Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I tīmata tana mahi rere i te 23 o Poutu-te-rangi 1996, i a ia e wha tekau mā whā ana i te Whakataetae o te Ao o te Cross
i Stellenbosch, i Awherika ki te Tonga. I kite a Dr. Gabriele Rosa i a ia, a, i whakatenatena ia ki te oma i te 1500 mita. E rima marama i muri mai ka riro i a ia te mētara parahi o te Olympics.