 On 6 May 1984, she broke Neubert's world record of 6935 points, with a score of 6946 in Potsdam.This score ranks her second on the German all-time list behind Sabine Braun, and eighth on the world all-time list.She was prevented from competing at the 1984 Olympic Games due to the Soviet-led boycott, but did finish second to Yordanka Donkova in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1984 Friendship Games.