Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shekaru huɗu bayan haka, Rivers ya dawo daga ritaya kuma ya sami zaɓi na Olympic don wasannin Olympics na Moscow na 1980. Ta lashe gasar zakarun kasa ta 1982 tare da babbar rikodin kasa na mita 69.28 kuma ta dauki lambar azurfa a Wasannin Commonwealth na Brisbane
a bayan 'yar takara Sue Howland.