Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon aikinta, ta ƙware a cikin tseren tsere da tseren ƙasa. Fitowarta ta farko ta kasa da kasa ta zo ne a shekarar 2000, lokacin da ta kasance ta bakwai a tseren matasa a gasar tsere ta kasa ta 2000 ta IAAF
kuma ya sami matsayi iri ɗaya a kan mita 5000 a gasar zakarun duniya na matasa na shekara ta 2000 a wasannin motsa jiki. Ta fara wasan farko a shekara mai zuwa a gasar tsere ta duniya ta 2001 ta IAAF, inda ta zo ta 23 a tseren tsere kuma ta taimaka wa Habasha ta lashe lambar azurfa ta tawagar. Kuma ta fara tasiri a shekara mai zuwa, yayin da ta zama ta biyar a tseren tsere a gasar tsere ta duniya ta 2002 IAAF ta jagoranci kasar ta zuwa taken kungiyar kuma ta yi ikirarin lambar tagulla sama da mita 10,000 a gasar zakarun Afirka ta 2002 a Wasannin motsa jiki (a bayan ma'auratan Kenya Susan Chepkemei da Leah Malot).