Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1951, Shivas kwagara London ịrụ ọrụ n'ụlọ ọgwụ Hammersmith ma ọ gara n'ihu na-agba ọsọ site na isonye na Spartan Ladies Athletics Club. N'afọ na-eso ya, a họpụtara ya ka o soro n'asọmpi ọsọ mita 100
n'egwuregwu Olimpik n'oge okpomọkụ nke 1952 nke e mere na Helsinki, Finland, ebe ọ gbara ọsọ oge nke 12.5 sekọnd wee mechaa nke atọ na okpomọkụ ya n'azụ Shirley Strickland na Vera Krepkina mana ọ kwadoghị maka agba ọzọ. Mgbe o mezuru nrọ ya na Olimpik, ọ lara ezumike nká n'egwuregwu.