Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe asọmpi Olimpik gasịrị, ọ gara Zurich iji merie ebe ndị kpakpando jupụtara na 3000 m. Ọ gbara nke atọ na 1985 European Cup wee merie ọla edo karịa 3000 m na World Cup na Canberra. N'afọ 1985, ọ wedara PB ya nke otu maịl ruo 4:21.59min na Weltklasse zutere, na-agwụ nke anọ n'azụ ndekọ ụwa nke Mary Decker nke 4:16.70min. Bruns gbatịkwuru nrite nrite ya na 1986, na-asọ mpi ogologo ọhụụ maka ụmụ nwanyị, 10000 m, na European Championship na Stuttgart wee merie ọzọ ọla nchara na 31:19.76min, na-efunahụ naanị akụkọ ifo dị anya, Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) na Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union). Bruns nọchitere anya East Germany na ọtụtụ European Cup finals, mana ha emerighị nke ọ bụla ruo mgbe
1987 na Prague ebe o meriri na 3000 m. O gosipụtara ọdịdị ya dị mma n'oge ọkọchị ahụ na asọmpi egwuregwu ụwa nke abụọ na Rome, na-ewere ọla nchara na njedebe 3000 m wee merie akara ikpeazụ ya na mba ụwa.