Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ba ta shiga cikin manyan talatin ba a ko dai 2002 ko 2003 Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Ta wakilci Portugal a gasar Olympics a karon farko a Wasannin Athens na 2004. Gudun a cikin mita 5000, ba ta yi kyau ba kuma ta gama ta 18 tare da 16:03.75 <unk> dakika hamsin a hankali fiye da mafi kyawunta a wannan kakar. Bayan ya gama a waje da manyan 'yan wasa 25 a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2005
, ta yi gwaji tare da sauyawa zuwa tseren tsere. Ta gama a matsayi na 13 a tseren tseren mita 3000 a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2005. Shekaru biyu masu zuwa sun ga aikinta ya tsaya cik: bayan rashin nasarar da ta samu a matsayi na 64 a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Duniya, ba ta yi gudu ba sau da yawa kuma kawai ta dawo gasar a tsakiyar shekara ta 2007.