Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Fitowarta ta farko a fagen gasar zakarun duniya ta zo ne a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1997 a Wasannin motsa jiki kuma ta gama a matsayi na takwas a wasan karshe na mita 10,000. A gasar zakarun duniya ta 1998 na IAAF
ta gama a 15th overall a cikin dogon tseren mata. Bayan wata dama da aka rasa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1999 a Wasannin motsa jiki, ta wakilci Afirka ta Kudu a gasar Olympics a karo na uku da na karshe, amma ta yi nasarar zama ta 31 a wasan marathon na mata da lokacin 2:36:58.