Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara mai zuwa Lathan ya sake lashe lambar zinare a gasar cin kofin duniya ta IAAF a shekarar 1977. A gasar zakarun Turai ta 1978
ta lashe lambar azurfa a wasan mutum da kuma wata lambar zinare a tseren mita 4 x 400, tare da abokan wasan Christiane Marquardt, Barbara Krug da Marita Koch. Daga nan sai ta maimaita nasarar da ta samu a gasar cin kofin duniya a gasar cin kofin duniya ta IAAF ta 1979.