Ordina made her debut in the World Cup in Val di Sole in December 1984 and finished second over 5 km. This was followed by fifth place over 10 km and 13th place in the overall World Cup at the end of the season. In the 1986/87 season she came in the top ten five times in the World Cup singles. She achieved third place over 5 km freestyle in Lahti . In addition, she won there with the relay. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1987 in Oberstdorf , she won the gold medal with the Soviet relay and finished ninth in the 20 km freestyle. She finished the season in 11th place in the overall World Cup. In the following season she was twice third and once tenth in three World Cup starts and thus reached 14th place in the overall World Cup at the end of the season. Until the end of the 1992/93 season she started for Russia, in the next season she moved to the Swedish Association. She made her first international appearance after changing associations at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . Seventh place over 15 km freestyle and sixth place with the relay were her best results. In the World Cup singles, she also achieved three places in the top ten. At the World Cup in Falun , she was third in the relay. At the end of the season she finished 14th in the overall World Cup. Also in 1994 she won the Kangaroo Hoppet . In the following season she came in the top ten five times in the individual World Cup and thus reached 12th place in the overall World Cup. At the season highlight, the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1995 in Thunder Bay , she won bronze medals in the relay and over 30 km freestyle. In addition, she achieved 14th place over 15 km classic, tenth place over 5 km classic and sixth place in the pursuit race. At the following World Cup in Sapporo , she was third with the relay. She also won twice in the Continental Cup in the 1994/95 season . After taking a break in the 1995/96 season, fourth place in Falun over 5 km freestyle was her best result of the season in the World Cup in the 1996/97 season. Her best results at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim in 1997 were eighth place in the pursuit race and seventh place over 5 km classic. She finished the season in 16th place in the overall World Cup. In the 1997/98 season she achieved three top ten results in the World Cup singles and finally finished 16th in the overall World Cup. Her best results at the highlight of the season, the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, were 11th place in the 30 km freestyle and eighth place with the relay. After finishing seventh at the beginning of the following season in Muonio over 5 km freestyle, she was second in Toblach over 5 km freestyle and third in the pursuit race that followed. This was followed by a second place over 10 km classic at the World Cup in Otepää . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein , she finished 13th over 5 km classic, ninth place over 15 km freestyle and seventh place in the pursuit race. She finished the season in 16th place in the Long Distance World Cup, tenth place in the Sprint World Cup and seventh place in the overall World Cup. In the 1999/2000 season she came in the points ten times. Her best placement was sixth place in the 10 km freestyle in Sappada . In the following season she started in the Marathon Cup . She took second place in the American Birkebeiner and third place in the Wasalauf . In addition, she won the Finlandia-hiihto and thus won the overall ranking of the marathon cup. Also in her last active season 2001/02 she took part in competitions of the Marathon Cup . She achieved second place in the Marcialonga and Tartu Maraton and third place in the Wasalauf. In February 2002 she won the Transjurassienne and, as in the previous year, won the overall ranking.
Ordina was Swedish champion 23 times , including 22 individual titles. She won four times over 5 km (1994, 1998–2000), once over 10 km (1994), four times over 15 km (1995, 1998–2000), seven times over 30 km (1993–1995, 1998–2001), six times in the pursuit (1994, 1995, 1997-2000) and once with the season (1995) of Skellefteå SK. In 1988 she had already become the USSR champion over 30 km.
After studying law, Ordina worked as a police officer in Russia, after her active career in 2002 she completed further training with the Swedish police and is employed by the border police in Karlstad . She is married to her former trainer Leonid Kusmin and has one daughter.
Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games
Olympic games
1994 Lillehammer : 6th place relay, 7th place 15 km freestyle, 9th place 10 km pursuit, 9th place 30 km classic, 10th place 5 km classic, 11th place 5 km classic
1998 Nagano : 8th place relay, 11th place 30 km freestyle, 19th place 15 km classic, 19th place 10 km pursuit, 24th place 5 km classic
Nordic World Ski Championships
1987 Oberstdorf : 1st place relay, 9th place 20 km freestyle
1995 Thunder Bay : 3rd place 30 km freestyle, 3rd place relay, 6th place 10 km pursuit, 10th place 5 km classic, 14th place 15 km classic
1997 Trondheim : 7th place 5 km classic, 8th place 10 km pursuit, 9th place relay, 18th place 30 km classic, 21st place 15 km freestyle
1999 Ramsau : 7th place 10 km pursuit, 9th place 15 km freestyle, 13th place 5 km classic
Placements in the World Cup
World Cup Statistics
The table shows the placements achieved in detail.
1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.