Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa muMeglevo, Imeni Sverdlova, Stepanova akatanga kukwikwidza pasi rose muna 1978 paEuropean Championships
muPrague uko akapedza ari wechitanhatu mumakwikwi ake echikamu chokupedzisira. Gore iroro akanga ane PB yemasekonzi 56.19 mumakwikwi emamita 400 ane zvipingamupinyi. Muna 1979 akaputsa rekodhi yenyika kekutanga, achimhanya 54.78 masekondi paSoviet Spartakiad, achikunda aimbova rekodhi yenyika Tatyana Zelentsova.