Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I angitu a Graudyn i te nuinga o tana angitu i te ao i te waa 1987. I te
I te 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships i riro i a ia te mētara hiriwa i te 800 mita i muri i te Dutchman Rob Druppers i roto i te whakataetae rautaki. I te marama e whai ake nei ka whakataetae ia i te 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships a ka whakahoutia taua mutunga, i te tuarua engari i tenei wa ki a José Luiz Barbosa o Brazil. Ko ia anake te toa toa o te Soviet Union i roto i te huihuinga a nga taane i taua whakataetae. Ko ia te kaitakaro pai rawa atu o te Soviet Union i te 800 mita i te 1987 World Championships i Athletics, i ngaro i te tohu mo te whakamutunga ma te tawhiti o te toru rau me te mahi nui atu i a Andrey Sudnik.