Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shekarar da ta samu nasara ta zo ne a 1999: yana da shekara goma sha biyar ta dauki lambar azurfa ta matasa a gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF ta 1999 a bayan Werknesh Kidane. A gasar zakarun duniya na matasa ta 1999 a wasannin motsa jiki ta lashe lambar tagulla a tseren mita 3000. Ta sami babban kira don wasannin Afirka na 1999, inda ta sami lambar tagulla a tseren mita 5000. Ta zama zakara a gasar zakarun Turai na matasa.
2000 IAAF Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Ta sami zaɓi don Wasannin Olympics na 2000 kuma ta isa wasan karshe na mita 5000 bayan kafa mafi kyawun mutum a zagayen shiga. Ta kasance mai jinkiri sosai a wasan karshe kuma ita ce mai tsere ta ƙarshe da ta gama.