 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa Oksana Kovalyova , akahwina menduru yake yekutanga yepasi rose pa1987 European Athletics Junior Championships, achipedza ari wechipiri kuna Diana Dietz wokuEast Germany mumakwikwi emamita 200. Vaviri vakadzokorora kupedzisa uku mu 4 × 100 metres relay, uko timu yevakadzi yeSoviet iyo yaisanganisira Lyudmila Dmitriadi yakawana nzvimbo yechipiri. Akashandura zita rake kuti Stepicheva muna 1989 uye akakwikwidza pasi pezita iroro kwehupenyu hwake hwose. 