She went on to win silver in the all-around and with ball, and gold in the hoop and rope finals, though her results did not resolve the conflict with her coaching team.

After her initial retirement in 1989, Panova coached the Italian national champion, Katia Pietrosanti, who is the 1993 European Junior silver medalist in clubs.

[5][6] Panova is the first rhythmic gymnast to get a clean sweep of all five (all-around, ribbon, clubs, hoop, rope) gold medals at a World Championship.

The only other gymnasts to win all the individual medals at a single World Championship are Oxana Kostina, Evgenia Kanaeva, and Darja Varfolomeev.

Panova also became the first rhythmic gymnast to enter the Guinness Book of Records by receiving perfect 10 marks in all her routines (a total of 8) at a World Championship.

She achieved this at the 1987 World Championships in Varna and received the trophy personally from the president of the IOC at that time, Juan Antonio Samaranch.