Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko tana taitara tuatahi i te taumata motu i puta i te Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships i te tau 1990, i a ia e toa ana i te 3000 mita. I tana tīmatanga o te ao, i mutu ia i te tuawha i te 3000 m i te 1990 European Athletics Championships, iti iho i te tuarua i muri i te toa parahi a Roberta Brunet. Ko ia te tekau ma tahi i te wa mo taua huihuinga i te tau 1990 a ko ia te tuaono i te 1500 m. I haere tonu ia ki te arotahi ki te 3000 m i te tau e whai ake nei, me te tiaki i tana taitara Soviet i roto i te whare i kowhiria ai ia mo te 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships. I arahina tenei ki tana mētara tuatahi o te ao - he parahi i muri i a Margareta Keszeg o Romania. Ko tana waa 8:51.90 meneti i waiho ia hei tuatoru tere rawa atu i te ao i roto i te whare i taua tau, i muri o Keszeg me te toa o te ao o roto o Marie-Pierre Duros. I waho, ko ia te tuatoru i te 1991 European Cup
, ka whiua anōtia e Keszeg me Uta Pippig o Tiamana.