Dragieva akaita mutambo wake wekutanga pasi rose mumutambo mukuru muEuropean Athletics Indoor Championships muna 1987
uye akaisa rechinomwe nekusvetuka kwake kwakanakisisa. Akasvika pakakwirira pabasa rake nguva pfupi yapfuura pa1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Akapedza mumakwikwi ekupedzisira kuti atore menduru yebronze kuseri kwevamwe vake vekuBulgaria Kostadinova uye wekuGerman Susanne Beyer. Kuita uku kwakamuita wechitatu pasi rose mukati megore iroro. Kusvetuka kwake kwakanga kuriwo kwakanakisisa mukati meimba kunomboitwa nomumhanyi weEurope ari pasi pemakore 23. Nhoroondo iyi yakagara kusvikira muna 2002, apo Marina Kuptsova akaivandudza nemasendimita matatu.