she received a bronze medal at the 1998 winter olympics in nagano. there she had come in co-favored for the gold along with sandra schmirler and finished tied with schmirler atop round robin at 6-1 (schmirler taking 1st place and the hammer in the playoffs due to winning the round robin meeting of the two teams), but lost in the semis in a significant upset to the team of helena blach lavrsen of denmark. she gained revenge on this same team a month later, defeating them in the finals of the 1998 world curling championships for her 3rd world title