Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tun a shekarar 1981, ta kasance cikin tawagar 'yan wasan Soviet da suka lashe lambar zinare a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, wanda ta maimaita a shekarar 1982. A cikin 1983 ta sami lambar tagulla ta mutum a tseren tsere mai tsayi, da ta wuce Joan Benoit da dakika 20 kuma da ta wuce Grete Waitz da dakika 8 kawai. Amma Tarayyar Soviet ta kaurace wa wasannin Olympics na 1984 inda su biyun suka lashe lambar zinare da azurfa a gasar
mata na farko Olympic marathon a gasar Olympics ta 1984. Bayan jagorancinta, kungiyar Soviet ta lashe lambar azurfa a 1983 kuma a 1985. Ta kuma shiga cikin 1989 da 1990 amma ba ta kasance memba mai cin kwallaye na ƙungiyar Soviet da ta lashe lambar azurfa da zinare ba.