Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Mgbe asọmpi Olimpik gachara, ọ gara Zürich ka o merie ndị kpakpando n'elu mita 3000. 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 emeribeghị ruo 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.