Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Babban nasarar Burka ta farko ita ce a gasar tseren tsere ta duniya ta IAAF ta 2003, inda ta lashe tagulla a tseren matasa. Ta fara tasiri a cikin manyan wasannin motsa jiki a ƙarshen wannan shekarar lokacin da, bayan da ƙungiyar Habasha ta ƙi ba da damar Merima Denboba ta yi gasa, Burka ta ɗauki tseren mata a gasar Lotto Cross Cup Brussels. Ta koma Belgium a shekara mai zuwa kuma ta sake maimaita aikin. Bayan ya zama zakaran zakarun duniya a tseren tseren ƙasa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2005
, ta yi gasa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2005 a Wasannin motsa jiki don kammala na takwas a tseren mita 1500. Wata daya daga baya ta lashe lambar tagulla a mita 3000 a gasar cin kofin duniya. Ta rufe kakar wasa tare da nasara a Gasar Sifen ta Sifen ta Venta de Baños.