Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Babban gasa ta farko da ta wakilci Habasha ita ce Gasar Rabin Marathon ta Duniya ta IAAF ta 1999, inda ta gama ta 38 a lokacin tana da shekara goma sha shida. Ta inganta zuwa matsayi na 20 a shekarar 2001 na taron, yana taimakawa matan Habasha zuwa lambar tagulla ta tawagar sakamakon haka. A shekara mai zuwa a 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
ta gama ta goma kuma ta dauki lambar zinare a gasar tawagar tare da Habasha. Ta dawo gasar tseren rabin Marathon ta Duniya a 2003, amma ba ta maimaita nasarar da ta samu ba, ta gama a matsayi na 21 da na huɗu gaba ɗaya tare da ƙungiyar mata. Ofaya daga cikin nasarorin da ta fara samu a tseren hanya shine a Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale a 2003, inda ta gama rabin marathon a cikin 1:10:07.