Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan dawowarta gasar ta lashe gasar 1996 ta Frankfurt Half Marathon sannan ta gudu da awa 2:32:15 a karo na uku a Marathon na Birnin Rome. Wannan ya isa ga zaɓen Olympics, amma rauni ya tilasta ta janyewa. Mafi kyawun rayuwa na awanni 2:29:08 ya zo a Marathon na Berlin a wannan shekarar, inda ta kasance ta shida. Wannan ya tabbatar da matsayinta na gasar zakarun duniya ta 1997 a wasan motsa jiki kuma tana da matsayi na shida a can. Bayan bayyanar a gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta Half Marathon ta 1997
, ta gudu marathons biyu a 1998: na uku a Hannover, na huɗu a Berlin. A cikin 1999 ta lashe Würzburger Residenzlauf, sannan ta kasa gama nisan a Gasar Marathon ta Hannover, amma ta zama ta biyu a Gasar Marathon ta Cologne a watan Oktoba.