Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hoki mai ia ki te ao i te 1999 European Cross Country Championships me te awhina i a Romania ki te hiriwa a te roopu i te taha o Constantina Diţă. Ko ana mahi i arotahi ki te whakawhiti whenua i roto i tenei waa: i wikitoria ia i te Fukuoka International Cross Country i te 2000 ka oma i nga whakataetae roa me te poto i te 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ka mutu i te 46th i te whakataetae roa me te 21st i runga i te tawhiti poto. I te tau e whai ake nei ka wikitoria ia i nga whakataetae Chiba me Fukuoka i Japan i te timatanga o te tau 2001, ka noho ki te tekau ma rima i te whakataetae poto i te 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. I muri i tana whiwhinga i te taitara ā-motu i te hawhe marathon, i oma ia i te whakataetae o taua tau
Ko ia te toa o te ao mo te hawhe marathon, a, ko ia te 22 i te rarangi. I whakataetae ano ia i te ara ara o Hapani i te tau 2001 a ko ia te tuatoru i te Sapporo Half Marathon me te Kyoto Half Marathon.