Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan haka, wasu shekarun da ba su da nasara sun biyo baya. Ya yi gasa ba tare da kaiwa wasan karshe ba a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2003, Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2004 da Wasannin Olympics na 2004. Ya kasa kaiwa mita 17 a duka a 2004 da 2005. A shekara ta 2006 ya sami ci gaba tare da mita 17.33 a cikin gida (Ancona, Fabrairu) da mita 17.24 a waje (Turin, Yuli), amma ya kasa kaiwa wasan karshe a duka gasar zakarun duniya ta 2006 da kuma gasar zakarun Turai ta 2006. Duk da haka ya lashe gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai.
a watan Yuni, ya kai mita 16.99. A cikin 2007 ya sake kasa kaiwa mita 17, kuma ya sake kasa kaiwa wasan karshe na babban gasa, a wannan karon a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2007.