Lyubov Ivanovskaya attended a high performance sports school in Yaroslavl, the Специализированная детско-юношеская школа олимпийского резерва N. 7. In 2005, she was among the 60 excellent students who were granted 500 ruble a month by the governor of the Oblast Yaroslavl [REF].
Ivanovskaya also took part in various non ITU events, e.g. in Cyprus on 12 April 2009[REF] and in Brazil on 28 February 2010 [REF].