Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga muna 1981, aive chikamu chechikwata cheSoviet chakahwina menduru yegoridhe paWorld Cross Country Championships, iyo yaakadzokorora muna 1982. Muna 1983
akawana menduru yebronze yomunhu oga munhangemutange refu, masekondi 20 pamberi paJoan Benoit uye masekondi 8 chete shure kwaGrete Waitz. Asi Soviet Union yakaramba Mitambo yeOlympic ya1984 apo vaviri ivavo vakanga vari vakundi veGoridhe neSirivha mumutambo wokutanga womukadzi weOlympic wemarathon paMitambo yeOlympic ya1984. Zvichitevera kutungamirira kwake, chikwata cheSoviet chakakunda menduru yeSirivha muna 1983 uye zvakare muna 1985. Akatorawo chikamu muna 1989 na1990 asi akanga asiri nhengo yekukwikwidza yezvikwata zveSoviet zvakahwina menduru yesirivha negoridhe.