Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kwamitin wasannin Olympic na Duniya ya buƙaci aƙalla ƙasashe 25 su shiga gasar ƙasa da ƙasa don karɓar sabbin abubuwan aukuwa a cikin jadawalin wasannin Olympics, don haka Avon ya mai da hankali kan jawo hankalin masu gudu daga ƙasashe da yawa. Jerin ya yi nasara a burin sa na kafa marathon a matsayin horo na mata, wanda kwamitin 'yan tseren kasa da kasa ya jagoranta, tare da marathon na mata na farko a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1982 da kuma gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1983 kafin gasar.
gasar Olympic ta farko ta mata a shekarar 1984. An gudanar da Gasar Marathon ta Avon ta 1983 a Los Angeles, inda aka shirya gasar tseren marathon ta Olympics a shekara mai zuwa.