Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pemitambo yeOlympics, akashanyira Zurich kuti akunde munda wakazara nyeredzi pamamita 3000. Akapedza ari wechitatu pa 1985 European Cup ndokuzokunda ndarama pa 3000 m pa World Cup muCanberra. Muna 1985, akaderedza imwe-maira yake PB kusvika pa4:21.59min pamusangano weWeltklasse, achipedza wechina shure kwaMary Decker rekodhi yenyika ye4:16.70min. Bruns akawedzera menduru yake muna 1986, achikwikwidza mutsva mukuru wevakadzi, 10000 m, kuEuropean Championships muStuttgart uye zvakare akahwina menduru yebronze muna 31:19.76min, achirasikirwa chete nengano dzerwendo rurefu, Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) naOlga Bondarenko (Soviet Union). Bruns akamiririra East Germany mumakwikwi akawanda eEuropean Cup, asi haana kuhwina chero ipi zvayo kusvikira
1987 muPrague kwaakakunda pamamita 3000. Akasimbisa chimiro chake chakatsetseka gare gare muzhizha iro paChipiri World Championships muRome, achitora bronze mu3000 m yekupedzisira uye kuhwina menduru yake yekupedzisira yepasi rose.