Ka cika wannan magana: A farkon aikinta, ta ƙware a tseren tsere da tseren ƙasa. Farkon fitowarta na kasa da kasa ya zo ne a 2000, lokacin da ta kasance ta bakwai a tseren matasa a gasar cin kofin duniya na 2000.
2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships kuma sun sami matsayi iri ɗaya a kan mita 5000 a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2000 a cikin 'yan wasa. 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 lashe lambar tagulla a kan mita 10,000 a gasar zakarun Afirka ta 2002 a Wasannin motsa jiki (a bayan ma'auratan Kenya Susan Chepkemei da Leah Malot).