the Russian championships in Khanty-Mansiysk . She finished the Tour de Ski 2017/18 in 20th place. Her best placement at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang was 15th in the 30 km mass start race.
In the 2018/19 season, Shambalova took second place in the overall standings with four wins in the Eastern Europe Cup. At the season highlight, the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol , she ran to 21st place over 10 km classic. At the Winter Universiade 2019 in Krasnoyarsk , she won the classic 5 km, in the pursuit, in the 15 km mass start race and with the relay. each the gold medal. In April 2019 she became the Russian champion in the mass start race over 30 km classic in Kononovskaya . After finishing 40th in the Ruka Triple at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, she finished 24th in the Tour de Ski 2019/20 and 22nd in the ski tour. She reached the 35th place in the overall World Cup.
Russia
Minsk-Raubitschy